ana-, an-, ano-
(Greek: up, upward; back, backward, against; again, anew; used as a prefix)
anabaptism
Anabaptist
anabaptize
anabiosis
1. Restoration of vital processes after their apparent cessation.
2. A revival or resuscitation of life; returning to life.
3. The condition of an organism that has passed into a resting stage, that is cyclic or seasonal, but produced by a change in the environment; such as, the loss of moisture.
anabiotic
1. Apparently lifeless, but still capable of living.
2. Acting as a stimulant or tonic.
3. A revivifying remedy, a powerful stimulant; resuscitating or restorative.
anachoresis
anachronism
1. An error in computing time, or fixing dates; the erroneous reference of an event, circumstance, or custom to a wrong date.
2. Anything done or existing out of date; hence, anything that was proper to a former age, but is, or, if it existed, would be, out of harmony with the present.
3. Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time.
anaclinal
anadipsia
Extreme thirst.
anadipsic
A descriptive word for excessive thirst.
anadromous
1. Fish that spend most of their lives feeding in the open ocean, but migrate to spawn in freshwater.
2. Fish; such as, salmon and shad that return from the sea to the rivers where they were born in order to breed.
The best-known anadromous fish are salmon, which hatch in small freshwater streams, go down to the sea and dwell there for several years, then return to the same streams where they were hatched, spawn, and then die shortly thereafter.
anadromy
anagenesis
anaglyph
anaglyptographic
Referring to a machine, or system, that produces representations in relief, of coins, medals, etc.