Amakûnir
A Kûniüric Lord, part of the Second Ordeal in the Battle of Eleneöt Fields.

Amarsla
One of Esmenet's body-slaves.

Amiolas
The Amiolas , known to men as the Embalming-Skull or Cauldron , is one of the Sublime Contrivances of the Artisan, Emilidis . The Amiolas is a sorcerous, face-encasing helm allowing the wearer to understand Ihrimsû , the Nonman tongue, and is widely regarded as one of the most powerful Emilidic artifacts. Despite the miracles of sorcery, translation had (and has) remained stubbornly impervious to arcane facilitation. The genius of Emilidis was primarily metaphysical: he grasped the continuity of meaning and souls, how a sorcerous understanding of Ihrimsû entailed a sorcerous unification of disparate souls. Inventing new forms of sorcery as he proceeded, Emilidis imbued his helm with the soul of Immiriccas Cinialrig , the infamous Malcontent, an Injori Ishroi condemned to die by Cû’jara-Cinmoi , and given the choice by Nil’giccas between risking the Hells or dwelling forever as an amputated, interpreting soul. The Amiolas surfaces in human histories at several junctures, including protracted periods where Kings and Grandmasters refused to wear what the Umeri called the Embalming-Skull, and the Kûniüri, the Cauldron, fearing it to be a weapon (which it almost certainly became on occasion). According to Sohonc scholars, the Amiolas melted the contents of Immiriccas into the warmer waters of the wearer’s soul, creating a composite, a morass that would dry out for some, deepen for others. Ihrimsû would come effortlessly, only twisted in every respect about the hard fibre of the Malcontent, the architecture of his ancient old soul. Though no records exist of wearers admitting to what had to be a profound transformation of identity, Mandate scholars report that Seswatha forever regretted demanding it from Nil’giccas, even though the information it provided allowed him and Nau-Kayûti to steal the Heron Spear, and so save the World. Seswatha actually wore the Amiolas three times, each time deeply regretting experience but regarding it as necessary. Mandate and Swayal sorcerers hold the artifact in suspicion, recalling Seswatha's own ambivalence over its use. The Amiolas resides in Ishterebinth . During the Great Ordeal , Prince Sorweel of Sakarpus was sent to Ishterebinth as an envoy of Anasûrimbor Kellhus . To facilitate communication with the Nonmen, he was forced to don the Amiolas. Having been previously sceptical of Kellhus's mission, he learned of the truth of the existence of the Inchoroi and the No-God through the device and became convinced of Kellhus's righteousness as a result.

Ammegnotis
Ammegnotis is a city on the south bank of the River Sempis , raised during the Kyranean New Dynasty.

Amortanea
Amortanea is the merchant carrack that bore Drusas Achamian and Krijates Xinemus to Joktha .

Amoteu
Amoteu is a governorate of Kian , located on the southern edge of the Meneanor Sea . Like all the nations in the shadow of the Betmulla Mountains , Amoteu, or Holy Amoteu as it is sometimes called, grew in the influential shadow of Old Dynasty Shigek . According to extant inscriptions, the Shigeki referred to both Xerash and Amoteu as Hut-Jartha, the “Land of the Jarti,” or as Huti-Parota, the “Middle-Lands.” The Jarti were the dominant Ketyai tribe of the region, to which the Amoti and several others were tributaries before the Shigeki conquest. But with the extensive cultivation of the Shairizor Plains , and the slow rise of Shimeh and Kyudea along the River Jeshimal , the balance of power slowly shifted. For centuries the Middle-Lands found themselves the battleground between Shigek and her southern competitors, Eumarna across the Betmulla Mountains and ancient or Vapartic Nilnamesh . In 1322, Anzumarapata II , the Nilnameshi King of Invishi , crushed the Shigeki and, in an effort to secure his conquests, transplanted hundreds of thousands of indigent Nilnameshi on the Plains of Heshor , an act that would long outlive his brief empire (the Shigeki reconquered the Middle-Lands in 1349). With the collapse of Shigeki regional dominance in 1591, the Jarti attempted to reassert their ancestral control—with disastrous consequences. The resulting war gave rise to a brief Amoti Empire, which reached the length of Betmulla to the frontier of the Carathay Desert . All the Middle-Lands would fall under the power of Kyraneas in 1703. With the dissolution of Kyraneas , c. 2158, Amoteu enjoyed its second—and last—period of independence, though now the Xerashi , the descendants of Anzumarapata’s settlers, had become its primary competitors. This second “golden age” would witness Inri Sejenus , and the slow growth of the faith that would eventually come to dominate the Three Seas . After a brief period of Xerashi occupation, Amoteu would suffer a long succession of foreign overlords, each leaving its own stamp: first the Ceneians , who conquered the Middle-Lands in 2414, then the Nansur in 3574, and finally the Kianene in 3845. Despite the peace and prosperity enjoyed by other conquered provinces, the early years of Ceneian rule would prove particularly bloody for Amoteu. In 2458, while Triamis the Great was still in his infancy, Inrithi fanatics led the province in a vicious rebellion against Cenei. As punishment, Emperor Siaxas II butchered the inhabitants of Kyudea and razed the city to the ground. The Sapatishah-Governor of Amoteu is Dunjoksha .

