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A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia.

le of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.

Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.

A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless. [Written also amphigouri.]

One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren.

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

Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received. "All bodies possess power of attraction" is an ampliative judgment; because we can think of bodies without thinking of attraction as one of their immediate primary attribute. Abp. W. Thomson.

The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.

One who or that which amplifies.

The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.

The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept. Shipley.

The state of being amused; pleasurable excitement; that which amuses; diversion. His favorite amusements were architecture and gardening. Macaulay.

of amyl. -- Amylic fermentation (Chem.), a process of fermentation in starch or sugar in which amylic alcohol is produced. Gregory.

A microörganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. Sternberg.

That part of the starch granule or granulose which is soluble in water.

river that reënters, or anastomoses with, the main stream; also, less properly, a branch which loses itself in sandy soil. [Australia]

Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.

A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.

That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called dioptrics. Encyc. Brit.

A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. Walker.