Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 55
Amphibiological (a.) Pertaining to amphibiology.
Amphibiology (n.) A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia.
Amphibiotica (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of insects having aquatic larvae.
Amphibious (a.) Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants.
Amphibious (a.) Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water.
The amphibious character of the Greeks was already determined: they were to be lords of land and sea. -- Hare.
Amphibious (a.) Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures.
Not in free and common socage, but in this amphibious subordinate class of villein socage. -- Blackstone.
Amphibious (a.) Relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia [syn: amphibious, amphibian].
Amphibious (a.) Operating or living on land and in water; "amphibious vehicles"; "amphibious operations"; "amphibious troops"; "frogs are amphibious animals" [ant: aquatic, terrestrial].
Amphibious (a.)（動物）水陸兩棲的 Of or relating to a type of animal that lives both on land and in water.
// Amphibious animals.
Amphibious (a.) 水陸兩用的 Relating to vehicles that operate both on land and in water.
// Amphibious vehicles/ aircraft.
An amphibious landing/ attack (= from the sea onto the land).
Amphibiously (adv.) 具有雙重性的；（生物）兩棲的 Like an amphibious being.
Amphibia (n. pl. ) of Amphibium.
Amphibiums (n. pl. ) of Amphibium.
Amphibium (n.) An amphibian.
Amphibia, (n. pl.) [See Amphibium.] (Zool.) One of the classes of vertebrates.
Note: The Amphibia are distinguished by having usually no scales, by having eggs and embryos similar to those of fishes, and by undergoing a complete metamorphosis, the young having gills. There are three living orders: (1) The tailless, as the frogs ({Anura); (2) The tailed ({Urodela), as the salamanders, and the siren group ({Sirenoidea), which retain the gills of the young state (hence called Perennibranchiata) through the adult state, among which are the siren, proteus, etc.; (3) The C[oe]cilians, or serpentlike Amphibia ({Ophiomorpha or Gymnophiona), with minute scales belonged to this class. The term is sometimes loosely applied to both reptiles and amphibians collectively.
Amphibium (n.; pl. L. Amphibia; E. Amphibiums.) [NL., fr. Gr. ? (sc. ? an animal). See Amphibious.] An amphibian.
Amphibia (n.) The class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians [syn: amphibia, class Amphibia].
Amphiblastic (a.) (Biol.) Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
Amphibole (n.) (Min.) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende.
Amphibole (n.) A mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group.
Amphibolic (a.) Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
Amphibolic (a.) Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.
Amphibological (a.) Of doubtful meaning; ambiguous. "Amphibological expressions." -- Jer. Taylor. -- Am*phib`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Amphibologies (n. pl. ) of Amphibology.
Amphibology (n.) A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.
Amphibology (n.) An ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes [syn: amphibology, amphiboly].
Amphibolous (a.) Ambiguous; doubtful. [Obs.]
Never
was there such an amphibolous quarrel -- both parties declaring themselves for
the king. -- Howell.
Amphibolous (a.) (Logic) Capable of
two meanings.
An amphibolous sentence is one that is capable of two
meanings, not from the double sense of any of the words, but from its admitting
of a double construction; e. g., "The duke yet lives that Henry shall
depose." -- Whately.
Amphibolies (n. pl. ) of Amphiboly.
Amphiboly (n.) Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.
If it oracle contrary to our interest or humor, we will create an amphiboly, a double meaning where there is none. -- Whitlock.
Amphiboly (n.) An ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes [syn: amphibology, amphiboly].
Amphibrach (n.) (Anc. Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short ([crescent] -- [crescent]); as, h[a^]b[=e]r[e^].
In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet[bprime]ic. Amphicarpic
Amphibrach (n.) A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember').
Amphicarpic (a.) Alt. of Amphicarpous.
Amphicarpous (a.) (Bot.) Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening.
Amphichroic (a.) (Chem.) Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red. Amphicoelian
Amphicoelian (a.) Alt. of Amphicoelous.
Amphicoelous (a.) (Zool.) Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebrae.
Amphicome (n.) A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination. [Obs.] -- Encyc. Brit.
Amphictyonic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body. -- W. Smith.
Amphictyons (n. pl.) (Grecian Hist.) Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
Amphictyonies (n. pl. ) of Amphictyony
Amphictyony (n.) (Grecian Hist.) A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.
Amphictyony (n.) An association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient. Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center.
Amphid (n.) (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, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a haloid compound. [R.] -- Berzelius.
Amphidisc (n.) (Zool.) A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges.
Amphidromical (a.) Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it.
Amphigamous (a.) (Bot.) Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; -- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants.
Amphigean (a.) Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar zones inclusive.
Amphigen (n.) (Chem.) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; -- applied by Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium. [R.]
Amphigene (n.) (Min.) Leucite.
Amphigenesis (n.) (Biol.) Sexual generation; amphigony.
Amphigenous (a.) (Bot.) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.
Amphigonic (a.) Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation. [R.]
Amphigonous (a.) Relating to both parents. [R.]
Amphigony (n.) Sexual propagation. [R.]
Amphigoric (a.) Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.
Amphigory (n.) A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless. [Written also amphigouri.] Amphilogism
Amphigory (n.) Nonsensical writing (usually verse) [syn: amphigory, nonsense verse].
Amphilogism (n.) Alt. of Amphilogy.
Amphilogy (n.) Ambiguity of speech; equivocation. [R.]
Amphimacer (n.) (Anc. Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in c[=a]st[i^]t[=a]s. -- Andrews.
Amphineura (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.
Amphineura (n.) A class of Gastropoda [syn: Amphineura, subclass Amphineura].
Amphioxus (n.) (Zool.) 【動】蛞蝓 A fishlike creature ({Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
Amphioxus (n.) Small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates [syn: lancelet, amphioxus].
Amphipneust (n.) (Zool.) One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren.
Amphipod (n.) (Zool.) One of the Amphipoda.
Amphipod (a.) Alt. of Amphipodan.
Amphipodan (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
Amphipod (n.) A kind of malacostracan crustacean.
Amphipoda (n. pl.) (Zool.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.
Amphipoda (n.) Small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp [syn: Amphipoda, order Amphipoda].
Amphipodous (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
Amphiprostyle (a.) (Arch.) Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides. -- n. An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
Amphiprostyle (a.) Marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure [syn: amphiprostylar, amphiprostyle, amphistylar, porticoed].
Amphiprostyle (n.) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
Amphiprostyle (a.) Marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure [syn: amphiprostylar, amphiprostyle, amphistylar, porticoed].
Amphirhina (n. pl.) (Zool.) A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double.
Amphisbaena (n.) A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way. -- Milton.
Amphisbaena (n.) (Zool.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix.
Note: The Gordius aquaticus, or hairworm, has been called an amphisbaena; but it belongs among the worms.
Amphisbaena (n.) (Classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body.
Amphisbaena (n.) Type genus of the Amphisbaenidae [syn: Amphisbaena, genus Amphisbaena, Amphisbaenia, genus Amphisbaenia].
Amphisbaenoid (a.) (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisbaena. Amphiscii
Amphiscii (n. pl.) Alt. of Amphiscians
Amphiscians (n. pl.) The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith.
Amphistomous (a.) (Zool.) Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.
Amphistylic (a.) (Anat.) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.
Amphitheater (n.) Alt. of Amphitheatre.
Amphitheatre (n.) An oval or circular
building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena.
Note: The Romans first constructed amphitheaters for
combats of gladiators and wild beasts.
Amphitheatre (n.) Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.
Amphitheater (n.) A sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater) [syn: amphitheater, amphitheatre].
Amphitheater (n.) An oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held [syn: amphitheater, amphitheatre, coliseum].
Amphitheatral (a.) Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater.
Amphitheatric (a.) Alt. of Amphitheatrical.
Amphitheatrical (a.) Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.
Amphitheatric (a.) Of or related to an amphitheater [syn: amphitheatric, amphitheatrical].
Amphitheatrically (adv.) In the form or manner of an amphitheater.
Amphitrocha (n.) (Zool.) A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia.
Amphitropal (a.) Alt. of Amphitropous.
Amphitropous (a.) (Bot.) Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.
Amphiuma (n.) A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the Congo snake.
Amphiuma (n.) Aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States [syn: amphiuma, congo snake, congo eel, blind eel].
Amphopeptone (n.) (Physiol.) A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone.