Cities

- Kyudea
- Shimeh

Amoti
Language of Amoteu. Derived from Mamati . One of the Ketyai languages .

Amrezzer
"Amrezzer Black" Leg­endary Surar­tu Grand­mas­ter re­spon­si­ble for se­cur­ing the riv­er fortress of Kiz in Far An­tique Carythusal.

Amrezzer Black
Leg­endary Surar­tu Grand­mas­ter re­spon­si­ble for se­cur­ing the riv­er fortress of Kiz in Far An­tique Carythusal.

Amurrei
"Amurrei Ganyatti" Amurrei Ganyatti is the Conriyan Palatine of the district of Ankirioth .

The Thousandfold Thought

Ganyatti is slain by Prince Hûkal during the battle for Shimeh .

Amurrei Ganyatti

Title(s): Palatine of Ankirioth
Lived: 4064 - 4112
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Conriyan
Gender: Male
Occupation: Palatine of Ankirioth
Books: The Warrior-Prophet The Thousandfold Thought

Amurrei Ganyatti

Title(s): Palatine of Ankirioth
Lived: 4064 - 4112
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Conriyan
Gender: Male
Occupation: Palatine of Ankirioth
Books: The Warrior-Prophet The Thousandfold Thought

Amurrei Ganyatti
Amurrei Ganyatti is the Conriyan Palatine of the district of Ankirioth .

The Thousandfold Thought

Ganyatti is slain by Prince Hûkal during the battle for Shimeh .

Amurrei Ganyatti

Title(s): Palatine of Ankirioth
Lived: 4064 - 4112
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Conriyan
Gender: Male
Occupation: Palatine of Ankirioth
Books: The Warrior-Prophet The Thousandfold Thought

Amurrei Ganyatti

Title(s): Palatine of Ankirioth
Lived: 4064 - 4112
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Conriyan
Gender: Male
Occupation: Palatine of Ankirioth
Books: The Warrior-Prophet The Thousandfold Thought

am
-the first person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. see be.

amability
-lovableness.

amacratic
-amasthenic.

amadavat
-the strawberry finch, a small indian song bird (estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. the female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson;
-- called also red waxbill.

amadou
-a spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (boletus and polyporus) which grows on old trees; german tinder; punk. it has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter.

amain
-with might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly.
-at full speed; in great haste; also, at once.
-to lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.
-to lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.

amalgam
-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.

amalgama
-same as amalgam.

amalgamate
-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

amalgamated
-of amalgamate
-coalesced; united; combined.

amalgamating
-of amalgamate

amalgamation
-the act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal;
-- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury.
-the mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union.

amalgamative
-characterized by amalgamation.

amalgamator
-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.

amalgamize
-to amalgamate.

amandine
-the vegetable casein of almonds.
-a kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc.

amanitine
-the poisonous principle of some fungi.

amanuenses
-of amanuensis

amanuensis
-a person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.

amaracus
-a fragrant flower.

