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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.

d; 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.

hus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.

The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. Milton. Imperial anarchs doubling human woes. Byron.

Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.

Resembling a man.