Množina: angels

ETYM AS. aengel, engel, influenced by Old Fren. angele, angle, French ange. Both the AS. and the Old Fren. words are from Latin angelus, Greek aggelos messenger, a messenger of God, an angel.
1. Invests in a theatrical production; SYN. backer.
2. Spiritual being attendant upon God.

Množina: angel dusts

Popular name for the anesthetic phencyclidine, a depressant drug.

Množina: angel of deaths

Množina: angel-sleeves

Množina: Angelenos

Native or resident of Los Angeles, Calif.

Množina: angelets

Množina: angelfish

Any of a number of unrelated fishes. The freshwater angelfish, genus Pterophyllum, of South America, is a tall, side-to-side flattened fish with a striped body, up to 26 cm/10 in long, but usually smaller in captivity. The angelfish or monkfish of the genus Squatina is a bottom-living shark up to 1.8 m/6 ft long with a body flattened from top to bottom. The marine angelfishes, Pomacanthus and others, are long narrow-bodied fish with spiny fins, often brilliantly colored, up to 60 cm/2 ft long, living around coral reefs in the tropics.
A butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus.

1. Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; SYN. angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet.
2. Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; SYN. angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly, sainted.
3. Of or relating to angels; SYN. angelical.

Množina: angelicas

ETYM New Lat. Related to Angelic.
1. Any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels; SYN. angelique.
2. Aromatic stems or leaves or roots of Angelica Archangelica.
3. Candied stalks of the angelica plant.
Aromatic plant yielding oil used in medicine and cooking; sugared stalks of angelica.
Any plant of the genus Angelica of the carrot family Umbelliferae. Mostly Eurasian in distribution, they are tall, perennial herbs with divided leaves and clusters of white or greenish flowers. The roots and fruits have long been used in cooking and for medicinal purposes.