amarant
-amaranth, 1.

amarantaceous
-of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the amaranth is the type.

amaranth
-an imaginary flower supposed never to fade.
-a genus of ornamental annual plants (amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers.
-a color inclining to purple.

amaranthine
-of or pertaining to amaranth.
-unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying.
-of a purplish color.

amaranthus
-alt. of amarantus

amarantus
-same as amaranth.

amarine
-a characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.

amaritude
-bitterness.

amaryllidaceous
-alt. of amaryllideous

amaryllideous
-of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the /etals. the narcissus and daffodil are members of this family.

amaryllis
-a pastoral sweetheart.
-a family of plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and others.
-a genus of the same family, including the belladonna lily.

amass
-to collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.
-a mass; a heap.

amassable
-capable of being amassed.

amassed
-of amass

amasser
-one who amasses.

amassette
-an instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding.

amassing
-of amass

amassment
-an amassing; a heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation.

amasthenic
-uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic.

amate
-to dismay; to dishearten; to daunt.
-to be a mate to; to match.

amateur
-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.

amateurish
-in the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur.

amateurism
-the practice, habit, or work of an amateur.

amateurship
-the quality or character of an amateur.

amative
-full of love; amatory.

amativeness
-the faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love.

amatorial
-of or pertaining to a lover or to love making; amatory; as, amatorial verses.

amatorially
-in an amatorial manner.

amatorian
-amatory.

amatorious
-amatory.

amatory
-pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions.

amaurosis
-a loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye;
-- called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of milton.

amaurotic
-affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis.

amaze
-to bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.
-to confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly.
-to be astounded.
-bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement.

amazed
-of amaze

amazedly
-in amazement; with confusion or astonishment.

amazedness
-the state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder.

amazeful
-full of amazement.

amazement
-the condition of being amazed; bewilderment [obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration.
-frenzy; madness.

amazing
-of amaze
-causing amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace.

amazon
-one of a fabulous race of female warriors in scythia; hence, a female warrior.
-a tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago.
-a name numerous species of south american parrots of the genus chrysotis

amazon stone
-a variety of feldspar, having a verdigris
-green color.

amazonian
-pertaining to or resembling an amazon; of masculine manners; warlike.
-of or pertaining to the river amazon in south america, or to its valley.

amazonite
-alt. of amazon stone

amb
-
-alt. of ambi
-

ambages
-a circuit; a winding. hence: circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.

ambaginous
-ambagious.

ambagious
-circumlocutory; circuitous.

ambagitory
-ambagious.

ambassade
-alt. of embassade

ambassador
-alt. of embassador

ambassadorial
-of or pertaining to an ambassador.

ambassadorship
-the state, office, or functions of an ambassador.

ambassadress
-a female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador.

ambassage
-same as embassage.

ambassy
-see embassy, the usual spelling.

amber
-a yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. it takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. by friction, it becomes strongly electric.
-amber color, or anything amber
-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.
-ambergris.
-the balsam, liquidambar.
-consisting of amber; made of amber.
-resembling amber, especially in color; amber
-colored.
-to scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.
-to preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.

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.

ambered
-of amber

ambergrease
-see ambergris.

ambergris
-a substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the indian ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. in color it is white, ash
-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. the floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty
-five pounds in weight. it is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212¡ fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery.

ambes
-as
-ambs
-ace.

ambi
-
-a prefix meaning about, around;
-- used in words derived from the latin.

ambidexter
-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.

ambidexterity
-the quality of being ambidextrous; the faculty of using both hands with equal facility.
-versatility; general readiness; as, ambidexterity of argumentation.
-double
-dealing.
-a juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict.

ambidextral
-pertaining equally to the right
-hand side and the left
-hand side.

ambidextrous
-having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease.
-practicing or siding with both parties.

ambidextrously
-in an ambidextrous manner; cunningly.

ambidextrousness
-the quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity.

ambient
-encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.
-something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient.

ambigenous
-of two kinds.
-partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.

ambigu
-an entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time.

ambiguities
-of ambiguity

ambiguity
-the quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression.

ambiguous
-doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.

ambiguously
-in an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning.

ambiguousness
-ambiguity.

ambilevous
-left
-handed on both sides; clumsy;
-- opposed to ambidexter.

ambiloquy
-doubtful or ambiguous language.

ambiparous
-characterized by containing the rudiments of both flowers and leaves;
-- applied to a bud.

ambit
-circuit or compass.

ambition
-the act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
-an eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something.
-to seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.

ambitionist
-one excessively ambitious.

ambitionless
-devoid of ambition.

ambitious
-possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
-strongly desirous;
-- followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
-springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style.

ambitiously
-in an ambitious manner.

ambitiousness
-the quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.

ambitus
-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.

amble
-to go at the easy gait called an amble;
-- applied to the horse or to its rider.
-to move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks.
-a peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side.
-a movement like the amble of a horse.

ambled
-of amble

ambler
-a horse or a person that ambles.

ambling
-of amble

amblingly
-with an ambling gait.

amblotic
-tending to cause abortion.

amblygon
-an obtuse
-angled figure, esp. and obtuse
-angled triangle.

amblygonal
-obtuse
-angled.

amblyopia
-alt. of amblyopy

amblyopic
-of or pertaining to amblyopy.

amblyopy
-weakness of sight, without and opacity of the cornea, or of the interior of the eye; the first degree of amaurosis.

amblypoda
-a group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the tertiary formation of the united states.

ambo
-a large pulpit or reading desk, in the early christian churches.

ambon
-same as ambo.

ambos
-of ambo

amboyna wood
-a beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. it is obtained from the pterocarpus indicus of amboyna, borneo, etc.

ambreate
-a salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base or positive radical.

ambreic
-of or pertaining to ambrein;
-- said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid.

ambrein
-a fragrant substance which is the chief constituent of ambergris.

ambries
-of ambry

ambrite
-a fossil resin occurring in large masses in new zealand.

ambrose
-a sweet
-scented herb; ambrosia. see ambrosia, 3.

ambrosia
-the fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.
-an unguent of the gods.
-a perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.
-formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.

ambrosiac
-having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.

ambrosial
-consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious.
-divinely excellent or beautiful.

ambrosially
-after the manner of ambrosia; delightfully.

ambrosian
-ambrosial.
-of or pertaining to st. ambrose; as, the ambrosian office, or ritual, a formula of worship in the church of milan, instituted by st. ambrose.

ambrosin
-an early coin struck by the dukes of milan, and bearing the figure of st. ambrose on horseback.

ambrotype
-a picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.

ambry
-in churches, a kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc.
-a store closet, as a pantry, cupboard, etc.
-almonry.

ambs
-ace
-double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. hence: bad luck; anything of no account or value.

ambulacra
-of ambulacrum

ambulacral
-of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.

ambulacriform
-having the form of ambulacra.

ambulacrum
-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.

ambulance
-a field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps.
-an ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital.

ambulant
-walking; moving from place to place.

ambulate
-to walk; to move about.

ambulation
-the act of walking.

ambulative
-walking.

ambulator
-one who walks about; a walker.
-a beetle of the genus lamia.
-a genus of birds, or one of this genus.
-an instrument for measuring distances;
-- called also perambulator.

ambulatorial
-ambulatory; fitted for walking.

ambulatories
-of ambulatory

ambulatory
-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.

amburry
-same as anbury.

ambury
-a soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen.
-a disease of the roots of turnips, etc.;
-- called also fingers and toes.

ambuscade
-a lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. hence: a lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.
-a place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly.
-the body of troops lying in ambush.
-to post or conceal in ambush; to ambush.
-to lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
-to lie in ambush.

ambuscaded
-of ambuscade

ambuscading
-of ambuscade

ambuscado
-ambuscade.

ambuscadoed
-posted in ambush; ambuscaded.

ambush
-a disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. hence: unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.
-a concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise.
-the troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.
-to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
-to attack by ambush; to waylay.
-to lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.

ambushed
-of ambush

ambusher
-one lying in ambush.

ambushing
-of ambush

ambushment
-an ambush.

ambustion
-a burn or scald.

amebean
-see am/bean.

ameer
-alt. of amir

amel
-enamel.
-to enamel.

amelcorn
-a variety of wheat from which starch is produced;
-- called also french rice.

ameliorable
-capable of being ameliorated.

ameliorate
-to make better; to improve; to meliorate.
-to grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.

ameliorated
-of ameliorate

ameliorating
-of ameliorate

amelioration
-the act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.

ameliorative
-tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts.

ameliorator
-one who ameliorates.

amen
-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.

amenability
-the quality of being amenable; amenableness.

amenable
-easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband.
-liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law.
-liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.
-willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.

amenableness
-the quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness.

amenably
-in an amenable manner.

amenage
-to manage.

amenance
-behavior; bearing.

amend
-to change or modify in any way for the better
-by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;
-by supplying deficiencies;
-by substituting something else in the place of what is removed; to rectify.
-to grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.

amendable
-capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error.

amendatory
-supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory.

amende
-a pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.

amended
-of amend

amender
-one who amends.

amendful
-much improving.

amending
-of amend

amendment
-an alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
-in public bodies; any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting.
-correction of an error in a writ or process.

amends
-compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.

amenities
-of amenity

amenity
-the quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness.

amenorrhoea
-retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.

amenorrhoeal
-pertaining to amenorrhoea.

ament
-a species of inflorescence; a catkin.

amenta
-of amentum

amentaceous
-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.

amentia
-imbecility; total want of understanding.

amentiferous
-bearing catkins.

amentiform
-shaped like a catkin.

amentum
-same as ament.

amenuse
-to lessen.

amerce
-to punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.
-to punish, in general; to mulct.

amerceable
-liable to be amerced.

amerced
-of amerce

amercement
-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.]

amercer
-one who amerces.

amerciament
-same as amercement.

amercing
-of amerce

american
-of or pertaining to america; as, the american continent: american indians.
-of or pertaining to the united states.
-a native of america;
-- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of europeans born in america, and especially to the citizens of the united states.

americanism
-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.

americanization
-the process of americanizing.

americanize
-to render american; to assimilate to the americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with american characteristics.

americanizer
-of americanize

americanizing
-of americanize

ames
-ace
-same as ambs
-ace.

amess
-amice, a hood or cape. see 2d amice.

ametabola
-a group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis.

ametabolian
-of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis.

ametabolic
-alt. of ametabolous

ametabolous
-not undergoing any metamorphosis; as, ametabolic insects.

amethodist
-one without method; a quack.

amethyst
-a variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. it is much used as a jeweler's stone.
-a purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.

amethystine
-resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet.
-composed of, or containing, amethyst.

ametropia
-any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.

amharic
-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).

amia
-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.

amiability
-the quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition.

amiable
-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.

amiableness
-the quality of being amiable; amiability.

amiably
-in an amiable manner.

amianth
-see amianthus.

amianthiform
-resembling amianthus in form.

amianthoid
-resembling amianthus.

amianthus
-earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.

amic
-related to, or derived, ammonia;
-- used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid.

amicability
-the quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness.

amicable
-friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement.

amicableness
-the quality of being amicable; amicability.

amicably
-in an amicable manner.

amice
-a square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the roman catholic church while saying mass.
-a hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy;
-- written also amess, amyss, and almuce.

amid
-see amidst.
-in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.

amide
-a compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid element or radical. it may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an acid atom or radical.

amidin
-start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. it is soluble in cold water.

amido
-containing, or derived from, amidogen.

amidogen
-a compound radical, nh2, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed;
-- called also the amido group, and in composition represented by the form amido.

amidships
-in the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and sometimes also her breadth.

amidst
-alt. of amid

amine
-one of a class of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radical.

amioid
-like or pertaining to the amioidei.
-one of the amioidei.

amioidei
-an order of ganoid fishes of which amia is the type. see bowfin and ganoidei.

amir
-emir.
-one of the mohammedan nobility of afghanistan and scinde.
-same as ameer.

amiss
-astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
-wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.
-a fault, wrong, or mistake.

amissibility
-the quality of being amissible; possibility of being lost.

amissible
-liable to be lost.

amission
-deprivation; loss.

amit
-to lose.

amities
-of amity

amity
-friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the whigs and tories.

amma
-an abbes or spiritual mother.

ammeter
-a contraction of amperometer or amperemeter.

ammiral
-an obsolete form of admiral.

ammite
-oolite or roestone;
-- written also hammite.

ammodyte
-one of a genus of fishes; the sand eel.
-a kind of viper in southern europe.

ammonia
-a gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, nh3, with a pungent smell and taste:
-- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.

ammoniac
-alt. of ammoniacal
-alt. of gum ammoniac

ammoniacal
-of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.

ammoniated
-combined or impregnated with ammonia.

ammonic
-of or pertaining to ammonia.

ammonite
-a fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. there are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. they differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu ammonis.

ammonitiferous
-containing fossil ammonites.

ammonitoidea
-an extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in mesozoic rocks. see ammonite.

ammonium
-a compound radical, nh4, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.

ammunition
-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.

ammunitioned
-of ammunition

ammunitioning
-of ammunition

amnesia
-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
-of or pertaining to amnesia.

amnestic
-causing loss of memory.

amnestied
-of amnesty

amnesty
-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.

amnestying
-of amnesty

amnicolist
-one who lives near a river.

amnigenous
-born or bred in, of, or near a river.

amnion
-a thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

amnios
-same as amnion.

amniota
-that group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. it comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.

amniotic
-of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac.

amoeba
-a rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. see rhizopoda.

amoebae
-of amoeba

amoebaeum
-a poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of virgil.

amoebas
-of amoeba

amoebea
-that division of the rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms.

amoebean
-alternately answering.

amoebian
-one of the amoebea.

amoebiform
-alt. of amoeboid

amoeboid
-resembling an amoeba; amoeba
-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba.

amoebous
-like an amoeba in structure.

amolition
-removal; a putting away.

amomum
-a genus of aromatic plants. it includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of paradise.

amoneste
-to admonish.

among
-alt. of amongst

amongst
-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.

amontillado
-a dry kind of cherry, of a light color.

amophorae
-of amphora

amoret
-an amorous girl or woman; a wanton.
-a love knot, love token, or love song. (pl.) love glances or love tricks.
-a petty love affair or amour.

amorette
-an amoret.

amorist
-a lover; a gallant.

amorosa
-a wanton woman; a courtesan.

amorosity
-the quality of being amorous; lovingness.

amoroso
-a lover; a man enamored.
-in a soft, tender, amatory style.

amorous
-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.

amorously
-in an amorous manner; fondly.

amorousness
-the quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.

amorpha
-a genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo.

amorphas
-of amorpha

amorphism
-a state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc.

amorphous
-having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless.
-without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance; uncrystallized.
-of no particular kind or character; anomalous.

amorphozoa
-animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.

amorphozoic
-of or pertaining to the amorphozoa.

amorphy
-shapelessness.

amort
-as if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed.

amortisable
-alt. of amortisement

amortisation
-alt. of amortisement

amortise
-alt. of amortisement

amortisement
-same as amortize, amortization, etc.

amortizable
-capable of being cleared off, as a debt.

amortization
-the act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.
-the extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid.

amortize
-to make as if dead; to destroy.
-to alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. see mortmain.
-to clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund.

amortizement
-same as amortization.

amorwe
-in the morning.
-on the following morning.

amotion
-removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office.
-deprivation of possession.

amotus
-elevated,
-- as a toe, when raised so high that the tip does not touch the ground.

amount
-to go up; to ascend.
-to rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole;
-- with to or unto.
-to rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.
-to signify; to amount to.
-the sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue.
-the effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.

amounted
-of amount

amounting
-of amount

amour
-love; affection.
-love making; a love affair; usually, an unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an illicit love affair.

