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A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also French rice.

To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve. "My fortune . . . amends." Sir P. Sidney.

The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.] Blacksto…

A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis. [Written also Ametabolia.]

or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce.

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 It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an acid atom or radical.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.

ammonia from 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.

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

Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories. To live on terms of amity with vice. Cowper.

Oölite or roestone; -- written also hammite. [Obs.]

in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.

adical, NH4, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.

Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. Quian.

A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

ic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.

Expressing a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal action. What news among the merchants Shak. Human sacrifices were practiced among them. Hume. Divide that gold amongst you. Marlowe. Whether they quarreled among themselves, or with their neighbors. Addison.

A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo. Longfellow.

Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.

The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid. Simmonds.

rate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the international ampère.