Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z antennariid Any fish in the family Antennariidae, the frogfish. antennarity The condition of being antennary antennary Relating to antennae or feelers antennate To bring one's antennae into contact with another insect. antennated Possessing at least one antenna. antennation An act of antennating, or touching the antennae to another insect. antennectomized Subjected to antennectomy antennectomy The removal of the antennae (of an insect) antenniferous Bearing or having antennae. antenniform Having the shape of an antenna antennocerebral Relating to, or connecting the antennas (or antennal lobes) and the brain (of an insect) antennocular Relating to an antenna and eye of an insect antennogram A record of the electrical activity of an insect's antenna in the presence of an odour (particularly a pheromone) antennomaxillary Relating to the antenna and jaw of an insect antennomere Any of the segments of an insect's antenna, in cases where all segments are more or less uniform, e.g. the millipedes. antennophorid Any of the mites in the family Antennophoridae. antennular Of or relating to antennules or an antennule. antennulariellaceous Belonging to the family Antennulariellaceae. antennulate Relating to an antennule antennule A small antenna. antennuliform Having the form of an antennule antenodal Before a node or nodus Antenor A son of Aesyetes antenuptial Occurring before marriage; prenuptial. antenuptially Before marriage. anteocular Positioned in front of the eye anteorbital Referring to the period before orbit is achieved. anteosaur Any extinct therapsid of the clade Anteosauria anteosaurid Any of the therapsids in the family Anteosauridae. antepagment Synonym of antepagmentum. antepagmentum In ancient architecture, a doorpost, or garnishing in a post or door, wrought in stone or timber, or lintel of a window. antepalatal In front of the palate. antepartal Antepartum. antepartum Describing the period before childbirth; antenatal antepaschal Relating to the time before the Passover, or before Easter. antepast A foretaste. antepectoral Of the feet of insects: fixed in the forepart of the prosternum or prothorax. antependium The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. antepenult The third-to-last syllable of a word. antepenultima The last syllable of a word except two antepenultimate Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series. antepenultimately Second from the last in serial order. antepenultimatum A statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, essentially a penultimatum, but even more tentative and more repeatedly abandoned in favour of subsequent ignominious compromises. antepenultime Synonym of antepenult. antepetalous Used of inner parts of flowers, most often stamens, that are in equal number to and aligned with the petals. antephialtic Acting against nightmares. anteplacental In front of the placenta. anteport A hanging or covering in front of a door. anteportico An outer porch or vestibule in front of the main portico. anteposition The placing of something in front of something else, especially of words in a sentence. antepositional Of or relating to anteposition. antepost Being a kind of bet, in horse-racing and greyhound racing, placed before the racecourse's betting market has opened, on the expectation that the price of the animal is presently more favourable than it will be when the market opens. anteprandial Before a meal, especially before dinner. antepredicament A prerequisite or notion to clearly understand the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of, or distinguishing between, common term. anteprohibition Before Prohibition (period of alcohol ban). antepronotal anterior to the pronotum antepronotum An antepronotal lobe in some insects antepubic Synonym of prepubic. antepyretic Preceding a fever Antequera A city in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. anterevolutionary Synonym of prerevolutionary. anteriad Towards the anterior part of the body. anterioparaxial anterior and paraxial anterior Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal. anteriority The state of being previous or preceding in time or in situation. anteriorization The process of anteriorizing. anteriorize To inhibit posteriorization anteriorly before (in time) anteriormost Nearest the front or head. anteriorness The state or quality of being anterior. anteriorward Toward the anterior anterity All the past generations, especially the ancestors of a specific person. anternet The means by which ants communicate with each other, analogous to the TCP/IP algorithm that the internet uses to control the flow of data. anteroapical anterior and apical anteroapically In an anteroapical manner. anteroaxis The anterior section of the central axial lobe on the pygidium of an agnostoid trilobite. anterobasal anterior and basal anterobipedal That walks on its forelegs anterobuccal anterior and buccal anterobuccally In an anterobuccal direction anterocaudal anterior and caudal anterocaudally In an anterocaudal manner or direction anterocentral anterior and central anterocingulid Synonym of anterolophid. anterocollis The forward tilting of the head. anterocone A cusp at the front of the tooth that may be divided into anterolabial and anterolingual conules. anteroconid A cusp at the front of the tooth that may be divided into anterolabial and anterolingual conulids. anterocubital anterior and cubital anterodistal Situated at the front and away from the body anterodistally In an anterodistal direction anterodorsal in front (at the head end) and toward the back (side nearest the spine) anterodorsally In an anterodorsal direction. anterodorsolateral anterior and dorsolateral; anterodorsal and lateral anterodorsolaterally In an anterodorsolateral manner or direction anterodorsomedial anterior and dorsomedial; anterodorsal and medial anterodorsomedially In an anterodorsomedial manner or direction anteroexternal anterior and external anteroflex To flex in an anterior direction anteroflexid A flexid between the anterolophid and the anterolingual conulid. anteroflexus A flexus between the anteroloph and the anterolabial conule. anterofossettid An ephemeral lingual flexid in some primitive rodents anterofrontal anterior and frontal anterograde Effective immediately after a traumatic event such as an external shock. anterogradely With a forward motion anteroinferior Located in front and below. anteroinferiorly In am anteroinferior manner or direction anteroinferolateral Anterioinferior and lateral. anterointermediate Located in the front and in the middle. anterointernal Synonym of antero-internal. anterolabial Behind the lips anterolabially In an anterolabial direction anterolateral In front of the body, away from the midline. anterolaterally In an anterolateral manner or direction anterolingual Near the front of the tongue anterolingually In an anterolingual manner anteroloph A crest between the paracone and the anterolabial conule that may connect to a parastyle. anterolophid A crest between the metaconid and the anterolabial conulid that may connect to a metastylid. anterolophulid An anterior lophulid anteromedial Located in the front and towards a middle line. anteromedially In an anteromedial position or direction. anteromedian In the front of the midline anteromesial Both anterior and mesial anteromesially In an anteromesial manner or direction anteromesoscutum anterior mesoscutum anteromiddle Synonym of anteromedial. anteroom A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room. anteropalatal Pertaining to the anterior (front) of the palate. anteroparietal Anterior and parietal. anteroposterior Anterior to posterior; front-to-back. anteroposteriority The state of being anteroposterior. anteroposteriorly Along the anteroposterior axis anteroproximal anterior and proximal anteroproximally In an anteroproximal manner anterorolandic Anterior to the Rolandic fissure in the brain (now called the central sulcus). anteros The counterlove or affectionate response a philerast gives to the love of an erastes. anteroseptal anterior to the septum (of the heart) anteroseptum An area in front of the interventricular septum anterostapedial anterior and stapedial anterostriid A vertical groove found between the metaconid and the metalophulid on the crowns of lower cheek teeth of certain rodents. anterostyle A style associated with the anterocone anterosubmedian Located in the front and next to the midline. anterosuperior From anterior to superior. anterosuperiorly In an anterosuperior manner. anterosuperolateral Anterosuperior and lateral. anterotemporal At the base of the temples anteroventral Relating to the underside of the front of the head. anteroventrally In an anteroventral direction anteroventrolateral anterior and ventrolateral anteroventrolaterally In an anteroventrolateral manner or direction anteroversion Synonym of anteversion.