anal, anal retentive
(adjective) a stage in psychosexual development when the child’s interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.
anal
(adjective) of or related to the anus; “anal thermometer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Anal
An ethnic group found in Manipur in India, and in Burma/Myanmar, closely related to the Kuki people.
The Northern Kukish (Sino-Tibetan) language spoken by these people, sometimes called Namfau after the two largest villages it is spoken in.
Anal (plural Anals)
An individual member of that ethnic group.
• Alan, Lana, Nala, alan, lana, nala
anal (comparative more anal, superlative most anal)
(not comparable) of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
(psychoanalysis) Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
(psychology) Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.
(entomology, of a vein) Proximate to the thorax.
• (compulsive and stubborn): fussy, pernickety, picky, anal-retentive
anal (countable and uncountable, plural anals)
Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
(informal) Anal sex.
• Alan, Lana, Nala, alan, lana, nala
Source: Wiktionary
A"nal, a. Etym: [From Anus.] (Anat.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin or glands.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 April 2025
(noun) a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
