(psychology) A person who is neither clearly extroverted nor introverted, but has characteristics of each.
amblyope
amblyope
noun
A person afflicted with amblyopia.
ambonite
ambreate
ambreate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of ambreic acid.
ambrette
ambrette
noun
The essential oil produced from the seeds of the musk mallow.
The musk mallow plant (Abelmoschus moschatus).
ambroise
ambsaces
ambsaces
noun
plural of ambsace
ambulate
ambulate
verb
(intransitive) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
amburgey
ambushed
ambushed
adj
(figurative) Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared.
Having been the target of an ambush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambush
ambusher
ambusher
noun
One who ambushes.
ambushes
ambushes
noun
plural of ambush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambush
ameerate
ameerate
noun
(rare) An emirate.
ameiosis
ameiosis
noun
(biology) The absence of pairing of chromosomes during meiosis
ameiotic
ameiotic
adj
(biology) Not undergoing meiosis; relating to ameiosis
ameiurus
amelcorn
amelcorn
noun
A variety of wheat from which starch is produced (Triticum spelta).
amenable
amenable
adj
(law) Liable to the legal authority of (something).
(mathematics, of a group) Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.
Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.
Willing to comply; easily led.
Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
amenably
amenably
adv
In an amenable manner.
amenance
amenance
noun
(obsolete) Conduct, demeanor.
amenders
amenders
noun
plural of amender
amending
amending
verb
present participle of amend
amentias
amentias
noun
plural of amentia
amentula
amercers
amercers
noun
plural of amercer
amercing
amercing
verb
present participle of amerce
american
americas
americus
americus
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
a CDP in Indiana, USA.
a small city in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
amerinds
amersham
amersham
Proper noun
a market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
amerveil
amesaces
amesbury
amesbury
Proper noun
a town in southern Wiltshire, England.
amethist
amethyst
amethyst
adj
Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone
noun
(heraldry) The tincture purpure, when emblazoning the arms of the English nobility.
(uncountable) A purple colour.
A transparent purple variety of quartz, used as a gemstone.
ametrope
ametrous
amicable
amicable
adj
Showing friendliness or goodwill.
amicheme
amidases
amidases
noun
plural of amidase
amidated
amidated
adj
(organic chemistry) Converted into, or reacted with an amide
amidines
amidines
noun
plural of amidine
amidogen
amidogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry, dated) The amino radical, •NH₂, the neutral form of the amide ion −NH₂⁻, regardable as the ammonia molecule with one of its hydrogen atoms removed.
amidones
amidones
noun
plural of amidone
amilcare
amimeche
aminated
aminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aminate
aminogen
amintore
amioidei
amirates
amirates
noun
plural of amirate
amitoses
amitoses
noun
plural of amitosis
amitrole
amitrole
noun
(organic chemistry) The heterocyclic amine 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole that is used as a nonselective systemic triazole herbicide on nonfood croplands
ammanite
ammelide
ammelide
noun
(organic chemistry) 6-amino-2,4-dihydroxy-1,3,5-triazine, the hydrolysis product of ammeline.
ammeline
ammeline
noun
(organic chemistry) 4,6-diamino-2-hydroxy-1,3,5-triazine, the hydrolysis product of melamine.
ammerman
ammeters
ammeters
noun
plural of ammeter
ammocete
ammocete
noun
Alternative form of ammocoete
ammodyte
ammodyte
noun
(obsolete) A species of viper (Vipera ammodytes) of southeastern Europe.
(obsolete) One of the genus Ammodytes of fishes; the sand eel.
ammonate
ammonite
ammonite
noun
(paleontology) Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal.
An explosive prepared from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate; a form of amatol, popular in Eastern Europe and China.
amnesiac
amnesiac
noun
Person who suffers from loss of memory (amnesia).
amnesias
amnesias
noun
plural of amnesia
amnesics
amnesics
noun
plural of amnesic
amnestic
amnestic
adj
(medicine) Synonym of amnesic (adj).
noun
Synonym of amnesic (noun)
amniotes
amniotes
noun
plural of amniote
amoebaea
amoebaea
noun
plural of amoebaeum
amoebean
amoebean
adj
Describing a form of prosody featuring alternating responses.
amoebeum
amoebian
amoebian
noun
(zoology) One of the Amoebea.
amoebida
amoeboid
amoeboid
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an amoeba, particularly in having amoeboid movement.
noun
A single-celled organism that moves or feeds by amoeboid movement.
amoebous
amoebous
adj
Alternative spelling of amebous
amoebula
amoibite
amoinder
amomales
amorette
amorette
noun
Obsolete form of amoret.
amoretti
amoretto
amoretto
noun
(in art) A cupid or putto (representation of a naked baby or small child, often with wings).
