| ANCIENT | • ancient adj. Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old. • ancient adj. Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity;… • ancient adj. (History) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages. |
| ANCIENTER | • ancienter adj. Comparative form of ancient: more ancient. • ANCIENT adj. very old, also ANTIENT. |
| ANCIENTEST | • ancientest adj. Superlative form of ancient: most ancient. • ANCIENT adj. very old, also ANTIENT. |
| ANCIENTLY | • anciently adv. In the manner of very long ago. As the ancients did. • anciently adv. Done long ago. • ANCIENT adv. very old, also ANTIENT. |
| ANCIENTNESS | • ancientness n. The state or quality of being ancient. • ANCIENTNESS n. the quality of being ancient. |
| ANCIENTNESSES | • ancientnesses n. Plural of ancientness. • ANCIENTNESS n. the quality of being ancient. |
| ANCIENTRIES | • ancientries n. Plural of ancientry. • ANCIENTRY n. (archaic) the state of being ancient; old people collectively. |
| ANCIENTRY | • ancientry n. (Archaic) The quality or fact of being ancient or very old. • ancientry n. (Archaic) Old-fashioned style, elaborate ceremony. • ancientry n. (Archaic) Elderly people, elders, ancients (collectively). |
| ANCIENTS | • ancients n. Plural of ancient. • ancients n. The people of classical antiquity, especially such writers and philosophers. • ANCIENT n. an old person. |
| ANCILE | • ancile n. (Historical, Roman antiquity) The sacred shield of the Ancient Romans, said to have fallen from heaven… • ANCILE n. (Latin) the sacred shield of the Romans, the palladium of Rome, said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. |
| ANCILIA | • ANCILE n. (Latin) the sacred shield of the Romans, the palladium of Rome, said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. |
| ANCILLA | • ancilla n. A maid. • ancilla n. An auxiliary or accessory. • ANCILLA n. (Latin) a helper. |
| ANCILLAE | • ancillae n. Plural of ancilla. • ANCILLA n. (Latin) a helper. |
| ANCILLARIES | • ancillaries n. Plural of ancillary. • ANCILLARY n. something that functions as an accessory. |
| ANCILLARY | • ancillary adj. Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary. • ancillary n. Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter. • ancillary n. (Archaic) An auxiliary. |
| ANCILLAS | • ANCILLA n. (Latin) a helper. |
| ANCIPITAL | • ancipital adj. (Botany) Two-edged instead of round; said of certain flattened stems, such as those of bluegrass, and… • ancipital adj. Double; doubtful or ambiguous. • ANCIPITAL adj. two-edged and flattened, also ANCIPITOUS. |
| ANCIPITOUS | • ancipitous adj. Synonym of ancipital. • ANCIPITOUS adj. two-edged and flattened, also ANCIPITAL. |