English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Amioid
(a.)
Like or pertaining to the Amioidei.
Amioid
(n.)
One of the Amioidei.
Amioidei
(n. pl.)
An order of ganoid fishes of which Amia is the type.
See Bowfin and Ganoidei.
Amir
(n.)
One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.
Amir
(n.)
Emir.
Amir
(n.)
Same as Ameer.
Amiss
(adv.)
Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
Amiss
(a.)
Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be
amiss to ask advice.
Amiss
(n.)
A fault, wrong, or mistake.
The quality of being amissible; possibility of being
lost.
Amissible
(a.)
Liable to be lost.
Amission
(n.)
Deprivation; loss.
Amit
(v. t.)
To lose.
Amities
(pl. )
of Amity
Amity
(n.)
Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals,
societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a
treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories.
Amma
(n.)
An abbes or spiritual mother.
Ammeter
(n.)
A contraction of amperometer or amperemeter.
Ammiral
(n.)
An obsolete form of admiral.
Ammite
(n.)
Oolite or roestone; -- written also hammite.
Ammodyte
(n.)
A kind of viper in southern Europe.