plural of ancient document

(medicine) Abbreviation of anodal closure contraction.

Initialism of American Nurses Credentialing Center. / Initialism of All Nations Christian College, in Hertfordshire, England.

Submerged ice anchored to the bottom of a river etc., irrespective of how it formed.

plural of anchor baby

(US, derogatory, offensive) A child born to noncitizen parents in the United States or another country that grants birthright citizenship (cf. jus soli), and who, as a citizen, can provide immigration benefits to relatives.

(poetry, Greek and Latin meter) A syllable that can be either short or long.

(medicine) A deformed fetus for which development of the heart, head and extremities are all rudimentary, connected as a parasite to another fetus.

(Christianity) A church descended from the historical Church of the East, which split from the Assyrian Church of the East over differences concerning the calendar.

A period of history generally seen as occurring before the Middle Ages, that is, before the fall of the Roman Empire. Includes Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.