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`ammonium
`the radical NH., present
`am) n.
`am.mo.ni.um
`(a mo'ne
`in salts produced by the reaction of ammonia with an
`acid
`n. [< L. munire,
`am.mu.ni.tion
`(am/ya nish/sn]
`to
`fortify] 1. anything hurled by a weapon or exploded as a
`shells, bombs, grenades,
`etc. 2. any
`weapon, as bullets,
`means of attack or defense
`-zhe a) n. [< Gr. e-, not + mn.as-
`am.ne.lia
`(am ne'zha,
`thai,
`to remember]
`partial or total
`loss of memory -am-
`(-ze ak/), em.ne'aie
`adj., n.
`ne'ai·ae'
`tel n., pl .• ties
`[< Gr. cvnn.estia, a
`am.nel'ty
`(amrnes
`forgetting]
`a general pardon, esp. for political offenses
`-
`vt. -tied,
`-ty.ing to grant amnesty to; pardon
`an, -an") n., pl. -nl-ens,
`am.ni.on
`(am'ne
`-nl·a (-a) [< Gr.
`amnos,
`lamb]
`the innermost membrane of the sac enclos-
`ing the embryo of a mammal,
`reptile, or bird -am'ni-
`ot'ie (-iit'ik) adj.
`(a me'ba) n., pl.
`[< Gr. amei-
`a.moe.ba
`-bae (-be)
`-bes,
`bein,
`to change]
`a microscopic, one-celled animal multi-
`plying by fission -a.moe'bie,
`a.moe'ban
`adj.
`(a me/boid) adj.
`a.moe.bOid
`like an amoeba,
`as in con-
`stantly changing shape
`(a muk") adj., adv. [Malay amoq] 1. in a frenzy to
`a.mol(
`kill 2..in a violent rage
`identified
`later
`A.mon
`(ii'man) an ancient Egyptian deity,
`with the sun god, A'mon-Re'
`(-nV)
`(a mUlJ') prep. [< OE. on, in + gemang, a crowd]
`a.mong
`by [among friends] 2. in the group of [best
`1. surrounded
`among books] 3. with a share for each of [divided among
`us] 4. by the joint action of
`a.monglt
`(a mUlJst') prep. same as AMONG
`lii'do) n. [< Sp. < Mantilla,
`a
`a.mon.til.la.do
`(a man/ta
`town in Spain] a pale, rather dry sherry
`a.mor.al
`(a mor'al,
`adj. 1. not
`to be judged by
`-mar/-]
`moral
`standards;
`neither moral nor
`immoral 2. without
`moral
`principles
`-a·mor·al.i.ty
`(a'ma
`ral/a
`tel n.
`-
`a·mor'al·ly
`adv.
`as) adj. [< L. amor,
`am.o.roul
`love] 1. fond of
`(am/ar
`making love 2. full of love 3. of sexual
`love or lovemaking
`adv. -am'o.roua.ne
`.. n.
`-am'o.roua·ly
`(a mor'fas) adj. [< Gr. c-, without + mor-
`a.mor.phoul
`pM;
`type 3. Bioi.
`form] 1. shapeless 2. of no definite
`4. Chem., Mineralogy
`specialized
`structure
`not
`without
`crystalline -a.mor'phism
`n. -a.mor'phoua.ly
`adv.
`-tlz'ing [< L.
`tiz', a mor'-) vt. -tized',
`am.or·tize
`(am/ar
`ad, to + mors, death] 1. to put money aside at
`intervals
`of (a debt, etc.) 2. Accounting
`for gradual
`payment
`to
`write off (expenditures)
`by prorating over a fixed period
`Brit. sp. am'or·tisa',
`-tised',
`-ti.'ing
`-am'or.ti.za'tion
`n.
`A.mos
`(a'mas)
`1. a Hebrew prophet of the 8th cent. B.C.
`2. a book of the Bible containing prophecies attributed
`to
`him
`vi. [< L. ad, to + mons, mountain]
`a.mount
`(a mount')
`1. to add up (to a sum) 2. to be equal
`in meaning, value,
`or effect -no 1. the sum of two or more quantities;
`total
`2. a principal sum plus its interest 3. a quantity
`(a moor') n. [Fr. < L. amor,
`a.mour
`love] a love affair,
`esp. an illicit one
`1. amperage 2. ampere(s)
`amp.
`am.per.age
`(am'par
`ij, am pir'-) n.
`the strength
`of an
`electric current
`in am~res
`n. [after A. M. Ampere (1775-1836), Fr.
`am·pere
`(am'pir)
`physicist)
`the standard unit for measuring the strength of
`an electnc current;
`rate of flow of charge of one coulomb
`per second
`n. [< and per Be and,
`lit.,
`sand')
`(am'par
`am.per.sand
`(is) and] a sign (&), meaning and
`(the sign) & by itself
`am.phet.a.mme
`(am feVa men',
`-min) n. a colorless
`liqUid, ~H18N, used as a drug to overcome depression,
`fatigue, etc. and to lessen the appetite
`am.phib·i.an
`(am tib'e an) n. [see ff.11. any of a class of
`vertebrates,
`including frogs: toads, safamanders,
`etc.,
`that
`usually begin life in the water as tadpoles with gills, and
`later develop lungs 2. any amphibious animal or plant 3.
`an aircraft
`that can take off from or come down on either
`land or water 4. a vehicle that can travel on either
`land
`or water -adj.
`same as AMPHIBIOUS
`(-as) adj. [< Gr. amphi-, on both sides +
`am.phib'i.ous
`bios, life] 1.
`that
`can live both on land and in water 2.
`that can operate on both land and water 3. of or for a
`military operation
`involving the landing of troops
`from
`boats -am.phib'i·ous.ly
`adv.
`tar)
`the'a
`(am'fa
`am~hi.th.
`e.a.t~r,
`am.phl.the·a.tre
`n. < Gr. amphi-, around + theatron,
`a round or
`theater]
`ov . building with an open space (arena)
`surrounded
`by
`rising rows of seats
`a) n., pl. -raa (-e),
`-ra. [< Gr. amphi-,
`am.pho·ra
`(am'far
`
`capital of the
`
`analgesic
`on both sides + pherein,
`to bear] a tall jar with a narrow
`neck and base and two handles,
`used by the ancient
`Greeks and Romans
`[< L. amplus11.
`am.ple
`(am'p'l) adj. -pier, -pla.t
`large in
`size, extent, etc. 2. more than enough; abundant
`3. ade-
`quate -am'ply
`adv.
`thing that
`fi'ar) n. 1. a person or
`am·pll.fl·er
`(am'pla
`amplifies 2. an electronic device used to increase electrical
`signal strength
`am.pll.fy
`(amrpla
`fi') vt.
`-fiad',
`-fy'ing
`[< L. amplus,
`ample + facere,
`to make] 1.
`to make stronger;
`esp.,
`to
`strengthen
`(an electrical
`signal) 2. to expand -vi.
`to ex-
`patiate -am'pli.fi.ca'tion
`n.
`am.pli.tude
`(amrpla
`tOM') n. [see AMPLE]
`1. extent;
`largeness 2. abundance
`3. scope or breadth 4.
`the ex-
`treme range of a fluctuating
`quantity,
`from the average
`or mean to the extreme
`the changing of the amplitude of
`amplitude
`modulation
`the transmitting
`radio wave in accordance with the signal
`being broadcast:
`distinguished from FREQUENCY
`MODULA-
`TION
`.
`(am/pool) n. [< Fr. < L. ampulla, bottle] a small
`am.pul
`glass container
`for one dose of a hypodermic medicine:
`also am'pula
`(-pyool), am'poula
`(-pOOl)
`[< L. am-,
`vt. -tat'ad,
`am.pu.tate
`(am'pya
`tit')
`-tat'ing
`for AMBI- + putare,
`to prune]
`to cut off (an arm,
`leg,
`etc.), esp. by surgery -am'pu·ta'tion
`n.
`am·pu.t
`..
`te') n. a person who has had a limb
`(am/pya
`or hmbs amputated
`dam')
`Am·lter.dam
`(am'star
`Netherlands:
`pop. 868,000
`amt.
`amount
`(tr)a(c)k]
`tr(avel)
`n. [Am(erican)
`Am.trak,
`(am'trak')
`nationwide system of passenger
`railroad service
`a·muck
`(a muk") adj., adv. same as AMOK
`lit) n. [< L.] something worn on the
`am·u·let
`(am'ya
`body as a charm against evil
`[< Fr. Ii, at
`(a myc50z') vt. a·mused',
`a.mu ..
`a.mu.'ing
`+ OFr. maser,
`to stare fixedly] 1. to keep pleasantly oe-
`2. to make laugh, smile, etc. -a·mus'a-
`cupied; entertain
`bla adj. -a.mus'ar
`n.