amour propre
-self
-love; self
-esteem.

amovability
-liability to be removed or dismissed from office.

amovable
-removable.

amove
-to remove, as a person or thing, from a position.
-to dismiss from an office or station.
-to move or be moved; to excite.

ampelite
-an earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines;
-- applied by brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist.

ampere
-alt. of ampere
-the unit of electric current;
-- defined by the international electrical congress in 1893 and by u. s. statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the c. g. s. system of electro
-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. called also the international ampere.

amperemeter
-alt. of amperometer

amperometer
-an instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in amperes.

ampersand
-a word used to describe the character /, /, or &.

amphi
-
-a prefix in words of greek origin, signifying both, of both kinds, on both sides, about, around.

amphiarthrodial
-characterized by amphiarthrosis.

amphiarthrosis
-a form of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis.

amphiaster
-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.

amphibia
-one of the classes of vertebrates.
-of amphibium

amphibial
-amphibian.

amphibian
-of or pertaining to the amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.
-one of the amphibia.

amphibiological
-pertaining to amphibiology.

amphibiology
-a treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the amphibia.

amphibiotica
-a division of insects having aquatic larvae.

amphibious
-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.

amphibiously
-like an amphibious being.

amphibium
-an amphibian.

amphibiums
-of amphibium

amphiblastic
-segmenting unequally;
-- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.

amphibole
-a common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. it occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. the color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. it is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. see hornblende.

amphibolic
-of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
-of or resembling the mineral amphibole.

amphibolies
-of amphiboly

amphibological
-of doubtful meaning; ambiguous.

amphibologies
-of amphibology

amphibology
-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
-ambiguous; doubtful.
-capable of two meanings.

amphiboly
-ambiguous discourse; amphibology.

amphibrach
-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.

amphicarpic
-alt. of amphicarpous

amphicarpous
-producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening.

amphichroic
-exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.

amphicoelian
-alt. of amphicoelous

amphicoelous
-having both ends concave; biconcave;
-- said of vertebrae.

amphicome
-a kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination.

amphictyonic
-of or pertaining to the amphictyons or their league or council; as, an amphictyonic town or state; the amphictyonic body.

amphictyonies
-of amphictyony

amphictyons
-deputies from the confederated states of ancient greece to a congress or council. they considered both political and religious matters.

amphictyony
-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.

amphid
-a salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a haloid compound.

amphidisc
-a peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end;
-- found in freshwater sponges.

amphidromical
-pertaining to an attic festival at the naming of a child;
-- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it.

amphigamous
-having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs;
-- a term applied by de candolle to the lowest order of plants.

amphigean
-extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar zones inclusive.

amphigen
-an element that in combination produces amphid salt;
-- applied by berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.

amphigene
-leucite.

amphigenesis
-sexual generation; amphigony.

amphigenous
-increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.

amphigonic
-pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation.

amphigonous
-relating to both parents.

amphigony
-sexual propagation.

amphigoric
-nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.

amphigory
-a nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.

amphilogism
-alt. of amphilogy

amphilogy
-ambiguity of speech; equivocation.

amphimacer
-a foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast/tas.

amphineura
-a division of mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.

amphioxus
-a fishlike creature (amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas;
-- also called the lancelet. its body is pointed at both ends. it is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood. it forms the type of the group acrania, leptocardia, etc.

amphipneust
-one of a tribe of amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren.

amphipod
-one of the amphipoda.
-alt. of amphipodan

amphipoda
-a numerous group of fourteen
-- footed crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. the body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. the beach flea is an example. see tetradecapoda and arthrostraca.

amphipodan
-of or pertaining to the amphipoda.

amphipodous
-of or pertaining to the amphipoda.

amphiprostyle
-doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides.
-an amphiprostyle temple or edifice.

amphirhina
-a name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double.

amphisbaena
-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.

amphisbaenoid
-like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus amphisbaena.

amphiscians
-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.

amphiscii
-alt. of amphiscians

amphistomous
-having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.

amphistylic
-having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks;
-- said of a skull.

