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Amphi-
(gcide) | Amphi- \Am*phi-\ [Gr. 'amfi`.]
A prefix in words of Greek origin, signifying both, of both
kinds, on both sides, about, around.
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Amphiarthrodial
(gcide) | Amphiarthrodial \Am`phi*ar*thro"di*al\, a. [Pref. amphi- +
arthrodial.]
Characterized by amphiarthrosis.
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Amphiarthrosis
(gcide) | Amphiarthrosis \Am`phi*ar*thro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + ?
a joining, ? a joint.] (Anat.)
A form of articulation in which the bones are connected by
intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis.
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Amphiaster
(gcide) | Amphiaster \Am"phi*as`ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + 'asth`r a
star.] (Biol.)
The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division,
consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle
of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the
spindle.
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Amphibia
(gcide) | Amphibia \Am*phib"i*a\, n. pl. [See Amphibium.] (Zool.)
One of the classes of vertebrates.
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Note: The Amphibia are distinguished by having usually no
scales, by having eggs and embryos similar to those of
fishes, and by undergoing a complete metamorphosis, the
young having gills. There are three living orders: (1)
The tailless, as the frogs (Anura); (2) The tailed
(Urodela), as the salamanders, and the siren group
(Sirenoidea), which retain the gills of the young
state (hence called Perennibranchiata) through the
adult state, among which are the siren, proteus, etc.;
(3) The C[oe]cilians, or serpentlike Amphibia
(Ophiomorpha or Gymnophiona), with minute scales
and without limbs. The extinct Labyrinthodonts also
belonged to this class. The term is sometimes loosely
applied to both reptiles and amphibians collectively.
[1913 Webster]Amphibium \Am*phib"i*um\, n.; pl. L. Amphibia; E.
Amphibiums. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (sc. ? an animal). See
Amphibious.]
An amphibian.
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Amphibial
(gcide) | Amphibial \Am*phib"i*al\ (-al), a. & n.
Amphibian. [R.]
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Amphibian
(gcide) | Amphibian \Am*phib"i*an\ (-an), a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.
[1913 Webster]Amphibian \Am*phib"i*an\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Amphibia.
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Amphibiological
(gcide) | Amphibiological \Am*phib`i*o*log"ic*al\, a.
Pertaining to amphibiology.
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Amphibiology
(gcide) | Amphibiology \Am*phib`i*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? amphibious + -logy:
cf. F. amphibiologie.]
A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural
history which treats of the Amphibia.
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Amphibiotica
(gcide) | Amphibiotica \Am*phib`i*ot"i*ca\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` +
biwtiko`s pertaining to life.] (Zool.)
A division of insects having aquatic larv[ae].
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Amphibious
(gcide) | Amphibious \Am*phib"i*ous\, a. [Gr. 'amfi`bios living a double
life, i. e., both on land in water; 'amfi` + bi`os life.]
1. Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as
frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants.
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2. Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land
and water.
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The amphibious character of the Greeks was already
determined: they were to be lords of land and sea.
--Hare.
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3. Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures.
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Not in free and common socage, but in this
amphibious subordinate class of villein socage.
--Blackstone.
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Amphibiously
(gcide) | Amphibiously \Am*phib"i*ous*ly\, adv.
Like an amphibious being.
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Amphibium
(gcide) | Amphibium \Am*phib"i*um\, n.; pl. L. Amphibia; E.
Amphibiums. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (sc. ? an animal). See
Amphibious.]
An amphibian.
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Amphibiums
(gcide) | Amphibium \Am*phib"i*um\, n.; pl. L. Amphibia; E.
Amphibiums. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (sc. ? an animal). See
Amphibious.]
An amphibian.
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Amphiblastic
(gcide) | Amphiblastic \Am`phi*blas"tic\ ([a^]m`f[i^]*bl[a^]s"t[i^]k), a.
[Gr. 'amfi` + blastiko`s tending to sprout.] (Biol.)
Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with
complete segmentation.
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Amphibole
(gcide) | Amphibole \Am"phi*bole\ ([a^]m"f[i^]*b[=o]l), n. [Gr.
'amfi`bolos doubtful, equivocal, fr. 'amfiba`llein to throw
round, to doubt: cf. F. amphibole. Ha["u]y so named the genus
from the great variety of color and composition assumed by
the mineral.] (Min.)
A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color
and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also
massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The
color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It
is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually
aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite,
actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last
name being also used as a general term for the whole
species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline
rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc.
See Hornblende.
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Amphibolic
(gcide) | Amphibolic \Am`phi*bol"ic\ ([a^]m`f[i^]*b[o^]l"[i^]c), a.
1. Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
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2. Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.
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Amphibolies
(gcide) | Amphiboly \Am*phib"o*ly\, n.; pl. Amphibolies. [L. amphibolia,
Gr. ?: cf. OE. amphibolie. See Amphibolous.]
Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.
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If it oracle contrary to our interest or humor, we will
create an amphiboly, a double meaning where there is
none. --Whitlock.
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amphibolite
(gcide) | amphibolite \amphibolite\ n.
1. a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and
plagioclase.
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Amphibological
(gcide) | Amphibological \Am*phib`o*log"ic*al\
([a^]m*f[i^]b`[-o]*l[o^]j"[i^]*kal), a.
Of doubtful meaning; ambiguous. "Amphibological expressions."
--Jer. Taylor.
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Amphibologically
(gcide) | Amphibological \Am*phib`o*log"ic*al\
([a^]m*f[i^]b`[-o]*l[o^]j"[i^]*kal), a.
Of doubtful meaning; ambiguous. "Amphibological expressions."
--Jer. Taylor.
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Amphibologies
(gcide) | Amphibology \Am`phi*bol"o*gy\ ([a^]m`f[i^]*b[-o]l"[-o]*j[y^]),
n.; pl. Amphibologies (-j[i^]z). [L. amphibologia, for
amphibolia, fr. Gr. 'amfiboli`a, with the ending -logia as if
fr. Gr. 'amfi`bolos ambiguous + lo`gos speech: cf. F.
amphibologie. See Amphiboly.]
A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two
interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs
from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a
single term.
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Amphibology
(gcide) | Amphibology \Am`phi*bol"o*gy\ ([a^]m`f[i^]*b[-o]l"[-o]*j[y^]),
n.; pl. Amphibologies (-j[i^]z). [L. amphibologia, for
amphibolia, fr. Gr. 'amfiboli`a, with the ending -logia as if
fr. Gr. 'amfi`bolos ambiguous + lo`gos speech: cf. F.
amphibologie. See Amphiboly.]
A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two
interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs
from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a
single term.
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Amphibolous
(gcide) | Amphibolous \Am*phib"o*lous\, a. [L. amphibolus, Gr. ? thrown
about, doubtful. See Amphibole.]
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1. Ambiguous; doubtful. [Obs.]
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Never was there such an amphibolous quarrel -- both
parties declaring themselves for the king. --Howell.
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2. (Logic) Capable of two meanings.
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An amphibolous sentence is one that is capable of
two meanings, not from the double sense of any of
the words, but from its admitting of a double
construction; e. g., "The duke yet lives that Henry
shall depose." --Whately.
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Amphiboly
(gcide) | Amphiboly \Am*phib"o*ly\, n.; pl. Amphibolies. [L. amphibolia,
Gr. ?: cf. OE. amphibolie. See Amphibolous.]
Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.
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If it oracle contrary to our interest or humor, we will
create an amphiboly, a double meaning where there is
none. --Whitlock.
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Amphibrach
(gcide) | Amphibrach \Am"phi*brach\ ([a^]m"f[i^]*br[a^]k), n. [L. ?, Gr. ?
short at both ends; 'amfi` + brachy`s short.] (Anc. Pros.)
A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and
last short ([crescent] -- [crescent]); as, h[a^]b[=e]r[e^].
In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of
the long and the unaccented of the short; as,
pro-phet[bprime]ic.
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Amphicarpaea monoica
(gcide) | Earthpea \Earth"pea`\, n. (Bot.)
A species of pea (Amphicarp[ae]a monoica). It is a climbing
leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods.
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Amphicarpic
(gcide) | Amphicarpic \Am`phi*car"pic\, Amphicarpous \Am`phi*car"pous\, a.
[Gr. 'amfi` + karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.)
Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of
ripening.
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Amphicarpous
(gcide) | Amphicarpic \Am`phi*car"pic\, Amphicarpous \Am`phi*car"pous\, a.
[Gr. 'amfi` + karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.)
Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of
ripening.
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Amphicerus bicaudatus
(gcide) | Twig \Twig\, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zw[imac]g,
zw[imac], G. zweig, and probably to E. two.]
