Ambs-ace (n.) Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck; anything of no account or value.
Ambulacral (a.) Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.
Ambulacriform (a.) Having the form of ambulacra.
Ambulacra (pl. ) of Ambulacrum
Ambulacrum (n.) One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the under side of the rays.
Ambulacrum (n.) One of the suckers on the feet of mites.
Ambulance (n.) A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps.
Ambulance (n.) An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital.
Ambulant (a.) Walking; moving from place to place.
Ambulate (v. i.) To walk; to move about.
Ambulation (n.) The act of walking.
Ambulative (a.) Walking.
Ambulator (n.) One who walks about; a walker.
Ambulator (n.) A beetle of the genus Lamia.
Ambulator (n.) A genus of birds, or one of this genus.
Ambulator (n.) An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator.
Ambulatorial (a.) Ambulatory; fitted for walking.
Ambulatory (a.) Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.
Ambulatory (a.) Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places.
Ambulatory (a.) Pertaining to a walk.
Ambulatory (a.) Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.
Ambulatories (pl. ) of Ambulatory
Ambulatory (n.) A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building.
Amburry (n.) Same as Anbury.
Ambuscade (v. t.) A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.
Ambuscade (v. t.) A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly.
Ambuscade (v. t.) The body of troops lying in ambush.
Ambuscaded (imp. & p. p.) of Ambuscade
Ambuscading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ambuscade
Ambuscade (v. t.) To post or conceal in ambush; to ambush.
Ambuscade (v. t.) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
Ambuscade (v. i.) To lie in ambush.
Ambuscado (n.) Ambuscade.
Ambuscadoed (p. p.) Posted in ambush; ambuscaded.
Ambush (v. t.) A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.
Ambush (v. t.) A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise.
Ambush (v. t.) The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.
Ambushed (imp. & p. p.) of Ambush
Ambushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ambush
Ambush (v. t.) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
Ambush (v. t.) To attack by ambush; to waylay.
Ambush (v. i.) To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.
Ambusher (n.) One lying in ambush.
Ambushment (v. t.) An ambush.
Ambustion (n.) A burn or scald.
Amebean (a.) See Am/bean.
Ameer (n.) Alt. of Amir
Amir (n.) Emir.
Amir (n.) One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.
Amel (v. t.) Enamel.
Amel (v. t.) To enamel.
Amelcorn (n.) A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also French rice.
Ameliorable (a.) Capable of being ameliorated.
Ameliorated (imp. & p. p.) of Ameliorate
Ameliorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ameliorate
Ameliorate (v. t.) To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
Ameliorate (v. i.) To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.
Amelioration (n.) The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.
Ameliorative (a.) Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts.
Ameliorator (n.) One who ameliorates.
Amen (interj., adv., & n.) An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, verily.
Amen (v. t.) To say Amen to; to sanction fully.
Amenability (n.) The quality of being amenable; amenableness.
Amenable (a.) Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband.
Amenable (a.) Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law.
Amenable (a.) Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.
Amenable (a.) Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
Amenableness (n.) The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness.
Amenably (adv.) In an amenable manner.
Amenage (v. t.) To manage.
Amenance (n.) Behavior; bearing.
Amended (imp. & p. p.) of Amend
Amending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amend
Amend (v. t.) To change or modify in any way for the better
Amend (v. t.) by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;
Amend (v. t.) by supplying deficiencies;
Amend (v. t.) by substituting something else in the place of what is removed; to rectify.
Amend (v. i.) To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.
Amendable (a.) Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error.
Amendatory (a.) Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory.
Amende (n.) A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.
Amender (n.) One who amends.
Amendful (a.) Much improving.
Amendment (n.) An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
Amendment (n.) In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting.
Amendment (n.) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
Amends (n. sing. & pl.) Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.
Amenities (pl. ) of Amenity
Amenity (n.) The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness.
Amenorrhoea (n.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.
Amenorrhoeal (a.) Pertaining to amenorrhoea.
A mensa et thoro () A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife.
Ament (n.) A species of inflorescence; a catkin.
Amentaceous (a.) Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.
Amentaceous (a.) Bearing aments; having flowers arranged in aments; as, amentaceous plants.
Amentia (n.) Imbecility; total want of understanding.
Amentiferous (a.) Bearing catkins.
Amentiform (a.) Shaped like a catkin.
Amenta (pl. ) of Amentum
Amentum (n.) Same as Ament.