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Related to, or derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid. Amic acid (Chem.), one of a class of nitrogenized acids somewhat resembling amides.

The quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness. Ash.

ceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement. That which was most remarkable in this contest was . . . the amicable manner in which it was managed. Prideoux. Amicable action (Law.), an action commenced and prosecuted by amicable consent o…

The quality of being amicable; amicability.

In an amicable manner.

A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church while saying Mass.

Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant.

Of or pertaining to Adam, or resembling him. Adamic earth, a name given to common red clay, from a notion that Adam means red earth.

Characterized by the absence of power or force. Adynamic fevers, malignant or putrid fevers attended with great muscular debility.

Pertaining to the force of air in motion.

The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodies under the action of force, and of their mechanical effects.

Acting by the force of air and water; as, an aërohydrodynamic wheel.

Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.

In an agamic manner.

Relating to apogamy.

Supplying its own power; -- applied to an instrument of the nature of a water-ram.

Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling, balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative.

Of or pertaining to Bentham or Benthamism.

Of or pertaining to biodynamics, or the doctrine of vital forces or energy.

The doctrine of vital forces or energy.