Amitosis
‖Am′i‐to″sis (?), n. [NL. See A- not, and Mitosis.] (Biol.) Cell division in which there is first a simple cleavage of the nucleus without change in its structure (such as the f...
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Amitotic
Am′i‐tot″ic (?), a.(Biol.) Of or pertaining to amitosis; karyostenotic; — opposed to mitotic.
Amity
Am″i‐ty (�), n.; pl.Amities (�). [F. amitié, OF. amistié, amisté, fr. an assumed LL. amisitas, fr. L. amicus friendly, from amare to love. See Amiable.] Friendship, in a general...
Amma
‖Am″ma (�), n. [LL. amma, prob. of interjectional or imitative origin: cf. Sp. ama, G. amme, nurse, Basque ama mother, Heb. �m, Ar. immun, ummun.] An abbes or spiritual mother.
Ammeter
Am″me‐ter (�), n.(Physics) A contraction of amperometer or ampèremeter.
Ammiral
Am″mi‐ral (�), n. An obsolete form of admiral. “The mast of some great ammiral.” Milton.
Ammite
Am″mite (ăm″mīt), n. [Gr. αμμἴτησ, αμμἴτισ, sandstone, fr. ἄμμοσ or ἅμμοσ sand.] (Geol.) Oölite or roestone; — written also hammite.
Ammodyte
Am″mo‐dyte (�), n. [L. ammodytes, Gr. � sand burrower, a kind of serpent; ἄμμοσ sand + � diver, � to dive.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of a genus of fishes; the sand eel. (b) A kind of vip...
Ammonal
Am″mo‐nal′ (?), n. [Ammonium + aluminium.] An explosive consisting of a mixture of powdered aluminium and nitrate of ammonium.
Ammonia
Am‐mo″ni‐a (�), n. [From sal ammoniac, which was first obtaining near the temple of Jupiter Ammon, by burning camel's dung. See Ammoniac.] (Chem.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen...
Ammoniac
{ Am‐mo″ni‐ac (�), Am′mo‐ni″a‐cal (�), } a. Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.Ammoniacal engine, an engine in which...
Ammoniac (2)
Am‐mo″ni‐ac (�) (orGum′ am‐mo″ni‐ac, n. [L. Ammoniacum, Gr. � a resinous gum, said to distill from a tree near the temple of Jupiter Ammon; cf. F. ammoniac. See Ammonite.] (Med....
Ammoniacal fermentation
Am′mo‐ni″a‐cal fer′men‐ta″tion. Any fermentation process by which ammonia is formed, as that by which urea is converted into ammonium carbonate when urine is exposed to the air.
Ammoniated
Am‐mo″ni‐a′ted (�), a.(Chem.) Combined or impregnated with ammonia.
Ammonic
Am‐mo″nic (�), a. Of or pertaining to ammonia.
Ammonite
Am″mon‐ite (�), n. [L. cornu Ammonis born of Ammon; L. Ammon, Gr. � an appellation of Jupiter, as represented with the horns of a ram. It was originally the name of an. Egyptian...
Ammonitiferous
Am′mon‐i‐tif″er‐ous (�), a. [Ammonite + -ferous.] Containing fossil ammonites.
Ammonitoidea
‖Am‐mon′i‐toid″e‐a (�), n. pl. [NL., fr. Ammonite + -oid.] (Zoöl.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.
Ammonium
Am‐mo″ni‐um (�), n. [See Ammonia.] (Chem.) A compound radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.
Ammunition
Am′mu‐ni″tion (�), n. [F. amunition, for munition, prob. caused by taking la munition as l'amunition. See Munition.] 1. Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or...
Ammunition (2)
Am′mu‐ni″tion (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ammunitioned (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Ammunitioning.] To provide with ammunition.
Amnesia
‖Am‐ne″si‐a (�), n. [NL., fr. Gr. αμνησἴα; ἀ priv. + μνα̑σθαι to remember.] (Med.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitut...
Amnesic
Am‐ne″sic (�), a.(Med.) Of or pertaining to amnesia. “Amnesic or coördinate defects.” Quian.
Amnestic
Am‐nes″tic (�), a. Causing loss of memory.
Amnesty
Am″nes‐ty (�), n. [L. amnestia, Gr. �, a forgetting, fr. � forgotten, forgetful; ἀ priv. + μνα̑σθαι to remember: cf. F. amnistie, earlier amnestie. See Mean, v.] 1. Forgetfulnes...
Amnesty (2)
Am″nes‐ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Amnestied (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Amnestying.] To grant amnesty to.
Amnicolist
Am‐nic″o‐list (�), n. [L. amnicola, amnis a river + colere to dwell.] One who lives near a river. Bailey.