amphitheater
-alt. of amphitheatre

amphitheatral
-amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater.

amphitheatre
-an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena.
-anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.

amphitheatric
-alt. of amphitheatrical

amphitheatrical
-of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.

amphitheatrically
-in the form or manner of an amphitheater.

amphitrocha
-a kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia.

amphitropal
-alt. of amphitropous

amphitropous
-having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.

amphiuma
-a genus of amphibians, inhabiting the southern united states, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the congo snake.

amphopeptone
-a product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone.

amphora
-among the ancients, a two
-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.

amphoral
-pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.

amphoric
-produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter; as, amphoric respiration or resonance.

amphoteric
-partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral.

ample
-large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
-fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.
-not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative.

amplectant
-clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils.

ampleness
-the state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness.

amplexation
-an embrace.

amplexicaul
-clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves.

ampliate
-to enlarge.
-having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.

ampliation
-enlargement; amplification.
-a postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re
-argument.

ampliative
-enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received.

amplificate
-to amplify.

amplification
-the act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
-the enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject.
-the matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.

amplificative
-amplificatory.

amplificatory
-serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.

amplified
-of amplify

amplifier
-one who or that which amplifies.

amplify
-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.

amplifying
-of amplify

amplitude
-state of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size.
-largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness.
-of extent of capacity or intellectual powers.
-of extent of means or resources.
-the arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. at the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. it is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
-the arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
-the horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
-the extent of a movement measured from the starting point or position of equilibrium;
-- applied especially to vibratory movements.
-an angle upon which the value of some function depends;
-- a term used more especially in connection with elliptic functions.

amply
-in an ample manner.

ampul
-same as ampulla, 2.

ampulla
-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.

ampullaceous
-like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle
-shaped; swelling.

ampullae
-of ampulla

ampullar
-alt. of ampullary

ampullary
-resembling an ampulla.

ampullate
-alt. of ampullated

ampullated
-having an ampulla; flask
-shaped; bellied.

ampulliform
-flask
-shaped; dilated.

amputate
-to prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.
-to cut off (a limb or projecting part of the body)

amputated
-of amputate

amputating
-of amputate

amputation
-the act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.

amputator
-one who amputates.

ampyx
-a woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair.

amrita
-immortality; also, the nectar conferring immortality.
-ambrosial; immortal.

amsel
-alt. of amzel

amuck
-in a frenzied and reckless manner.

amulet
-an ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. [also used figuratively.]

amuletic
-of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.

amurcous
-full off dregs; foul.

amusable
-capable of being amused.

amuse
-to occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
-to entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.
-to keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
-to muse; to mediate.

amused
-of amuse
-diverted.
-expressing amusement; as, an amused look.

amusement
-deep thought; muse.
-the state of being amused; pleasurable excitement; that which amuses; diversion.

amuser
-one who amuses.

amusette
-a light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.

amusing
-of amuse
-giving amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story.

amusive
-having power to amuse or entertain the mind; fitted to excite mirth.

amy
-a friend.

amyelous
-wanting the spinal cord.

amygdalaceous
-akin to, or derived from, the almond.

amygdalate
-pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.
-an emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds.
-a salt amygdalic acid.

amygdalic
-of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin; as, amygdalic acid.

amygdaliferous
-almond
-bearing.

amygdalin
-a glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.

amygdaline
-of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds.

amygdaloid
-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

amygdaloidal
-almond
-shaped.
-pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock amygdaloid.

amyl
-a hydrocarbon radical, c5h11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.

amylaceous
-pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.

amylate
-a compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.

amylene
-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.

amylic
-pertaining to, or derived from, amyl; as, amylic ether.

amylobacter
-a microorganism (bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction.

amyloid
-alt. of amyloidal
-a non
-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.
-the substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.

amyloidal
-resembling or containing amyl; starchlike.

amylolytic
-effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment.

amylose
-one of the starch group (c6h10o5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.

amyous
-wanting in muscle; without flesh.

amyss
-same as amice, a hood or cape.

amzel
-the european ring ousel (turdus torquatus).