English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
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Amphisbaena
(n.)
A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving
either way.
Amphisbaena
(n.)
A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form,
without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have
a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in
Appendix.
Amphisbaenoid
(a.)
Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus
Amphisbaena.
Amphiscians
(n. pl.)
The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in
one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the
south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith.
Amphiscii
(n. pl.)
Alt. of Amphiscians
Amphistomous
(a.)
Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain
entozoa, by means of which they adhere.
Amphistylic
(a.)
Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid
arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.
Amphitheater
(n.)
Alt. of Amphitheatre
Amphitheatral
(a.)
Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater.
Amphitheatre
(n.)
An oval or circular building with rising tiers of
seats about an open space called the arena.
Amphitheatre
(n.)
Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a
level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a
theater.
Amphitheatric
(a.)
Alt. of Amphitheatrical
Amphitheatrical
(a.)
Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an
amphitheater.
Amphitheatrically
(adv.)
In the form or manner of an amphitheater.
Amphitrocha
(n.)
A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a
ventral circle of special cilia.
Amphitropal
(a.)
Alt. of Amphitropous
Amphitropous
(a.)
Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment
near the middle of one side; half anatropous.
Amphiuma
(n.)
A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United
States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two
persistent gill openings; the Congo snake.
Amphopeptone
(n.)
A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of
hemipeptone and antipeptone.
Amphora
(n.)
Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the
bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.