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

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

A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric.

Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed. Chambers.

Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.

Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet.

Resembling amianthus in form.

Resembling amianthus.

acid; phosphamic acid. Amic acid (Chem.), one of a class of nitrogenized acids somewhat resembling amides.

Resembling an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba. Amoeboid movement, movement produced, as in the amoeba, by successive processes of prolongation and retraction.

Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.

Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.

Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater.

Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.

Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.

Resembling an ampulla.

Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds.

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.

Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.