English English Dictionary

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Amnestied (imp. p. p.)

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Amnesty (v.)

Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.

Amnesty (v.)

An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

Amnesty (v. t.)

To grant amnesty to.

Amnestying (p. pr. & vb. n.)

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Amnicolist (n.)

One who lives near a river.

Amnigenous (a.)

Born or bred in, of, or near a river.

Amnion (n.)

A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

Amnios (n.)

Same as Amnion.

Amniota (n. pl.)

That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.

Amniotic (a.)

Of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac.

Amoeba (n.)

A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.

Amoebae (pl. )

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Amoebaeum (n.)

A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.

Amoebas (pl. )

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Amoebea (n. pl.)

That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms.

Amoebean (a.)

Alternately answering.

Amoebian (n.)

One of the Amoebea.

Amoebiform (a.)

Alt. of Amoeboid

Amoeboid (a.)

Resembling an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba.