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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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632 words match “AMMA”

HIEROGRAMMATIC a.
Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing. Bp. Warburton.
HIEROGRAMMATIST n.
A writer of hierograms; also, one skilled in hieroglyphics. Greenhill.
INFLAMMABILLTY n.
Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable.
INFLAMMABLE a. 2 definitions
Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits.
INFLAMMABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being inflammable; inflammability. Boyle.
INFLAMMABLY adv.
In an inflammable manner.
INFLAMMATION n. 3 definitions
t of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed. "The inflammation of fat." Wilkins.
INFLAMMATIVE a.
Inflammatory.
INFLAMMATORY a. 3 definitions
Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications. Burke.
LAMMAS n.
The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide.
LANDAMMAN n. 2 definitions
A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.
LIPOGRAMMATIC a.
Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; as, lipogrammatic writings.
LIPOGRAMMATIST n.
One who makes a lipogram.
MAMMA n. 2 definitions
Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity. [Written also mama.] Tell tales papa and mamma. Swift.
MAMMAL n.
One of the Mammalia. Age of mammals. See under Age, n., 8.
MAMMALIA n.
rata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother.
MAMMALIAN a.
Of or pertaining to the Mammalia or mammals.
MAMMALIFEROUS a.
Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain strata.
MAMMALOGICAL a.
Of or pertaining to mammalogy.
MAMMALOGIST n.
One versed in mammalogy.
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