Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
amb- |
|
Alt. of Ambi- |
ambo |
noun |
A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches. |
amir |
noun |
Emir., One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde., Same as Ameer. |
amel |
verb t. |
Enamel., To enamel. |
amen |
interj., adverb, & noun |
An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, verily., To say Amen to; to sanction fully. |
amia |
noun |
A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin. |
amic |
adjective |
Related to, or derived, ammonia; — used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid. |
amid |
preposition |
See Amidst., In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among. |
amit |
verb t. |
To lose. |
amma |
noun |
An abbes or spiritual mother. |
amyl |
noun |
A hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc. |