Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Amphiboly

Am‐phib″o‐ly (�), n.; pl.Amphibolies (�). [L. amphibolia, Gr. �: cf. OE. amphibolie. See Amphibolous.] Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.If it oracle contrary to our interest or ...

3593

Amphibrach

Am″phi‐brach (ăm″fĭ‐brăk), n. [L. �, Gr. � short at both ends; αμφἴ + βραχύσ short.] (Anc. Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (⏑ — ⏑...

3594

Amphicarpic

{ Am′phi‐car″pic (�), Am′phi‐car″pous (�), } a. [Gr. αμφἴ + καρπόσ fruit.] (Bot.) Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening.

3595

Amphichroic

Am′phi‐chro″ic (�), a. [Gr. αμφἴ + � color.] (Chem.) Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.

3596

Amphicœlian

{ Am′phi‐cœ″li‐an (�), Am′phi‐cœ″lous (�), } a. [Gr. � hollowed all round; αμφἴ + � hollow.] (Zoöl.) Having both ends concave; biconcave; — said of vertebræ.

3597

Amphicome

Am″phi‐come (�), n. [Gr. � with hair all round; αμφἴ + � hair.] A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination. Encyc. Brit.

3598

Amphictyonic

Am‐phic′ty‐on″ic (�), a. Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body. W. Smith.

3599

Amphictyons

Am‐phic″ty‐ons (�), n. pl. [L. Amphictyones, Gr. �. Prob. the word was orig. � dwellers around, neighbors.] (Grecian Hist.) Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Gree...

3600

Amphictyony

Am‐phic″ty‐o‐ny (�), n.; pl.Amphictyonies (�). (Grecian Hist.) A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its obj...

3601

Amphid

Am″phid (�), n. [Gr. ἄμφω both: cf. F. amphide.] (Chem.) A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selen...

3602

Amphidisc

Am″phi‐disc (�), n. [Gr. αμφἴ + δίσκοσ a round plate.] (Zoöl.) A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; — found in freshwater sponges.

3603

Amphidromical

Am′phi‐drom″ic‐al (�), a. [Gr. αμφἴδρομοσ running about or around.] Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; — so called because the friends of the parents carr...

3604

Amphigamous

Am‐phig″a‐mous (�), a.(Bot.) Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; — a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants.

3605

Amphigean

Am′phi‐ge″an (�), a. Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar zones inclusive.

3606

Amphigen

Am″phi‐gen (�), n. [Gr. � + -gen: cf. F. amphigène.] (Chem.) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; — applied by Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellur...

3607

Amphigene

Am″phi‐gene (�), n.(Min.) Leucite.

3608

Amphigenesis

Am′phi‐gen″e‐sis (�), n.(Biol.) Sexual generation; amphigony.

3609

Amphigenous

Am‐phig″e‐nous (�), a.(Bot.) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.

3610

Amphigonic

Am′phi‐gon″ic (�), a. Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation.

3611

Amphigonous

Am‐phig″o‐nous (�), a. Relating to both parents.

3612

Amphigony

Am‐phig″o‐ny (�), n. Sexual propagation.

3613

Amphigoric

Am′phi‐gor″ic (�), a. [See Amphigory.] Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.

3614

Amphigory

Am″phi‐go‐ry (�), n. [F. amphigouri, of uncertain derivation; perh. fr. Gr. � + � a circle.] A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention pro...

3615

Amphilogism

{ Am‐phil″o‐gism (�), Am‐phil″o‐gy (�), } n. [Gr. � + -logy.] Ambiguity of speech; equivocation.

3616

Amphimacer

Am‐phim″a‐cer (�), n. [L. amphimacru�, Gr. �; � on both sides + � long.] (Anc. Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cāst�tās. Andrews.

3617

Amphineura

‖Am′phi‐neu″ra (�), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.

3618

Amphioxus

‖Am′phi‐ox″us (�), n.(Zoöl.) A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; — also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at...