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Cell division in which there is first a simple cleavage of the nucleus without change in its structure (such as the formation of chromosomes), followed by the division of the cytoplasm; direct cell division; -- opposed to mitosis. It is not the usual mode of division, and is believed by many to occur chiefly in highly…

One who lives near a river. [Obs.] Bailey.

A lover; a gallant. [R.] Milton. It was the custom for an amorist to impress the name of his mistress in the dust, or upon the damp earth, with letters fixed upon his shoe. Southey.

A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc.

Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc.

A genus formerly including the Virginia creeper.

in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis.

A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges.

Sexual generation; amphigony.

Ambiguity of speech; equivocation. [R.]

A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way. Milton.

Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisbæna.

rt 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.

Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.

Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.

An explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate, a derivative of nitrobenzene, chlorated napthalene, and wood meal.

The formation of starch.

The conversion of starch into soluble products, as dextrins and sugar, esp. by the action of enzymes. -- Am`y*lo*lyt"ic (#), a.

The doctrine of the Anabaptists.

A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.