English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Amianth
(n.)
See Amianthus.
Amianthiform
(a.)
Resembling amianthus in form.
Amianthoid
(a.)
Resembling amianthus.
Amianthus
(n.)
Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of
asbestus.
Amic
(a.)
Related to, or derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix;
as, amic acid; phosphamic acid.
Amicability
(n.)
The quality of being amicable; friendliness;
amicableness.
Amicable
(a.)
Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness;
after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or
arrangement.
Amicableness
(n.)
The quality of being amicable; amicability.
Amicably
(adv.)
In an amicable manner.
Amice
(n.)
A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur,
formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce.
Amice
(n.)
A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now
about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church
while saying Mass.
Amid
(prep.)
In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by;
among.
Amid
(prep.)
See Amidst.
Amide
(n.)
A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid
element or radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or
more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an acid atom or radical.
Amidin
(n.)
Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass,
like horn. It is soluble in cold water.
Amido
(a.)
Containing, or derived from, amidogen.
Amidogen
(n.)
A compound radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate
state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one
of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group,
and in composition represented by the form amido.
Amidships
(adv.)
In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length,
and sometimes also her breadth.
Amidst
(prep.)
Alt. of Amid
Amine
(n.)
One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from
ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or
radical.