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Amygdaloid
a.
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Alt. of Amygdaloidal
Amygdaloidal
a.
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Almond-shaped.
Amygdaloidal
a.
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Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock amygdaloid.
Amyl
n.
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A hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.
Amylaceous
a.
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Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.
Amylate
n.
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A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.
Amylene
n.
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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.
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Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl; as, amylic ether.
Amylobacter
n.
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A microorganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction.
Amyloid
a.
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Alt. of Amyloidal
Amyloidal
a.
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Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike.
Amyloid
n.
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A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.
Amyloid
n.
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The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.
Amylolytic
a.
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Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment.
Amylose
n.
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One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.
Amyous
a.
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Wanting in muscle; without flesh.
Amyss
n.
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Same as Amice, a hood or cape.
An
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This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. In such expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every.
An
conj.
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If; -- a word used by old English authors.
Ana-
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A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew.
Ana
adv.
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Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), / ij., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces.
-ana
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A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.
Anabaptism
n.
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The doctrine of the Anabaptists.
Anabaptist
n.
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A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.
Anabaptistic
a.
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Alt. of Anabaptistical
Anabaptistical
a.
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Relating or attributed to the Anabaptists, or their doctrines.
Anabaptistry
n.
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The doctrine, system, or practice, of Anabaptists.
Anabaptize
v. t.
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To rebaptize; to rechristen; also, to rename.
Anabas
n.
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A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing fishes.
Anabasis
n.
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A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis."