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A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States.

A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches. Gwilt.

A fossil resin occurring in large masses in New Zealand.

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended. All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. Spenser.

The state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness.

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

Enlargement; amplification. [R.]

The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.

Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative. Morell.

To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.

State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size. The cathedral of Lincoln . . . is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese. Fuller.

A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.

A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States. The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including A. sorghum and A. halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johns…

A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.

It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.

subgenus Necator) americana, or allied nematodes, in the small intestine. When present in large numbers they produce a severe anæmia by sucking the blood from the intestinal walls. Called also miner's anæmia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's anæmia, Egyptian chlorosis.

tagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.

A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.

A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setæ; the sea mouse.

An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses. Gray.