English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Ampulla (n.)
A cruet for the wine and water at Mass.
Ampulla (n.)
The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept.
Ampulla (n.)
Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.
Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
Ampullae (pl. )
of Ampulla
Ampullar (a.)
Alt. of Ampullary
Ampullary (a.)
Resembling an ampulla.
Ampullate (a.)
Alt. of Ampullated
Ampullated (a.)
Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied.
Flask-shaped; dilated.
Amputate (v. t.)
To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.
Amputate (v. t.)
To cut off (a limb or projecting part of the body)
Amputated (imp. & p. p.)
of Amputate
Amputating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Amputate
Amputation (n.)
The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.
Amputator (n.)
One who amputates.
Ampyx (n.)
A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair.
Amrita (n.)
Immortality; also, the nectar conferring immortality.
Amrita (a.)
Ambrosial; immortal.
Amsel (n.)
Alt. of Amzel