Webster's Dictionary 1913

3700

Amyl

Am″yl (�), n. [L. amylum starch + -yl. Cf. Amidin.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.

3701

Amyl alcohol

Am″yl al″co‐hol. (Org. Chem.) Any of eight isomeric liquid compounds, C5H11OH; ordinarily, a mixture of two of these forming a colorless liquid with a peculiar cough-exciting od...

3702

Amyl nitrite

Amyl nitrite. A yellowish oily volatile liquid, C5H11NO2, used in medicine as a heart stimulant and a vasodilator. The inhalation of its vapor instantly produces flushing of the...

3703

Amylaceous

Am′y‐la″ceous (�), a. [L. amylum starch, Gr. �. See Amidin.] Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.

3704

Amylate

Am″y‐late (�), n.(Chem.) A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.

3705

Amylene

Am″y‐lene (�), n.(Chem.) One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylene is a mixture of ...

3706

Amylic

A‐myl″ic (�), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl; as, amylic ether.Amylic alcohol(Chem.), one of the series of alcohols, a transparent, colorless liquid, having a pe...

3707

Amylobacter

Am′y‐lo‐bac″ter, n. [L. amylum starch + NL. bacterium. See Bacterium.] (Biol.) A microörganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. Ste...

3708

Amylogen

A‐myl″o‐gen (?), n. [Amylum + -gen.] (Chem.) That part of the starch granule or granulose which is soluble in water.

3709

Amylogenesis

Am′y‐lo‐gen″e‐sis (?), n. [Amylum + genesis.] The formation of starch.

3710

Amylogenic

Am′y‐lo‐gen″ic (?), a. 1. Of or pert. to amylogen.2. Forming starch; — applied specif. to leucoplasts.

3711

Amyloid

{ Am″y‐loid (�), Am′y‐loid″al (�), } a. [L. amylum starch + -oid.] Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike.Amyloid degeneration(Med.), a diseased condition of various organs o...

3712

Amyloid (2)

Am″y‐loid (ăm″y̆‐loid), n. 1. A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.2. (Med.) The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.

3713

Amylolysis

Am′y‐lol″y‐sis (?), n. [Amylum + Gr. � a loosing.] (Chem.) The conversion of starch into soluble products, as dextrins and sugar, esp. by the action of enzymes. — Am′y‐lo‐lyt″ic...

3714

Amylolytic

Am′y‐lo‐ly″tic (�), a.(Physiol.) Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment. Foster.

3715

Amylometer

Am′y‐lom″e‐ter (?), n. [Amylum + -meter.] Instrument for determining the amount of starch in a substance.

3716

Amyloplastic

Am′y‐lo‐plas″tic (?), a. [Amylum + -plastic.] Starch-forming; amylogenic.

3717

Amylopsin

Am′y‐lop″sin (?), n. [Amylum + Gr. � appearance.] (Physiol. Chem.) The diastase of the pancreatic juice.

3718

Amylose

Am′y‐lose″ (�), n.(Chem.) One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.

3719

Amyous

Am″y‐ous (ăm″ĭ‐ŭs), a. [Gr. ἄμυοσ.] (Med.) Wanting in muscle; without flesh.

3720

Amyss

Am″yss (ăm″ĭs), n. Same as Amice, a hood or cape.

3721

An

An (ăn). [AS. ān one, the same word as the numeral. See One, and cf. A.] This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nou...

3722

An 't

An 't (�). An it, that is, and it or if it. See An, conj.

3723

An (2)

An, conj. [Shortened fr. and, OE. an., and, sometimes and if, in introducing conditional clauses, like Icel. enda if, the same word as and. Prob. and was originally pleonastic b...

3724

An't

An't (�). A contraction for are and am not; also used for is not; — now usually written ain't.

3725

Ana

A″na (ā″nȧ), adv. [Gr. ανἄ (used distributively).] (Med.) Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), � ij., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ...

3726

Ana-

An″a–. [Gr. ανἄ on; in comp., on, up, upwards.] A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew.