The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle.
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One of the classes of vertebrates.
Amphibian.
One of the Amphibia.
Pertaining to amphibiology.
A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia.
A division of insects having aquatic larv/.
Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants.
Like an amphibious being.
An amphibian.
Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende.
Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase.
Of doubtful meaning; ambiguous.
A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.
Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.
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.
Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening.
Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.
Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebr/.
A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination.
Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body.
Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
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.
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.
A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges.
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.
Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; -- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants.
Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar zones inclusive.
An element that in combination produces amphid salt; -- applied by Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
Leucite.
Sexual generation; amphigony.
Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.
Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation.
Relating to both parents.
Sexual propagation.
Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
Ambiguity of speech; equivocation.
A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in c/st/t/s.
A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.
a family comprising the lancelets.
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, vertebr/, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren.
One of the Amphipoda.
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.
Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
having columns at both ends but not on the sides.
Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides. An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double.
A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way.
Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisb/na.
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.
Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.
Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.
Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater.
An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena.
Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.
In the form or manner of an amphitheater.
A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia.
Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.
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.
A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone.
Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.
Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.
Resembling a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty bottle; especially, a respiratory sound heard over cavities in the lungs during percussion and auscultation; as, amphoric respiration or resonance.
Partly one and partly the other
an antibiotic and antifungal agent (C47H73NO17), produced by a strain of Streptomyces nodosus. It is one of a class of polyene macrolide antibiotics effective against fungal infections. It has a molecular weight of 924.11; it is soluble in oganic solvents but only slightly soluble in water.
a semisynthetic penicillin which can be considered as the common benzylpenicillin containing an amino group at the alpha benzyl position.
Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils.
The state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness.
An embrace.
Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves.
Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.
Enlargement; amplification.
Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received.
To amplify.
The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
Amplificatory.
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
One who or that which amplifies.
To become larger.
State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size.
In an ample manner.
same as ampule.
Same as Ampulla, 2.
a small glass bottle which has been or can be sealed hermetically by application of flame to a narrow opening at the top.
A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.
Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
Resembling an ampulla.
Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied.
Flask-shaped; dilated.
To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.
The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.
One who amputates.
A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair.
Immortality; also, the nectar conferring immortality. Ambrosial; immortal.
a genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; native from Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America.
A large city which is an industrial center and the official capital of The Netherlands. Population (2000) = 724,096.
An administrative territorial division in Denmark and Norway.
In a frenzied and reckless manner.
An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. [Also used figuratively.]
Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.
Full off dregs; foul.
Capable of being amused.
To muse; to mediate.
Diverted.
Deep thought; muse.
One who amuses.
A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.
Giving amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story.
Having power to amuse or entertain the mind; fitted to excite mirth.
An explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate, a derivative of nitrobenzene, chlorated napthalene, and wood meal.
A friend.
Characterized by lack of the spinal cord.
An almond.
Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.
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