English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Amyelous
(a.)
Wanting the spinal cord.
Amygdalaceous
(a.)
Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
Amygdalate
(a.)
Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.
Amygdalate
(n.)
An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds.
Amygdalate
(n.)
A salt amygdalic acid.
Amygdalic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin; as,
amygdalic acid.
Amygdaliferous
(a.)
Almond-bearing.
Amygdalin
(n.)
A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white,
crystalline substance.
Amygdaline
(a.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds.
Amygdaloid
(n.)
A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small
cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of
different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites.
When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it
is porous, like lava.
Amygdaloid
(a.)
Alt. of Amygdaloidal
Amygdaloidal
(a.)
Almond-shaped.
Amygdaloidal
(a.)
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock
amygdaloid.
Amyl
(n.)
A hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found
in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.
Amylaceous
(a.)
Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.
Amylate
(n.)
A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive
atom or radical.
Amylene
(n.)
One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the
ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called
amylene is a mixture of different members of the group.
Amylic
(a.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl; as, amylic ether.
Amylobacter
(n.)
A microorganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops
in vegetable tissue during putrefaction.
Amyloid
(n.)
The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid
degeneration.