| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| amalgamate | verb t. | To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury., To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another., To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver., To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate., Alt. of Amalgamated |
| amalgamize | verb t. | To amalgamate. |
| amanuenses | plural | of Amanuensis |
| amanuensis | noun | A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written. |
| amaranthus | noun | Alt. of Amarantus |
| amasthenic | adjective | Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic. |
| amateurish | adjective | In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur. |
| amateurism | noun | The practice, habit, or work of an amateur. |
| amatorious | adjective | Amatory. |
| amazedness | noun | The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder. |
| ambaginous | adjective | Ambagious. |
| ambagitory | adjective | Ambagious. |
| ambassador | noun | Alt. of Embassador |
| amber fish | A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.) | |
| amber room | A room formerly in the Czar’s Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans. | |
| amber seed | Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed. | |
| amber tree | A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor. | |
| ambidexter | adjective | Using both hands with equal ease., A person who uses both hands with equal facility., A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes., A juror who takes money from both parties for giving his verdict. |
| ambigenous | adjective | Of two kinds., Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid. |
| ambilevous | adjective | Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; — opposed to ambidexter. |
| ambiparous | adjective | Characterized by containing the rudiments of both flowers and leaves; — applied to a bud. |
| amblygonal | adjective | Obtuse-angled. |
| ambulacral | adjective | Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms. |
| ambulacrum | noun | One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the under side of the rays., One of the suckers on the feet of mites. |
| ambulation | noun | The act of walking. |
| ambulative | adjective | Walking. |
| ambulatory | adjective | Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal., Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places., Pertaining to a walk., Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator., A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building. |
| ambuscaded | imp. & past participle | of Ambuscade |
| ambushment | verb t. | An ambush. |
| ameliorate | verb t. | To make better; to improve; to meliorate., To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age. |
| amendatory | adjective | Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory. |
| amentiform | adjective | Shaped like a catkin. |
| amerceable | adjective | Liable to be amerced. |
| amercement | noun | The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.] |
| ametabolic | adjective | Alt. of Ametabolous |
| amethodist | noun | One without method; a quack. |
| amiability | noun | The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition. |
| amianthoid | adjective | Resembling amianthus. |
| ammoniacal | adjective | Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas. |
| ammoniated | adjective | Combined or impregnated with ammonia. |
| ammunition | noun | Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense., Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc., Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative., To provide with ammunition. |
| amnestying | present participle & vb. noun | of Amnesty |
| amnicolist | noun | One who lives near a river. |
| amnigenous | adjective | Born or bred in, of, or near a river. |
| amoebiform | adjective | Alt. of Amoeboid |
| amorphozoa | noun pl. | Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges. |
| amphiaster | noun | The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle. |
| amphibious | adjective | Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants., Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water., Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures. |
| amphibiums | plural | of Amphibium |
| amphibolic | adjective | Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal., Of or resembling the mineral amphibole. |
| amphibrach | noun | A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ — ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic. |
| amphigonic | adjective | Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation. |
| amphigoric | adjective | Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory. |
| amphimacer | noun | A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast/tas. |
| amphineura | noun pl. | A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves. |
| amphipodan | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda. |
| amphirhina | noun pl. | A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double. |
| amphoteric | adjective | Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral. |
| amplectant | adjective | Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils. |
| ampliation | noun | Enlargement; amplification., A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument. |
| ampliative | adjective | Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received. |
| amplifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Amplify |
| ampullated | adjective | Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied. |
| amputating | present participle & vb. noun | of Amputate |
| amputation | noun | The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body. |
| amygdalate | adjective | Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds., An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds., A salt amygdalic acid. |
| amygdaline | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds. |
| amygdaloid | noun | A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava., Alt. of Amygdaloidal |
| amylaceous | adjective | Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy. |
| amylolytic | adjective | Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment. |