AMMA
AM'MA, noun [Heb. mother.]1. An abbess or spiritual mother.2. A girdle or truss used in ruptures. [Gr.]
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AMMAN
AM'MAN, noun [See embassador.]In some European nations, a judge who has cognizance of civil causes. In France, a notary or officer who draws deeds and other writings.
AMMITE
AM'MITE, or HAM'MITE, noun [Gr. sand.]A sand-stone or free-stone, of a pale brown color, very heavy, of a lax texture, composed of small round granules, cemented by an earthy sp...
AMMOCETE
AM'MOCETE, noun An obsolete name of the ammodyte. In Cuvier, the name of a genus of fish, including the lampern.
AMMOCHRYSE
AM'MOCHRYSE, noun am'mokris. [Gr. sand and gold.]A yellow soft stone, found in Germany, consisting of glossy yellow particles. When rubbed or ground, it is used to strew over wr...
AMMODYTE
AM'MODYTE, noun [Gr. and, and to enter.]The sand eel, a genus of fish, of the apodal order, about a foot in length, with a compressed head, a long slender body, and scales hardl...
AMMONIA
AMMO'NIA,AMMO'NIAC,AMMONI'ACAL, adjective Pertaining to ammonia or possessing its properties.AMMO'NIAC, or AMMONIAC GUM, noun [See ammonia]A gun resin, from Africa and the East,...
AMMONIAC
AMMO'NIAC,adjective Pertaining to ammonia or possessing its properties.
AMMONIAN
AMMO'NIAN, adjective Relating to Ammonius, surnamed Saccas, of Alexandria, who flourished at the end of the second century, and was the founder of the eclectic system of Philoso...
AMMONITE
AM'MONITE, noun [Cornu ammonis, from Jupiter Ammon, whose statues were represented with ram's horns.]Serpent-stone, or cornu ammonis, a fossil shell, curved into a spiral, like ...
AMMONIUM
AMMO'NIUM, noun A name given to the supposed metallic basis of ammonia. If mercury, at the negative pole of a galvanic battery, is placed in contact with a solution of ammonia, ...
AMMONIURET
AMMONI'URET, noun The solution of a substance in ammonia.
AMMONY
AM'MONY, noun [The real origin of this word is not ascertained. Some authors suppose it to be from Ammon, a title of Jupiter, near whose temple in upper Egypt, it was generated....
AMMUNITION
AMMUNI'TION, noun [Latin ad and munitio, from munio, to fortify.]Military stores, or provisions for attack or defense. In modern usage, the signification is confined to the arti...
AMNESTY
AM'NESTY, noun [Gr. of a neg and memory, from the root of mens, mind. See Mind.]An act of oblivion; a general pardon of the offenses of subjects against the government, or the p...
AMNION
AM'NIOS or AM'NION, noun [Gr. a vessel or membrane.]
AMNIOS
AM'NIOS or AM'NION, noun [Gr. a vessel or membrane.]The innermost membrane surrounding the fetus in the womb. It is thin, transparent, soft and smooth on the inside, but rough o...
AMNIOTIC
AMNIOT'IC, adjective Obtained from the liquor of the amnios, as the amniotic acid.
AMOBEAN
AMOBE'AN, adjective Alternately answering.
AMOBEUM
AMOBE'UM, noun [Gr. alternate; change.]A poem in which persona are represented as speaking alternately, as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.
AMOMUM
AMO'MUMnoun [Gr.]A genus of plants; all natives of warm climates, and remarkable for their pungency and aromatic properties. it includes the common ginger or zingiber, the zerum...
AMONG
AMONG',AMONGST', preposition [Gr. See Mingle.]1. In a general or primitive sense, mixed or mingled with; as tares among wheat.2. Conjoined or associated with, or making part of ...
AMONIAN
AMO'NIAN, adjective [from Amon or Hamon, a title of Jupiter, or rather of the sun. Heb.]Pertaining to Jupiter Amon, or to his temple and worship in upper Egypt.
AMORADO
AMORA'DO, noun [Latin amor, love, amo, to love. but the word is ill formed.] A lover. See Inamorato, which is chiefly used.
AMORE
AMO'RE, noun A name given by Marcgrave, to a tribe of fish, of three species, the pixuma, guacu, and tinga. They are found about the shores of South America, and are used for food.
AMOREANS
AMORE'ANS, noun A sect of Gemaric doctors or commentators on the Jerusalem Talmud. The amoreans were followed by the Mishnic doctors, and these by the Sebureans.
AMORET
AMORET', noun [Latin amor, love.]A lover; an amorous woman; also a love knot or a trifling love affair.