A love poem.
A male sweetheart, lover.
amortise
amortise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative form of amortize
amortize
amortize
verb
(transitive) To alienate (property) in mortmain.
(transitive) To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments.
(transitive, computer science) To even out the costs of running an algorithm over many iterations, so that high-cost iterations are much less frequent than low-cost iterations, which lowers the average running time.
amoskeag
amounted
amounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amount
amounter
amovable
amovable
adj
removable
ampelite
ampelite
noun
(mineralogy) A carbonaceous alum schist.
(mineralogy) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines.
amperage
amperage
noun
(physics) The electric current; charge transmitted per unit time, measured in amperes.
amperian
amphigen
amphigen
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; applied by Jöns Jacob Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
amphorae
amphorae
noun
plural of amphora
amplexus
amplexus
noun
A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process.
ampliate
ampliate
adj
(zoology) Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To enlarge.
ampongue
ampoules
ampoules
noun
plural of ampoule
ampulate
ampullae
ampullae
noun
plural of ampulla
amputate
amputate
verb
(obsolete) To cut off, to prune. [17th–18th c.]
To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb. [from 17th c.]
amputees
amputees
noun
plural of amputee
amreetas
amuletic
amuletic
adj
Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.
amundsen
amusable
amusable
adj
Capable of being amused.
amusedly
amusedly
adv
In an amused manner
amusette
amusette
noun
A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.
amyelous
amyelous
adj
(medicine) Lacking the spinal cord.
amygdale
amygdale
noun
(geology) An almond-shaped inclusion in igneous rock or lava
Misconstruction of amygdala
amygdule
amygdule
noun
(geology) A rounded mass of secondary mineral found in volcanic rock.
amylases
amylases
noun
plural of amylase
amylemia
amylenes
amylenes
noun
plural of amylene
amylenol
amylogen
amylogen
noun
The water-soluble part of granulose.
amyloses
amyloses
noun
plural of amylose
anaemias
anaemias
noun
plural of anaemia
analcime
analcime
noun
(mineralogy) A sodium aluminosilicate with a chemical formula NaAlSi₂O₆·H₂O, having a zeolite structure, found in alkaline basalts.
analemma
analemma
noun
A figure-eight curve that results when the Sun's position in the sky is plotted out over the year at the same hour of mean solar time every day. [from 17th c.]
anamoose
anamoose
Proper noun
A city/town in North Dakota.
anathema
anathema
noun
(by extension) Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.
(ecclesiastical) Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority to unending punishment.
(ecclesiastical, historical) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.
(literary) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
anatheme
andromed
anemious
anemious
adj
Pertaining to anemia.
anemonal
anemones
anemones
noun
plural of anemone
anemonin
anemonin
noun
(organic chemistry) An acrid toxic substance obtained from some species of anemone.
anemonol
anemonol
Noun
protoanemonin
anemoses
anemosis
anemosis
noun
A shake in timber caused by high winds.
anemotis
aneurism
aneurism
noun
Alternative spelling of aneurysm
aneurysm
aneurysm
noun
(pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
angeldom
angeldom
noun
The world of angels.
animable
animable
adj
Capable of being put into life or receiving animation.
animated
animated
adj
Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that appear to move through the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming.
Endowed with life.
Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of animate
animater
animater
noun
Alternative form of animator
animates
animates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animate
animetta
animized
animuses
animuses
noun
plural of animus
annamese
annamese
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Vietnam or Annam.
Adjective
Pertaining to Annam.
annamite
annelism
annmarie
anomoean
anoxemia
anoxemia
noun
Alternative spelling of anoxaemia
anoxemic
anoxemic
adj
Alternative form of anoxaemic
ansermet
antemask
anteroom
anteroom
noun
A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.