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  • English Word Amphitrocha Definition A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia.
  • English Word Amphitropal Definition Alt. of Amphitropous
  • English Word Amphitropous Definition Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.
  • English Word Amphiuma Definition 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.
  • English Word Amphopeptone Definition A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone.
  • English Word Amphora Definition Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.
  • English Word Amphoral Definition Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.
  • English Word Amphoric Definition Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter; as, amphoric respiration or resonance.
  • English Word Amphoteric Definition Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral.
  • English Word Ample Definition Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
  • English Word Ample Definition Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.
  • English Word Ample Definition Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative.
  • English Word Amplectant Definition Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils.
  • English Word Ampleness Definition The state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness.
  • English Word Amplexation Definition An embrace.
  • English Word Amplexicaul Definition Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves.
  • English Word Ampliate Definition To enlarge.
  • English Word Ampliate Definition Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.
  • English Word Ampliation Definition Enlargement; amplification.
  • English Word Ampliation Definition A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument.
  • English Word Ampliative Definition Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received.
  • English Word Amplificate Definition To amplify.
  • English Word Amplification Definition The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
  • English Word Amplification Definition The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject.
  • English Word Amplification Definition The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.
  • English Word Amplificative Definition Amplificatory.
  • English Word Amplificatory Definition Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
  • English Word Amplified Definition of Amplify
  • English Word Amplifier Definition One who or that which amplifies.
  • English Word Amplify Definition To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.