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Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side. Earle.

Practicing or siding with both parties. All false, shuffling, and ambidextrous dealings. L'Estrange.

In an ambidextrous manner; cunningly.

The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity.

Resembling amianthus.

See Amidst.

A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid element or radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an acid atom or radical. Acid amide, a neutral compound formed by the substitution of the amido group for hydroxyl in an acid.

Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.

Containing, or derived from, amidogen. Amido acid, an acid in which a portion of the nonacid hydrogen has been replaced by the amido group. The amido acids are both basic and acid. -- Amido group, amidogen, NH2.

om the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group, and in composition represented by the form amido.

A salt of a diamino phenol, C6H3(OH)(NH2)2, used as a developer.

In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and sometimes also her breadth. Totten.

In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among. "This fair tree amidst the garden." "Unseen amid the throng." "Amidst thick clouds." Milton. "Amidst acclamations." "Amidst the splendor and festivity of a court." Macaulay. But rather famish them amid their plenty. Shak.

Like or pertaining to the Amioidei. -- n.

An order of ganoid fishes of which Amis is type. See Bowfin and Ganoidei.

An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.

Resembling an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba. Amoeboid movement, movement produced, as in the amoeba, by successive processes of prolongation and retraction.

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. [R.] Berzelius.

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.