English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Ammodyte
(n.)
A kind of viper in southern Europe.
Ammonia
(n.)
A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a
pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits
of hartshorn.
Ammoniac
(a.)
Alt. of Ammoniacal
Ammoniac
(n.)
Alt. of Gum ammoniac
Ammoniacal
(a.)
Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its
properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.
Ammoniated
(a.)
Combined or impregnated with ammonia.
Ammonic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to ammonia.
Ammonite
(n.)
A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There
are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms
having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly
numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the
septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called
serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.
Ammonitiferous
(a.)
Containing fossil ammonites.
Ammonitoidea
(n. pl.)
An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often
very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.
Ammonium
(n.)
A compound radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of
a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.
Ammunition
(n.)
Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack
or defense.
Ammunition
(n.)
Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all
kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
Ammunition
(n.)
Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.
Ammunition
(v. t.)
To provide with ammunition.
Ammunitioned
(imp. & p. p.)
of Ammunition
Ammunitioning
(p pr. & vb. n.)
of Ammunition
Amnesia
(n.)
Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral
disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the
place of those he wishes to employ.
Amnesic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to amnesia.
Amnestic
(a.)
Causing loss of memory.