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Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic. -- n.

Like or pertaining to the Amioidei. -- n.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, the followers of Jacob Amman, a strict Mennonite of the 17th century, who even proscribed the use of buttons and shaving as "worldly conformity". There are several branches of Amish Mennonites in the United States.

Of or pertaining to amitosis; karyostenotic; -- opposed to mitotic.

Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas. Ammoniacal engine, an engine in which the vapor of ammonia is used as the motive force. -- Sal ammoniac Etym: [L. sal ammoniacus], the salt usually called chloride of ammonium, and formerly muriate of ammonia.…

Of or pertaining to ammonia.

Of or pertaining to amnesia. "Amnesic or coördinate defects." Quian.

Of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac. Amniotic acid. (Chem.) [R.] See Allantoin.

Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa.

Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.

Pertaining to amphibiology.

Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water. The amphibious character of the Greeks was already determined: they were to be lords of land and sea. Hare.

Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.

Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body. W. Smith.

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.

Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation. [R.]

Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.

Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.

Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.

Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisbæna.