English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Amphiboly (n.)
Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.
Amphibrach (n.)
A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic.
Amphicarpic (a.)
Alt. of Amphicarpous
Amphicarpous (a.)
Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening.
Amphichroic (a.)
Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.
Amphicoelian (a.)
Alt. of Amphicoelous
Amphicoelous (a.)
Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebrae.
Amphicome (n.)
A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination.
Amphictyonic (a.)
Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body.
Amphictyonies (pl. )
of Amphictyony
Amphictyons (n. pl.)
Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
Amphictyony (n.)
A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.
Amphid (n.)
A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a haloid compound.
Amphidisc (n.)
A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges.
Amphidromical (a.)
Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it.
Amphigamous (a.)
Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; -- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants.
Amphigean (a.)
Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar zones inclusive.
Amphigen (n.)
An element that in combination produces amphid salt; -- applied by Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
Amphigene (n.)
Leucite.
Amphigenesis (n.)
Sexual generation; amphigony.