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Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.

Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet.

Resembling amianthus in form.

Resembling amianthus.

c acid; phosphamic acid. Amic acid (Chem.), one of a class of nitrogenized acids somewhat resembling amides.

The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in wa…

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.

The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this. The whole amount of that enormous fame. Pope.

Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.

Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.

Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater.

Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.

Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.

ed, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter; as, amphoric respiration or resonance.

Of extent of means or resources. "Amplitude of reward." Bacon.

Resembling an ampulla.

Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds.

Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. Amyloid degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an albuminous substance, giving a blue color with iodine and sulphuric acid; -- called also waxy or lardaceous degeneration.

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.