最新 人气 评论 赞 踩
Amphipoda
n. pl.
24   0   0   0
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.
Amphipodous
a.
24   0   0   0
Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
Amphiprostyle
a.
22   0   0   0
Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides.
Amphiprostyle
n.
24   0   0   0
An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
Amphirhina
n. pl.
23   0   0   0
A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double.
Amphisbaena
n.
23   0   0   0
A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way.
Amphisbaena
n.
24   0   0   0
A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix.
Amphisbaenoid
a.
25   0   0   0
Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisbaena.
Amphiscii
n. pl.
24   0   0   0
Alt. of Amphiscians
Amphiscians
n. pl.
28   0   0   0
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.
Amphistomous
a.
26   0   0   0
Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.
Amphistylic
a.
25   0   0   0
Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.
Amphitheater
n.
24   0   0   0
Alt. of Amphitheatre
Amphitheatre
n.
24   0   0   0
An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena.
Amphitheatre
n.
23   0   0   0
Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.
Amphitheatral
a.
65   0   0   0
Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater.
Amphitheatrical
a.
25   0   0   0
Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.
Amphitheatrically
adv.
25   0   0   0
In the form or manner of an amphitheater.
Amphitrocha
n.
27   0   0   0
A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia.
Amphitropal
a.
28   0   0   0
Alt. of Amphitropous
Amphitropous
a.
26   0   0   0
Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.
Amphiuma
n.
26   0   0   0
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.
Amphopeptone
n.
49   0   0   0
A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone.
Amophorae
pl.
43   0   0   0
of Amphora
Amphora
n.
42   0   0   0
Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.
Amphoral
a.
37   0   0   0
Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.
Amphoric
a.
26   0   0   0
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.
Amphoteric
a.
30   0   0   0
Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral.
Ample
a.
26   0   0   0
Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
Ample
a.
25   0   0   0
Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.