`a·mu ..
`'ment
`(-mant) n. 1. a being amused 2. something
`that amuses
`amu .. ment
`perk
`an outdoor place with devices for en-
`tertainment,
`as a merry-go-round,
`etc.
`liis') n. [< Gr. amyloll,
`an en-
`starch)
`am·yI·a
`..
`(am'a
`zyme that helps change starch into sugar, found m saliva,
`etc.
`an (an; stressed an) adj"
`[< OE. an, one]
`indefinite aniel.
`1. one; one sort of 2. each; anyone
`3. per [two an hour]
`All
`is used before words beginning with a vowel sound
`[an eye, an honor, an ultimatuml
`(an) conj. [< af!dJ 1. [Dial.] and 2. [~rchaic]
`.if
`an,
`an'
`-an [< L. -anus] an adj.-formmg
`and n.-formmg
`suff'"
`meani"ff: 1. (one) belon~ng to [diocesan] 2. (one) born in
`[American]
`or
`livmg
`in
`3.
`(one)
`believing
`in
`[Mohammedan]
`liz'm) n. [< Gr. anabole, a rising
`a.nab.o.llam
`(a nab'a
`up + -ISM]
`the biological
`process
`by which
`food is
`changed into living tissue
`niz'm) n. r< Gr. ana-, against
`a.nach.ro·nllm
`(a nak'ra
`+ chrorws,
`out 01 its proper
`time] 1. anything
`time in
`history 2.
`the representation
`of this
`-a.nach'ro·ni.'tie
`adj. -a.naeh'ro·nia'tl·eal·ly
`adv.
`an.a.con·da
`(an'a kiin'da) n. [< ?] 1. a large S. Ameri-
`can snake of the boa family 2. any similar
`snake that
`crushes its victim in its coils
`a.nae.ml·a
`(a ne'me a) n. same as ANEMIA
`(an er'ob, an'a rob') n. [< Gr. an-, without +
`an.aer,oM
`aero-, AERO- + bios,
`life] a microorganism that
`can live
`where there is no free oxygen -an·aer·o·bie
`(an'er o'bik,
`-a ro'-) adj.
`an·a ..
`·the·lla
`n. same as ANESTHESIA
`the'zha)
`(an'as
`an'a ..
`·that'ie
`adJ" n. -an·aa.'tha·tist
`n.
`-an·ae.'th
`tlze' vt. -tlzed',
`-tiz'ing
`n. [< Gr. anagrammatizein,
`an.a.gram
`(an'a
`gram')
`transpose
`letters) 1. a word or phrase made from another
`[pl., with
`by rearranging
`Its letters
`(Ex.: now-won)
`2.
`Sing. v.] a game of forming words by arranging
`lettel'B
`drawn randomly from a stock
`An.a.helm
`(an'a
`him')
`city in SW Calif.: pop. 167,000
`a·nal
`(a'n'l) adj. of or near the anus
`je'ze a, -sa a) n. [< Gr. an-, without
`an.al.ge.al·a
`(an"l
`+ ~esia,
`pain] a state of not feeling pain although fully
`COnscIOUS
`(-zik, -sik) adj. of or causing analgesia -no a
`an'al.ge'atc
`drug producing analgesia
`
`analog computer
`that uses volta
`analog
`computer
`a computer
`sent
`the numerical data of physical quantities
`(a nal'a jiz') vi" vt. -gized',
`a.nal,o'lIize
`.gi:
`or eXf.la!n by, analogy -a·nal'o·gist
`n.
`1. sin
`a·nal
`o'Uous
`(-j:as) adj. [see ANALOGY]
`parable m certain respects 2. Bioi. similar
`in
`not
`in origin and structure
`-a.nal'g·gou8.ly
`,
`an·a.logue,
`an.a.log
`(an/a log') n. a thing
`is analogous
`-adj. of or by means of an analc
`usually analog
`(a nal/a je) n., pl. -gies [< Gr. aru
`a.nal.o.gy
`to + logos, ratio] 1. similarity in some respec
`paring of something point by point with som
`lar 3. Bioi. similarity
`in function but not
`ir
`structure
`-Iys'ing chiefl.
