animal /anˈi-məl/

1. An organism having life, sensation and voluntary motion (typically distinguished from a plant, which is organized and has life, but apparently not sensation or voluntary motion)
2. Often, a lower animal, ie one below man
3. A mammal
4. A brutish or sensual man
5. A person, thing, organization, etc, as in there's no such animal (informal)

1. Of, of the nature of, derived from, or belonging to an animal or animals
2. Brutal, sensual

animalˈic adjective (rare)

Of or relating to animals

anˈimalism noun

1. Physicality
2. The state of being actuated by mere animal appetites
3. Brutishness, sensuality
4. The theory that man is a mere animal being

anˈimalist noun

1. A person who practises or believes in animalism
2. A person who paints, carves, or writes stories about, animals

animalistˈic adjective

animality /-alˈi-ti/ noun

1. Animal nature or life
2. The status of an animal or of a lower animal

animalizāˈtion or animalisāˈtion noun

anˈimalize or anˈimalise transitive verb

1. To represent or conceive in animal form (rare)
2. To endow with animal life or the properties of animal matter
3. To convert into animal matter
4. To brutalize, sensualize

anˈimally adverb

Physically

animal bipes /anˈi-mal bīˈpēz or biˈpās/ noun (Latin)

A two-footed animal, man

animal husbandry noun

The business of rearing livestock

animal implume /anˈi-mal im-plooˈmē or -me/ noun (Latin)

A featherless animal

animal kingdom noun

A category of living organisms comprising all animals

animal liberationist noun

A member or supporter of any body dedicated to ending the exploitation of animals by man

animal magnetism see under magnet

animal pole noun (zoology)

The apex of the upper hemisphere of the developing ovum, containing little or no yolk

animal rationale /anˈi-mal rā-shi-ō-nāˈlē or ra-ti-ō-näˈle/ noun (Latin)

A reasoning animal

animal rights plural noun

The rights of animals to exist without being exploited by humans

animal risibile /anˈi-mal rī-siˈbi-lē or rē-siˈbi-le/ noun (Latin)

An animal able to laugh

animal spirits plural noun

1. (orig spirit) formerly, a supposed principle formed in the brain out of vital spirits and conveyed to all parts of the body through the nerves
2. Nervous force
3. Exuberance of health and life
4. Cheerful buoyancy of temper
5. The spirit or principle of volition and sensation (Milton)

anˈimal-worship noun

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• flower children
• flower-clock
• flower-clocks
• flower-de-leuce
• flower delice
• flower-delice
• flower deluce
• flower-de-luce
• flower-deluce
• flowered
• flowerer
• flowerers
• flower essence
• flower essences
• floweret
• flowerets
• flower-garden
• flower-gardens
• flower girl
• flower girls
• flower-head
• flower-heads
• flowerier
• floweriest