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<strong>2004</strong> <strong>Scripps</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Spelling</strong> <strong>Bee</strong> <strong>Consolidated</strong> Word List: Words Appearing Infrequently<br />

amine<br />

anaphylactic<br />

animation<br />

n<br />

n<br />

/ ESmGn /<br />

anarchism<br />

/ TanESmCshEn /<br />

ISV<br />

L<br />

any of a class of basic compounds anchusa<br />

a series of drawings each of which<br />

derived from ammonia by<br />

shows a successive position of a<br />

replacement of hydrogen by one or androcracy<br />

figure or other object, the drawings<br />

more univalent hydrocarbon<br />

being on film so the projection of<br />

radicals or other nonacidic organic anecdotal<br />

the film produces a picture in<br />

radicals.<br />

which the objects drawn seem to<br />

Aniline, the simplest aromatic<br />

anemosis<br />

move in a lifelike and realistic<br />

amine, is a toxic compound used in<br />

manner.<br />

dyes.<br />

anenterous<br />

The history class viewed an<br />

animation depicting how the<br />

amitious<br />

angary<br />

pyramids were probably<br />

constructed.<br />

ammoniac<br />

adj<br />

/ ESmPnGTak /<br />

Gk > L > E<br />

containing or having the properties<br />

of a colorless gaseous alkaline<br />

compound of nitrogen and<br />

hydrogen.<br />

Gigi never could stand the<br />

ammoniac odor when she washed<br />

windows.<br />

amperage<br />

ampersand<br />

amphetamine<br />

amphetamines<br />

amphicrania<br />

amphoric<br />

amphoteric<br />

adj<br />

/ TamfESterik /<br />

Gk > ISV<br />

capable of reacting chemically<br />

either as a base or as an acid.<br />

Ysadora determined that aluminum<br />

oxide is amphoteric because it<br />

reacted with hydrochloric acid and<br />

sodium hydroxide, a base.<br />

ampliative<br />

amygdala<br />

analytically<br />

anaphoric<br />

angels<br />

n pl<br />

/ SCnjElz /<br />

Gk > L > F > E<br />

supernatural spirits commonly<br />

depicted as being winged and<br />

serving as God’s messengers and<br />

divine intermediaries and as special<br />

guardians of an individual or<br />

nation.<br />

Thomas Jefferson believed that<br />

man had found no angels in the<br />

forms of kings to govern him.<br />

angling<br />

angular<br />

anhydrous<br />

adj<br />

/ SanThIdrEs /<br />

Gk<br />

destitute of water.<br />

Sodium carbonate is an anhydrous<br />

salt that is used in making soap,<br />

soap powders, glass, and paper.<br />

anility<br />

animal<br />

animalcule<br />

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animism<br />

n<br />

/ SanETmizEm /<br />

L<br />

attribution of conscious life and a<br />

discrete indwelling spirit to every<br />

material form of reality, often<br />

including belief in the continued<br />

existence of individual<br />

disembodied spirits.<br />

Voodoo as practiced in Haiti is a<br />

combination of animism and<br />

Roman Catholic ritual, in which a<br />

supreme god rules a large group of<br />

lesser spirits.<br />

animosity<br />

anionic<br />

adj<br />

/ SaTnITBnik /<br />

Gk<br />

relating to or consisting of<br />

negatively charged atoms or groups<br />

of atoms.<br />

By gaining an electron, a chlorine<br />

atom becomes anionic.<br />

ankle<br />

anlace<br />

annex<br />

annihilation<br />

annotate<br />

announce<br />

annulment

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