Amophorae (n. pl. ) of Amphora
Amphora (n.) Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.
Amphoral (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.
Amphoric (a.) (Med.) Resembling a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty bottle; especially, a respiratory sound heard over cavities in the lungs during percussion and auscultation; as, amphoric respiration or resonance.
Amphoric (a.) The sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle; "amphoric breathing indicates a cavity in the lung".
Amphoteric (a.) Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral.
Amphoteric (a.) Especially: (Chem.) Having both acidic and basic groups within the same molecule, and consequently neither acid nor alkaline; neutral. [R.] -- Smart. amphotericin
Amphoteric (a.) Having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either [syn: amphoteric, amphiprotic] [ant: acidic, alkalic, alkaline].
Ample (a.) 大量的，豐富的，充裕的；足夠的；寬敞的，寬大的 Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. -- Spenser.
Ample (a.) Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.
Ample (a.) Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative. -- Johnson.
Syn: Full; spacious; extensive; wide; capacious; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; copious; bountiful; rich; liberal; munificent.
Usage: {Ample}, {Copious}, {Abundant}, {Plenteous}. These words agree in representing a thing as large, but under different relations, according to the image which is used. Ample implies largeness, producing a sufficiency or fullness of supply for every want; as, ample stores or resources, ample provision. Copious carries with it the idea of flow, or of collection at a single point; as, a copious supply of materials. "Copious matter of my song." --Milton. Abundant and plenteous refer to largeness of quantity; as, abundant stores; plenteous harvests.
Ample (a.) More than enough in size or scope or capacity; "had ample food for the party"; "an ample supply" [ant: {meager}, {meagerly}, {meagre}, {scrimpy}, {stingy}].
Ample (a.) Affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply" [syn: {ample}, {copious}, {plenteous}, {plentiful}, {rich}].
Ample (a.) Fairly large; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline"; "of ample proportions" [syn: {ample}, {sizable}, {sizeable}].
AMPLE, () A FORTH-like language for programming the 500/ 5000 series of add-on music synthesisers for the BBC Microcomputer. AMPLE was produced by Hybrid Technologies, Cambridge, England in the mid 1980s. Many AMPLE programs were published in Acorn User magazine. (1995-11-01)
Amplectant (a.) (Bot.) Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils. -- Gray.
Ampleness (n.) The state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness.
Ampleness (n.) The property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency; "the ampleness of her servings more than satisfied his hunger".
Ampleness (n.) The property of impressive largeness in size; "he admired the ampleness of its proportions".
Amplexation (n.) An embrace. [Obs.]
An humble amplexation of those sacred feet. -- Bp. Hall
Amplexicaul (a.) (Bot.) Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves. -- Gray.
Ampliate (v. t.) To enlarge. [R.]
To maintain and ampliate the external possessions of your empire. -- Udall.
Ampliate (a.) (Zool.) Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.
Ampliation (n.) Enlargement; amplification. [R.]
Ampliation (n.) (Civil Law) A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument.
Ampliation, () (Civil law) A deferring of judgment until the cause is further examined. In this case, the judges pronounced the word amplius, or by writing the letters N.L. for non liquet, signifying that the cause was not clear. In practice, it is usual in the courts when time is taken to form a judgment, to enter a curia advisare vult; cur. adv. vult. (q.v.)
Ampliation, () French law. Signifies the giving a duplicate of an acquittance or other instrument, in order that it may be produced in different places.
The copies which notaries make out of acts passed before them, and which are delivered to the parties, are also called ampliations. Dict. de Jur. h.t.
Ampliative (a.) (Logic) Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received.
"All bodies possess power of attraction" is an ampliative judgment; because we can think of bodies without thinking of attraction as one of their immediate primary attributes. -- Abp. W. Thomson.
Amplificate (v. t.) To amplify. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Amplification (n.) 擴大；發揮，詳述 The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
Amplification (n.) (Rhet.) The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject.
Exaggeration is a species of amplification. -- Brande & C.
I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied. -- Sir J. Davies.
Amplification (n.) The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.
Amplification (n.) Addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the sketch followed" [syn: amplification, elaboration].
Amplification (n.) The amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input [syn: amplification, gain].
Amplification (n.) (Electronics) The act of increasing voltage or power or Current.