Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 54

Amnesty (v.) Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.

Amnesty (v.) An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

Amnestied (imp. p. p.) of Amnesty

Amnestying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amnesty

Amnesty (v. t.) To grant amnesty to.

Amnicolist (n.) One who lives near a river.

Amnigenous (a.) Born or bred in, of, or near a river.

Amnion (n.) A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

Amnios (n.) Same as Amnion.

Amniota (n. 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.

Amniotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac.

Amoebae (pl. ) of Amoeba

Amoebas (pl. ) of Amoeba

Amoeba (n.) A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.

Amoebaeum (n.) A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.

Amoebea (n. pl.) That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms.

Amoebean (a.) Alternately answering.

Amoebian (n.) One of the Amoebea.

Amoebiform (a.) Alt. of Amoeboid

Amoeboid (a.) Resembling an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba.

Amoebous (a.) Like an amoeba in structure.

Amolition (n.) Removal; a putting away.

Amomum (n.) A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of paradise.

Amoneste (v. t.) To admonish.

Among (prep.) Alt. of Amongst

Amongst (prep.) Mixed or mingled; surrounded by.

Amongst (prep.) Conjoined, or associated with, or making part of the number of; in the number or class of.

Amongst (prep.) Expressing a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal action.

Amontillado (n.) A dry kind of cherry, of a light color.

Amoret (n.) An amorous girl or woman; a wanton.

Amoret (n.) A love knot, love token, or love song. (pl.) Love glances or love tricks.

Amoret (n.) A petty love affair or amour.

Amorette (n.) An amoret.

Amorist (n.) A lover; a gallant.

A-mornings (adv.) In the morning; every morning.

Amorosa (n.) A wanton woman; a courtesan.

Amorosity (n.) The quality of being amorous; lovingness.

Amoroso (n.) A lover; a man enamored.

Amoroso (adv.) In a soft, tender, amatory style.

Amorous (a.) Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an amorous disposition.

Amorous (a.) Affected with love; in love; enamored; -- usually with of; formerly with on.

Amorous (a.) Of or relating to, or produced by, love.

Amorously (adv.) In an amorous manner; fondly.

Amorousness (n.) The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.

Amorphas (pl. ) of Amorpha

Amorpha (n.) A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo.

Amorphism (n.) A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc.

Amorphous (a.) Having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless.

Amorphous (a.) Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance; uncrystallized.

Amorphous (a.) Of no particular kind or character; anomalous.

Amorphozoa (n. pl.) Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.

Amorphozoic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa.

Amorphy (n.) Shapelessness.

Amort (a.) As if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed.

Amortise (n.) Alt. of Amortisement

Amortisation (n.) Alt. of Amortisement

Amortisable (n.) Alt. of Amortisement

Amortisement (n.) Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc.

Amortizable (a.) Capable of being cleared off, as a debt.

Amortization (n.) The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.

Amortization (n.) The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid.

Amortize (v. t.) To make as if dead; to destroy.

Amortize (v. t.) To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. See Mortmain.

Amortize (v. t.) To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund.

Amortizement (n.) Same as Amortization.

Amorwe (adv.) In the morning.

Amorwe (adv.) On the following morning.

Amotion (n.) Removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office.

Amotion (n.) Deprivation of possession.

Amotus (a.) Elevated, -- as a toe, when raised so high that the tip does not touch the ground.

Amounted (imp. & p. p.) of Amount

Amounting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amount

Amount (n.) To go up; to ascend.

Amount (n.) To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.

Amount (n.) To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.

Amount (v. t.) To signify; to amount to.

Amount (n.) 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.

Amount (n.) The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.

Amour (n.) Love; affection.

Amour (n.) 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 (n.) Liability to be removed or dismissed from office.

Amovable (a.) Removable.

Amove (v. t.) To remove, as a person or thing, from a position.

Amove (v. t.) To dismiss from an office or station.

Amove (v. t. & i.) To move or be moved; to excite.

Ampelite (n.) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; -- applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist.

Ampere (n.) Alt. of Ampere

Ampere (n.) 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 (n.) Alt. of Amperometer

Amperometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in amperes.

Ampersand (n.) 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 (a.) Characterized by amphiarthrosis.

Amphiarthrosis (n.) A form of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis.

Amphiaster (n.) 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 (n. pl.) One of the classes of vertebrates.

Amphibial (a. & n.) Amphibian.

Amphibian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.

Amphibian (n.) One of the Amphibia.

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