English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Ambs-ace
(n.)
Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad
luck; anything of no account or value.
Ambulacra
(pl. )
of Ambulacrum
Ambulacral
(a.)
Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the
ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.
Ambulacriform
(a.)
Having the form of ambulacra.
Ambulacrum
(n.)
One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which
run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones
usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude
from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the
under side of the rays.
Ambulacrum
(n.)
One of the suckers on the feet of mites.
Ambulance
(n.)
A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in
its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible.
Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher;
ambulance corps.
Ambulance
(n.)
An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded
from the field, or to a hospital.
Ambulant
(a.)
Walking; moving from place to place.
Ambulate
(v. i.)
To walk; to move about.
Ambulation
(n.)
The act of walking.
Ambulative
(a.)
Walking.
Ambulator
(n.)
One who walks about; a walker.
Ambulator
(n.)
An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also
perambulator.
Ambulator
(n.)
A beetle of the genus Lamia.
Ambulator
(n.)
A genus of birds, or one of this genus.
Ambulatorial
(a.)
Ambulatory; fitted for walking.
Ambulatories
(pl. )
of Ambulatory
Ambulatory
(a.)
Pertaining to a walk.
Ambulatory
(n.)
A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the
gallery of a cloister, or within a building.