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A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce.

A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid element or radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an acid atom or radical. Acid amide, a neutral compound formed by the substitution of the amido group for hydroxyl in an acid.

In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and sometimes also her breadth. Totten.

Cell division in which there is first a simple cleavage of the nucleus without change in its structure (such as the formation of chromosomes), followed by the division of the cytoplasm; direct cell division; -- opposed to mitosis. It is not the usual mode of division, and is believed by many to occur chiefly in highly…

reaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories. To live on terms of amity with vice. Cowper.

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

Combined or impregnated with ammonia.

To provide with ammunition.

Conjoined, or associated with, or making part of the number of; in the number or class of. Blessed art thou among women. Luke i. 28.

m for an amorist to impress the name of his mistress in the dust, or upon the damp earth, with letters fixed upon his shoe. Southey.

Affected with love; in love; enamored; -- usually with of; formerly with on. Thy roses amorous of the moon. Keats. High nature amorous of the good. Tennyson. Sure my brother is amorous on Hero. Shak.

A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc.

Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance; uncrystallized.

Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.

accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.

ually, an unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an illicit love affair. In amours with, in love with. [Obs.]

Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water. The amphibious character of the Greeks was already determined: they were to be lords of land and sea. Hare.

Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.

ng in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestu…

A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination. [Obs.] Encyc. Brit.