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Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.

To enlarge. [R.] To maintain and ampliate the external possessions of your empire. Udall.

rby. Ampullaceous sac (Zoöl.), one of the peculiar cavities in the tissues of sponges, containing the zooidal cells.

An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters.

Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.

To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert. A group children amusing themselves with pushing stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as they plunged into the lake. Gilpin.

Having power to amuse or entertain the mind; fitted to excite mirth. [R.] -- A*mu"sive*ly, adv. -- A*mu"sive*ness, n.

Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.

Of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin; as, amygdalic acid.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds.

A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.

Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock amygdaloid.

Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.

Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl; as, amylic ether. Amylic alcohol (Chem.), one of the series of alcohols, a transparent, colorless liquid, having a peculiar odor. It is the hydroxide of amyl. -- Amylic fermentation (Chem.), a process of fermentation in starch or sugar in which amylic alcohol is produced. Gregory.…

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.

ction of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.

Pertaining to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever. [Obs.]

Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.

Spineless, as certain fishes.

Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid.