AMANDOLA
AMAN'DOLA, noun A green marble, having the appearance of honey comb, and containing white spots; of 100 parts 76 are mild calcarious earth, 20 shist and 2 iron. The cellular app...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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AMANUENSIS
AMANUEN'SIS, noun [Latin from manus, hand.]A person whose employment is to write what another dictates.
AMARANTH
AM'ARANTH,AMARANTH'INE, adjective Belonging to amaranth; consisting of, containing, or resembling amaranth
AMARANTHINE
AMARANTH'INE, a. Belonging to amaranth; consisting of, containing, or resembling amaranth.
AMARANTHUS
AMARANTH'US, noun [Gr.of a neg. and to decay; so called, it is said, because, when cropped, it does not soon wither.]Flower-gentle; a genus of plants, of many species. Of these ...
AMARITUDE
AMAR'ITUDE, noun [Latin amaritudo, from amarus, bitter; from Heb. bitter.] Bitterness. [Not much used.]
AMARYLLIS
AMARYL'LIS, noun [The name of a country girl in Theocritus and Virgil.]In botany, lily-daffodil, a genus of liliaceous plants of several species, which are cultivated in gardens...
AMASS
AM'ASS, verb transitive [Latin massa, a heap or lump; Gr. See mass.]1. To collect into a heap; to gather a great quantity; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure.2. To collect i...
AMASSED
AM'ASSED, participle passive Collected in a heap, or in a great quantity or number; accumulated.
AMASSING
AM'ASSING, participle present tense Collecting in a heap, or in a large quantity or number.
AMASSMENT
AM'ASSMENT, noun A heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation.
AMATE
AMA'TE, verb intransitive [See Mate.] To accompany; also to terrify, to perplex. [Not used.]
AMATEUR
AMATEU'R, noun [Latin anator, a lover, from amo, to love.]A person attached to a particular pursuit, study or science, as to music or painting; one who has a taste for the arts.
AMATORIAL
AMATO'RIAL,AMATO'RIALLY, adverb In an amatorial manner; by way of love.
AMATORIALLY
AMATO'RIALLY, adv. In an amatorial manner; by way of love.
AMATORIOUS
AMATORIOUS, adjective Pertaining to love.
AMATORY
AM'ATORY, adjective [Latin amatorius, from amo, to love.]1. Relating to love; as, amatorial verses; causing love; as, amatory potions; produced by sexual intercourse; as, amator...
AMAUROSIS
AMAURO'SIS, noun [Gr. obscure.]A loss or decay of sight, without any visible defect in the eye, except an immovable pupil; called also gutta serena. Sometimes the disease is per...
AMAZE
AMA'ZE, verb transitiveTo confound with fear, sudden surprise, or wonder; to astonish.They shall be afraid; they shall be amazed at one another. Isaiah 13:8.They were all amazed...
AMAZED
AMA'ZED, participle passive Astonished; confounded with fear, surprise or wonder.
AMAZEDLY
AMA'ZEDLY, adverb With amazement; in a manner to confound. [Little used.]
AMAZEDNESS
AMA'ZEDNESS, noun The state of being confounded with fear, surprise or wonder; astonishment; great wonder.
AMAZEMENT
AMA'ZEMENT, noun Astonishment; confusion or perplexity, from a sudden impression of fear, surprise or wonder. It is sometimes accompanied with fear or terror; sometimes merely e...
AMAZING
AMA'ZING, participle present tense1. Confounding with fear, surprise or wonder.2.adjective Very wonderful; exciting astonishment, or perplexity.
AMAZINGLY
AMA'ZINGLY, adverb In an astonishing degree; in a manner to excite astonishment, or to perplex, confound or terrify.
AMAZON
AM'AZON, noun [This is said to be formed of a neg and breast. History informs us, that the Amazons cut off their right breast, that it might not incommode them in shooting and h...
AMAZONIAN
AMAZO'NIAN, adjective1. Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon. Applied to females, bold; of masculine manners; warlike.2. Belonging to the river Maranon in South America, or to ...