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One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior.

Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon; of masculine manners; warlike. Shak.

A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.

or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing. [Obs.] [I] used no ambition to commend my deeds. Milton.

One excessively ambitious. [R.]

Devoid of ambition. Pollok.

An obtuse-angled figure, esp. and obtuse-angled triangle. [Obs.]

Obtuse-angled. [Obs.] Hutton.

Same as Ambo.

A chronic contagious affection of the skin, prevalent in the tropics.

The act of walking. Sir T. Browne.

A burn or scald. Blount.

ting, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration. "Amelioration of human affairs." J. S. Mill.

A secret organization in the United States, formed in Iowa in 1887, ostensibly for the protection of American institutions by keeping Roman Catholics out of public office. Abbrev. commonly to A. P .A.

The process of Americanizing.

Deprivation; loss. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

An explosive consisting of a mixture of powdered aluminium and nitrate of ammonium.

A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.

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.…

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…