`(an/a liz') vt. -lysed',
`an.a.lyse
`ANALYZE
`(-saz') [Gr
`(a nal'a sis) n., pl. -sas'
`a.nal·y·sis
`+ lysis, a loosing] 1. a breaking up of a wI
`parts to find out
`their nature, etc. 2. a statem
`findings 3. same as PSYCHOANALYSIS
`4. Chem.
`tion of compounds and mixtures
`into their COl
`determine
`their nature or pr:oportion -an·a·ly
`IWi k'l), an'a.lyt'ie
`adj. -an'a.lyt'i·cal.ly
`ad~
`an·a.lyst
`(an'a list) n. 1. a person who analy
`as PSYCHOANALYST
`(-liz') vt. -Iyzad',
`to so
`-Iyz'ing 1.
`an'a.lyze'
`parts
`so as to find out
`their nature,
`etc. 2.
`carefully
`so as to determine
`the nature
`01
`choanalyze
`-an'a.lyz'a.ble
`adj. -an'a·lyz'ar
`(an'a pest') n. f< Gr
`an.a·pelt,
`an·a·paest
`+ paiein, to strike] a metrical
`foot of three S'
`fll'!lt two unaccented
`and the third accented .
`tic, an'a·paea'tie
`adj.
`an·ar·chism
`(an'ar kiz'm) n. 1. the theory th
`of government
`should be replaced by volunts
`tion 2. resistance,
`sometimes by terrorism,
`to
`an'ar.chist
`(-kist) n. 1. a person who believ
`chism 2. a promoter of anarchy -an'ar.ehis'ti
`(-kil) n. [< Gr. an-, without + arc
`an'ar·chy
`1.
`the complete
`absence of government
`2. I
`order
`and violence 3. disorder;
`confusion
`-
`(-iir'kik), an.ar'ehi·eal
`adj.
`anat.
`1. anatomical 2. anatomist 3. anatomy
`(a nath'a mOJ)n., pl. -mas [< Gl
`a.nath·e·ma
`voted to evil1 1. a thing or person accursed 2
`person JP'8atIy detested 3. a formal curse, 81
`municatmg a p_erson4. any strong curse
`(-tiz') vt., vi. -tizad',
`a·nath'e.ma.tize'
`-tiz'l
`an anathema
`(against); curse
`(a nat'a miz') vt., vi. -mizad',
`a.nat·o·mize
`to dissect
`(an animal or plant)
`in order to stud
`ture 2. to analyze in detail -a.nat'o·mist
`n.
`(-me) n" pl.
`[< Gr. ana-,
`a.nat'o.my
`-mies
`nein,
`to cut] 1. the dissecting of an organism
`study its structure 2. the science of the struc
`mala or plants 3.
`the structure
`of an organis
`tailed analysis
`-an·a·tom.i·eal
`(an'a
`tiim'i
`tom'ie adj. -an'a·tom'i·caJ.ly
`adv.
`[< L.] a suffix meaning: 1. the act of [u
`-anca
`a being [vigilance] 3. a thing that [corweyance
`is [dissonance:
`inheritancel
`that
`n. [< L. ante-, before
`an.cal.tor
`(an'ses'tar)
`go] 1. a person from whom one is descended;
`an early type of animal
`from which later
`evolved 3. a predecessor
`-an'cas'trass
`(-trag) ,
`an·cas·tral
`(an ses'tral)
`adj. of or inherited
`tors -an·ces'tral.ly
`adv.
`n" pl.
`-triea 1.' family
`an'C88.try
`(an'ses'tre)
`lineage 2. ancestors collectively
`(8I)'kar) n. [< Gr. ankyra, a hook] 1.•
`an·chor
`ject, as an iron weight with flukes,
`low-
`ered into the water by cable to kee~ a
`ship from drifting
`2. anything
`givmg
`-vt.
`security or stability
`to hold secure
`as by an anchor
`1. to lower the an-
`-vi.
`chor 2.
`to become fixed -at
`anchor an-
`chored
`(-ij) n. 1. money char~ed
`an'chor.age
`to anchor 2. an anchonng
`for the rignt
`or being anchored
`3. a place to anchor
`(llI)'ka rit') n. [< Gr. ana-,
`an·cho·rite
`back + cMreln,
`retire]
`a religious
`rec-
`luse; hermit:
`also an'eho·ret
`(-rit)
`-an'eho'l
`fat, ape, car; ten,
`liven;
`is, bite; go, horn,
`tCR)]
`, as in able (a'b'I); e, Fr. coeur; 0, Fr. feu; Fr.
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