Usually means: Chemical compound used in dyes.
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  1. anil: Merriam-Webster
  2. anil: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. anil: Collins English Dictionary
  4. anil: Vocabulary.com
  5. Anil, anil: Wordnik
  6. anil: Wiktionary
  7. anil: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. anil: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. anil: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Anil, anil: Dictionary.com
  11. Anil (director), Anil (film director), Anil (given name), Anil (plant), Anil: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Anil: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. anil: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. anil: Rhymezone
  15. Anil: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. anil: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. anil: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. anil: FreeDictionary.org
  19. anil: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. anil: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. anil: Merriam-Webster

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  1. anil-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

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  1. anil: Encyclopedia

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  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. Anil: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (anil)

▸ noun:  The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
▸ noun:  (organic chemistry) Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (or substituted phenyl) group.
▸ noun:  (organic chemistry) 1,4-Benzoquinones including chloranil, DDQ, bromanil, & cyanil.

Similar:
indigo, indigotin, indigofera anil, indigofera suffruticosa, anilo, Chinese indigo, anilao, alkanet, indigo bush, anato, more...

Opposite:
cathode, positive, proanil

Phrases:
indigofera anil, Anil Kapoor, Anil Ambani, Anil Ravipudi, Anil Kapoor filmography, more...

Adjectives:
thailand, right, hydroxy, toft, public, first, basic, old, larger, spanish

Colors:
    blue,     indigo,     azure,     sapphire,     cerulean, more...

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Similar:
indigo, indigotin, indigofera anil, indigofera suffruticosa, anilo, Chinese indigo, anilao, alkanet, indigo bush, anato, more...

Opposite:
cathode, positive, proanil

Phrases:
indigofera anil, Anil Kapoor, Anil Ambani, Anil Ravipudi, Anil Kapoor filmography, Anil Kumble, Anil Deshmukh, Anil Nerode, Anil Kumar, Anil Dhawan, Anil Kumar Poluboina, Anil Kakodkar, Anil Parab, Esther Anil, more...

Adjectives:
thailand, right, hydroxy, toft, public, first, basic, old, larger, spanish

Colors:
    blue,     indigo,     azure,     sapphire,     cerulean, more...



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