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19,740 words match “AM”

ANAMNIOTIC a.
Without, or not developing, an amnion.
ANAMORPHISM n. 2 definitions
A distorted image.
ANAMORPHOSCOPE n.
An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of a cylindrical mirror.
ANAMORPHOSIS n. 3 definitions
Same as Anamorphism, 2.
ANAMORPHOSY n.
Same as Anamorphosis.
ANBURY; AMBURY n. 2 definitions
A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen.
ANEMOGRAM n.
A record made by an anemograph.
ANTAMBULACRAL a.
Away from the ambulacral region.
ANTECHAMBER n. 2 definitions
A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.
ANTEPREDICAMENT n.
A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers.
ANTI-AMERICAN a.
Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall.
ANTICHAMBER n.
See Antechamber.
APLANOGAMETE n.
A nonmotile gamete, found in certain lower algæ.
APOGAMIC a.
Relating to apogamy.
APOGAMY n.
The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oöspore. De Bary.
APPROPRIAMENT n.
s peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification.[Obs.] If you can neglect Your own appropriaments. Ford.
AQUAMARINE n.
A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. See Beryl.
ARAMAEAN; ARAMEAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic. -- n.
ARAMAIC a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramæan; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee. -- n.
ARAMAISM n.
An idiom of the Aramaic.
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