| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| amalgam | noun | An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc., A mixture or compound of different things., A native compound of mercury and silver., To amalgamate. |
| amarant | noun | Amaranth, 1. |
| amarine | noun | A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds. |
| amassed | imp. & past participle | of Amass |
| amasser | noun | One who amasses. |
| amateur | noun | A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally. |
| amative | adjective | Full of love; amatory. |
| amatory | adjective | Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions. |
| amazing | present participle & vb. noun | of Amaze, Causing amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace. |
| ambages | noun pl. | A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech. |
| ambassy | noun | See Embassy, the usual spelling. |
| ambered | past participle & p. adjective | of Amber |
| ambient | adjective | Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing., Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient. |
| ambitus | noun | The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell., A canvassing for votes. |
| ambling | present participle & vb. noun | of Amble |
| ambreic | adjective | Of or pertaining to ambrein; — said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid. |
| ambrein | noun | A fragrant substance which is the chief constituent of ambergris. |
| ambrite | noun | A fossil resin occurring in large masses in New Zealand. |
| ambrose | noun | A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3. |
| ambries | plural | of Ambry |
| amburry | noun | Same as Anbury. |
| amebean | adjective | See Am/bean. |
| amenage | verb t. | To manage. |
| amended | imp. & past participle | of Amend |
| amender | noun | One who amends. |
| amenity | noun | The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness. |
| amentia | noun | Imbecility; total want of understanding. |
| amentum | noun | Same as Ament. |
| amenuse | verb t. | To lessen. |
| amerced | imp. & past participle | of Amerce |
| amercer | noun | One who amerces. |
| amharic | adjective | Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic., The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia). |
| amiable | adjective | Lovable; lovely; pleasing., Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas., Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman., Done out of love. |
| amiably | adverb | In an amiable manner. |
| amianth | noun | See Amianthus. |
| amities | plural | of Amity |
| ammeter | noun | A contraction of amperometer or amperemeter. |
| ammiral | noun | An obsolete form of admiral. |
| ammonia | noun | A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: — often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn. |
| ammonic | adjective | Of or pertaining to ammonia. |
| amnesia | noun | Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. |
| amnesic | adjective | Of or pertaining to amnesia. |
| amnesty | verb | Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion., An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection., To grant amnesty to. |
| amniota | noun pl. | That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals. |
| amoebae | plural | of Amoeba |
| amoebas | plural | of Amoeba |
| amoebea | noun pl. | That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms. |
| amongst | preposition | Mixed or mingled; surrounded by., Conjoined, or associated with, or making part of the number of; in the number or class of., Expressing a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal action. |
| amorist | noun | A lover; a gallant. |
| amorosa | noun | A wanton woman; a courtesan. |
| amoroso | noun | A lover; a man enamored., In a soft, tender, amatory style. |
| amorous | adjective | Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an amorous disposition., Affected with love; in love; enamored; — usually with of; formerly with on., Of or relating to, or produced by, love. |
| amorpha | noun | A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo. |
| amorphy | noun | Shapelessness. |
| amotion | noun | Removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office., Deprivation of possession. |
| amphora | noun | Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc. |
| amplify | verb t. | To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; — used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc., To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of., To become larger., To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; — often with on or upon. |
| ampulla | noun | A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug., A cruet for the wine and water at Mass., The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept., Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear. |
| amusing | present participle & vb. noun | of Amuse, Giving amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story. |
| amusive | adjective | Having power to amuse or entertain the mind; fitted to excite mirth. |
| amylate | noun | A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical. |
| amylene | noun | One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylene is a mixture of different members of the group. |
| amyloid | adjective | Alt. of Amyloidal, A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance., The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration. |
| amylose | noun | One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc. |