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Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions.

Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally. He always rides a black galloway. Bulwer.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the amaranth is the type.

Of or pertaining to amaranth. "Amaranthine bowers." Pope.

A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the

Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic.

Of or pertaining to a lover or to love making; amatory; as, amatorial verses.

Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions.

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

Of or pertaining to an ambassador. H. Walpole.

Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side. Earle.

Pertaining the faculty of using both hands with equal ease. Sir T. Browne.

An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time.

The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression. No shadow of ambiguity can rest upon the course to be pursued. I. Taylor. The words are of single signification, w…

Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression. What have been thy answers What but dark, Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding Milton.

Characterized by containing the rudiments of both flowers and leaves; -- applied to a bud.

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

Of or pertaining to amblyopy. Quain.

A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc.