| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| amalgamated | imp. & past participle | of Amalgamate, Coalesced; united; combined. |
| amalgamator | noun | One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam. |
| amaranthine | adjective | Of or pertaining to amaranth., Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying., Of a purplish color. |
| amateurship | noun | The quality or character of an amateur. |
| amativeness | noun | The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love. |
| amatorially | adverb | In an amatorial manner. |
| ambergrease | noun | See Ambergris. |
| ambidextral | adjective | Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side. |
| ambiguities | plural | of Ambiguity |
| ambiguously | adverb | In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning. |
| ambitionist | noun | One excessively ambitious. |
| ambitiously | adverb | In an ambitious manner. |
| ambrosially | adverb | After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully. |
| ambuscading | present participle & vb. noun | of Ambuscade |
| ambuscadoed | past participle | Posted in ambush; ambuscaded. |
| ameliorable | adjective | Capable of being ameliorated. |
| ameliorated | imp. & past participle | of Ameliorate |
| ameliorator | noun | One who ameliorates. |
| amenability | noun | The quality of being amenable; amenableness. |
| amenorrhoea | noun | Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge. |
| amentaceous | adjective | Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence., Bearing aments; having flowers arranged in aments; as, amentaceous plants. |
| amerciament | noun | Same as Amercement. |
| americanism | noun | Attachment to the United States., A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea., A word or phrase peculiar to the United States. |
| americanize | verb t. | To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics. |
| ametabolian | adjective | Of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis. |
| ametabolous | adjective | Not undergoing any metamorphosis; as, ametabolic insects. |
| amethystine | adjective | Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet., Composed of, or containing, amethyst. |
| amiableness | noun | The quality of being amiable; amiability. |
| amicability | noun | The quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness. |
| amontillado | noun | A dry kind of cherry, of a light color. |
| amorousness | noun | The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness. |
| amorphozoic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa. |
| amortisable | noun | Alt. of Amortisement |
| amortizable | adjective | Capable of being cleared off, as a debt. |
| amovability | noun | Liability to be removed or dismissed from office. |
| amperemeter | noun | Alt. of Amperometer |
| amperometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in amperes. |
| amphibology | noun | A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term. |
| amphibolous | adjective | Ambiguous; doubtful., Capable of two meanings. |
| amphibolies | plural | of Amphiboly |
| amphicarpic | adjective | Alt. of Amphicarpous |
| amphichroic | adjective | Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red. |
| amphictyons | noun pl. | Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters. |
| amphictyony | noun | A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece. |
| amphigamous | adjective | Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; — a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants. |
| amphigenous | adjective | Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens. |
| amphigonous | adjective | Relating to both parents. |
| amphilogism | noun | Alt. of Amphilogy |
| amphipneust | noun | One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren. |
| amphipodous | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda. |
| amphisbaena | noun | A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way., A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| amphiscians | noun pl. | The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith. |
| amphistylic | adjective | Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; — said of a skull. |
| amphitrocha | noun | A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia. |
| amphitropal | adjective | Alt. of Amphitropous |
| amplexation | noun | An embrace. |
| amplexicaul | adjective | Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves. |
| amplificate | verb t. | To amplify. |
| ampulliform | adjective | Flask-shaped; dilated. |
| amylobacter | noun | A microorganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. |