Amenuse (v. t.) To lessen.
Amerced (imp. & p. p.) of Amerce
Amercing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amerce
Amerce (v. t.) To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.
Amerce (v. t.) To punish, in general; to mulct.
Amerceable (a.) Liable to be amerced.
Amercement (n.) The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.]
Amercer (n.) One who amerces.
Amerciament (n.) Same as Amercement.
American (a.) Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.
American (a.) Of or pertaining to the United States.
American (n.) A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States.
Americanism (n.) Attachment to the United States.
Americanism (n.) A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea.
Americanism (n.) A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.
Americanization (n.) The process of Americanizing.
Americanizer (imp. & p. p.) of Americanize
Americanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Americanize
Americanize (v. t.) To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics.
Ames-ace (n.) Same as Ambs-ace.
Amess (n.) Amice, a hood or cape. See 2d Amice.
Ametabola (n. pl.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis.
Ametabolian (a.) Of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis.
Ametabolic (a.) Alt. of Ametabolous
Ametabolous (a.) Not undergoing any metamorphosis; as, ametabolic insects.
Amethodist (n.) One without method; a quack.
Amethyst () A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone.
Amethyst () A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.
Amethystine (a.) Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet.
Amethystine (a.) Composed of, or containing, amethyst.
Ametropia (n.) Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.
Amharic (a.) Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic.
Amharic (n.) The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia).
Amia (n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.
Amiability (n.) The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition.
Amiable (a.) Lovable; lovely; pleasing.
Amiable (a.) Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.
Amiable (a.) Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman.
Amiable (a.) Done out of love.
Amiableness (n.) The quality of being amiable; amiability.
Amiably (adv.) In an amiable manner.
Amianth (n.) See Amianthus.
Amianthiform (a.) Resembling amianthus in form.
Amianthoid (a.) Resembling amianthus.
Amianthus (n.) Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.
Amic (a.) Related to, or derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid.
Amicability (n.) The quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness.
Amicable (a.) Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement.
Amicableness (n.) The quality of being amicable; amicability.
Amicably (adv.) In an amicable manner.
Amice (n.) 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.
Amice (n.) A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce.
Amid (prep.) See Amidst.
Amide (n.) A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid element or radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an acid atom or radical.
Amidin (n.) Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.
Amido (a.) Containing, or derived from, amidogen.
Amidogen (n.) A compound radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group, and in composition represented by the form amido.
Amidships (adv.) In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and sometimes also her breadth.
Amidst (prep.) Alt. of Amid
Amid (prep.) In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
Amine (n.) One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radical.
Amioid (a.) Like or pertaining to the Amioidei.
Amioid (n.) One of the Amioidei.
Amioidei (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes of which Amia is the type. See Bowfin and Ganoidei.
Amir (n.) Same as Ameer.
Amiss (adv.) Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
Amiss (a.) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.
Amiss (n.) A fault, wrong, or mistake.
Amissibility () The quality of being amissible; possibility of being lost.
Amissible (a.) Liable to be lost.
Amission (n.) Deprivation; loss.
Amit (v. t.) To lose.
Amities (pl. ) of Amity
Amity (n.) Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories.
Amma (n.) An abbes or spiritual mother.
Ammeter (n.) A contraction of amperometer or amperemeter.
Ammiral (n.) An obsolete form of admiral.
Ammite (n.) Oolite or roestone; -- written also hammite.
Ammodyte (n.) One of a genus of fishes; the sand eel.
Ammodyte (n.) A kind of viper in southern Europe.
Ammonia (n.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.
Ammoniac (a.) Alt. of Ammoniacal
Ammoniacal (a.) Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.
Ammoniac (n.) Alt. of Gum ammoniac
Gum ammoniac (n.) The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.
Ammoniated (a.) Combined or impregnated with ammonia.
Ammonic (a.) Of or pertaining to ammonia.
Ammonite (n.) A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.
Ammonitiferous (a.) Containing fossil ammonites.
Ammonitoidea (n. pl.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.
Ammonium (n.) A compound radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.
Ammunition (n.) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.
Ammunition (n.) Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
Ammunition (n.) Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.
Ammunitioned (imp. & p. p.) of Ammunition
Ammunitioning (p pr. & vb. n.) of Ammunition
Ammunition (v. t.) To provide with ammunition.
Amnesia (n.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ.
Amnesic (a.) Of or pertaining to amnesia.
Amnestic (a.) Causing loss of memory.