English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Amphigenous (a.)
Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.
Amphigonic (a.)
Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation.
Amphigonous (a.)
Relating to both parents.
Amphigony (n.)
Sexual propagation.
Amphigoric (a.)
Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.
Amphigory (n.)
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
Amphilogism (n.)
Alt. of Amphilogy
Amphilogy (n.)
Ambiguity of speech; equivocation.
Amphimacer (n.)
A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast/tas.
Amphineura (n. pl.)
A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.
Amphioxus (n.)
A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
Amphipneust (n.)
One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren.
Amphipod (n.)
One of the Amphipoda.
Amphipod (a.)
Alt. of Amphipodan
Amphipoda (n. pl.)
A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.
Amphipodan (a.)
Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
Amphipodous (a.)
Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
Amphiprostyle (n.)
An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
Amphiprostyle (a.)
Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides.
Amphirhina (n. pl.)
A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double.