A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no
definite length or size.
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The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on
the outside with hides. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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Twig borer (Zool.), any one of several species of small
beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the
apple-tree twig borer (Amphicerus bicaudatus).
Twig girdler. (Zool.) See Girdler, 3.
Twig rush (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus Cladium
having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or
stalks. See Saw grass, under Saw.
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Amphichroic
(gcide) | Amphichroic \Am`phi*chro"ic\, a. [Gr. 'amfi` + ? color.] (Chem.)
Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in
the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus
to red.
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Amphicoelian
(gcide) | Amphicoelian \Am`phi*c[oe]"li*an\, Amphicoelous
\Am`phi*c[oe]"lous\, a. [Gr. ? hollowed all round; 'amfi` + ?
hollow.] (Zool.)
Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebr[ae].
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Amphicoelous
(gcide) | Amphicoelian \Am`phi*c[oe]"li*an\, Amphicoelous
\Am`phi*c[oe]"lous\, a. [Gr. ? hollowed all round; 'amfi` + ?
hollow.] (Zool.)
Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebr[ae].
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Amphicome
(gcide) | Amphicome \Am"phi*come\, n. [Gr. ? with hair all round; 'amfi` +
? hair.]
A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences,
anciently used in divination. [Obs.] --Encyc. Brit.
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Amphictyonic
(gcide) | Amphictyonic \Am*phic`ty*on"ic\, a. [Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or
Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic
body. --W. Smith.
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Amphictyonies
(gcide) | Amphictyony \Am*phic"ty*o*ny\, n.; pl. Amphictyonies. [Gr. ?.]
(Grecian Hist.)
A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated
confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object
was to maintain the common interests of Greece.
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Amphictyons
(gcide) | Amphictyons \Am*phic"ty*ons\, n. pl. [L. Amphictyones, Gr. ?.
Prob. the word was orig. ? dwellers around, neighbors.]
(Grecian Hist.)
Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a
congress or council. They considered both political and
religious matters.
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Amphictyony
(gcide) | Amphictyony \Am*phic"ty*o*ny\, n.; pl. Amphictyonies. [Gr. ?.]
(Grecian Hist.)
A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated
confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object
was to maintain the common interests of Greece.
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Amphid
(gcide) | Amphid \Am"phid\, n. [Gr. 'a`mfw both: cf. F. amphide.] (Chem.)
A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and
a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides,
selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a haloid
compound. [R.] --Berzelius.
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Amphid salt
(gcide) | Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout,
G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. ?, Russ. sole,
Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. Sal,
Salad, Salary, Saline, Sauce, Sausage.]
1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning
food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found
native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation
and crystallization, from sea water and other water
impregnated with saline particles.
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2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.
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Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . .
. we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak.
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3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
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4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.
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I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen
of silver salts. --Pepys.
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5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.]
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Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing
and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne.
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6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an
acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the
salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.
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Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking,
it is the acid radical which unites with the base or
basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of
water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In
the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic
and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary
in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or
acid salts. See Phrases below.
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7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that
which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an
allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken
with a grain of salt.
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Ye are the salt of the earth. --Matt. v. 13.
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8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic,
especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.
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9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.]
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Above the salt, Below the salt, phrases which have
survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank,
of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long
table, the places above which were assigned to the guests
of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors,
and poor relations. See Saltfoot.
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His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is
beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the
salt. --B. Jonson.
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Acid salt (Chem.)
(a) A salt derived from an acid which has several
replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially
exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as,
acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt.
(b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives
an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is
composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is
an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is
a neutral salt.
Alkaline salt (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline
reaction, as sodium carbonate.
Amphid salt (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly
regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic
oxide. [Obsolescent]
Basic salt (Chem.)
(a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent
than is required to neutralize the acid.
(b) An alkaline salt.
Binary salt (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently
regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a
haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical.
Double salt (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union
of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium
sulphate. See under Double.
Epsom salts. See in the Vocabulary.
Essential salt (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by
crystallizing plant juices.
Ethereal salt. (Chem.) See under Ethereal.
Glauber's salt or Glauber's salts. See in Vocabulary.
Haloid salt (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as
sodium chloride.
Microcosmic salt. (Chem.). See under Microcosmic.
Neutral salt. (Chem.)
(a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory)
neutralize each other.
(b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction.
Oxy salt (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid.
Per salt (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a
peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.]
Permanent salt, a salt which undergoes no change on
exposure to the air.
Proto salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or
analogous compound.
Rochelle salt. See under Rochelle.
Salt of amber (Old Chem.), succinic acid.
Salt of colcothar (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate
of iron.
Salt of hartshorn. (Old Chem.)
(a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride.
(b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. Spirit of hartshorn, under
Hartshorn.
Salt of lemons. (Chem.) See Salt of sorrel, below.
Salt of Saturn (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; --
the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
Salt of Seignette. Same as Rochelle salt.
Salt of soda (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate.
Salt of sorrel (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or
potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains;
-- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also
sometimes inaccurately called salt of lemon.
Salt of tartar (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so
called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar,
or potassium tartrate. [Obs.]
Salt of Venus (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate;
-- the alchemical name of copper being Venus.
Salt of wisdom. See Alembroth.
Sedative salt (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid.
Sesqui salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base
or analogous compound.
Spirit of salt. (Chem.) See under Spirit.
Sulpho salt (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but
containing sulphur in place of oxygen.
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Amphidisc
(gcide) | Amphidisc \Am"phi*disc\, n. [Gr. 'amfi` + di`skos a round
plate.] (Zool.)
A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated
wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges.
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Amphidromical
(gcide) | Amphidromical \Am`phi*drom"ic*al\, a. [Gr. 'amfi`dromos running
about or around.]
Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; --
so called because the friends of the parents carried the
child around the hearth and then named it.
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Amphigamous
(gcide) | Amphigamous \Am*phig"a*mous\, a. [Gr. 'amfi` + ? marriage.]
(Bot.)
Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual
organs; -- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order
of plants.
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Amphigean
(gcide) | Amphigean \Am`phi*ge"an\, a. [Gr. 'amfi` + ?, ?, the earth.]
Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar
zones inclusive.
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Amphigen
(gcide) | Amphigen \Am"phi*gen\, n. [Gr. 'amfi` + -gen: cf. F.
amphig[`e]ne.] (Chem.)
An element that in combination produces amphid salt; --
applied by Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and
tellurium. [R.]
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Amphigene
(gcide) | Amphigene \Am"phi*gene\, n. (Min.)
Leucite.
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Amphigenesis
(gcide) | Amphigenesis \Am`phi*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. 'amfi` + ? generation.]
(Biol.)
Sexual generation; amphigony.
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Amphigenous
(gcide) | Amphigenous \Am*phig"e*nous\, a. (Bot.)
Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.
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Amphigonic
(gcide) | Amphigonic \Am`phi*gon"ic\, a.
Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation.
[R.]
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Amphigonous
(gcide) | Amphigonous \Am*phig"o*nous\, a. [Gr. 'amfi` + ? a begetting.]
Relating to both parents. [R.]
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Amphigony
(gcide) | Amphigony \Am*phig"o*ny\, n.
Sexual propagation. [R.]
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Amphigoric
(gcide) | Amphigoric \Am`phi*gor"ic\, a. [See Amphigory.]
Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.
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Amphigory
(gcide) | Amphigory \Am"phi*go*ry\, n. [F. amphigouri, of uncertain
derivation; perh. fr. Gr. 'amfi` + ? a circle.]
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which
on further attention proves to be meaningless. [Written also
amphigouri.]
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amphigouri
(gcide) | Amphigory \Am"phi*go*ry\, n. [F. amphigouri, of uncertain
derivation; perh. fr. Gr. 'amfi` + ? a circle.]
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which
on further attention proves to be meaningless. [Written also
amphigouri.]
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Amphihelia oculata
(gcide) | White \White\ (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. Whiter
(hw[imac]t"[~e]r); superl. Whitest.] [OE. whit, AS.
hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[imac]t, D. wit, G.
weiss, OHG. w[imac]z, hw[imac]z, Icel. hv[imac]tr, Sw. hvit,
Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make bright,
Russ. sviet' light, Skr. [,c]v[=e]ta white, [,c]vit to be
bright. [root]42. Cf. Wheat, Whitsunday.]
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1. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum
combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or
their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; --
the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a
white skin. "Pearls white." --Chaucer.
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White as the whitest lily on a stream. --Longfellow.
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2. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of
blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
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Or whispering with white lips, "The foe!
They come! they come!" --Byron.
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3. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or
from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
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White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. --Dryden.
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No whiter page than Addison's remains. --Pope.
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4. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
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Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head
So old and white as this. --Shak.
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5. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the
like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
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On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as
one of the white days of his life. --Sir W.
Scott.
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6. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
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Come forth, my white spouse. --Chaucer.
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I am his white boy, and will not be gullet. --Ford.
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Note: White is used in many self-explaining compounds, as
white-backed, white-bearded, white-footed.
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White alder. (Bot.) See Sweet pepper bush, under
Pepper.
White ant (Zool.), any one of numerous species of social
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Termes. These
insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form
large and complex communities consisting of numerous
asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed
asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens
(or fertile females) often having the body enormously
distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous
winged males, together with the larvae and pupae of each
kind in various stages of development. Many of the species
construct large and complicated nests, sometimes in the
form of domelike structures rising several feet above the
ground and connected with extensive subterranean galleries
and chambers. In their social habits they closely resemble
the true ants. They feed upon animal and vegetable
substances of various kinds, including timber, and are
often very destructive to buildings and furniture.
White arsenic (Chem.), arsenious oxide, As2O3, a
substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine
luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a
deadly poison.
White bass (Zool.), a fresh-water North American bass
(Roccus chrysops) found in the Great Likes.
White bear (Zool.), the polar bear. See under Polar.
White blood cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White brand (Zool.), the snow goose.
White brass, a white alloy of copper; white copper.
White campion. (Bot.)
(a) A kind of catchfly (Silene stellata) with white
flowers.
(b) A white-flowered Lychnis (Lychnis vespertina).
White canon (R. C. Ch.), a Premonstratensian.
White caps, the members of a secret organization in various
of the United States, who attempt to drive away or reform
obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. They appear masked
in white. Their actions resembled those of the Ku Klux
Klan in some ways but they were not formally affiliated
with the Klan, and their victims were often not black.
White cedar (Bot.), an evergreen tree of North America
(Thuja occidentalis), also the related {Cupressus
thyoides}, or Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea, a slender
evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar
swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much
valued for their durable timber. In California the name is
given to the Libocedrus decurrens, the timber of which
is also useful, though often subject to dry rot.
--Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a
lofty tree (Icica altissima syn. Bursera altissima)
whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as
it is not attacked by insect.
White cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cell-blood (Med.), leucocythaemia.
White clover (Bot.), a species of small perennial clover
bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for
cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also
under Clover.
White copper, a whitish alloy of copper. See {German
silver}, under German.
White copperas (Min.), a native hydrous sulphate of iron;
coquimbite.
White coral (Zool.), an ornamental branched coral
(Amphihelia oculata) native of the Mediterranean.
White corpuscle. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cricket (Zool.), the tree cricket.
White crop, a crop of grain which loses its green color, or
becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and
oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop.
White currant (Bot.), a variety of the common red currant,
having white berries.
White daisy (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.
White damp, a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal
mines. --Raymond.
White elephant (Zool.),
(a) a whitish, or albino, variety of the Asiatic elephant.
(b) see white elephant in the vocabulary.
White elm (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
wheels, and for other purposes.
White ensign. See Saint George's ensign, under Saint.
White feather, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
the white feather}, under Feather, n.
White fir (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
of the Pacific States, as Abies grandis, and {Abies
concolor}.
White flesher (Zool.), the ruffed grouse. See under
Ruffed. [Canada]
White frost. See Hoarfrost.
White game (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.
White garnet (Min.), leucite.
White grass (Bot.), an American grass (Leersia Virginica)
with greenish-white paleae.
White grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The white ptarmigan.
(b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
White grub (Zool.), the larva of the June bug and other
allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
other plants, and often do much damage.
White hake (Zool.), the squirrel hake. See under
Squirrel.
White hawk, or White kite (Zool.), the hen harrier.
White heat, the temperature at which bodies become
incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
they emit.
White hellebore (Bot.), a plant of the genus Veratrum
(Veratrum album) See Hellebore, 2.
White herring, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
White hoolet (Zool.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
White horses (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
The White House. See under House.
White ibis (Zool.), an American ibis (Guara alba) having
the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings,
which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the
Southern United States. Called also Spanish curlew.
White iron.
(a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
(b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
proportion of combined carbon.
White iron pyrites (Min.), marcasite.
White land, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
White lark (Zool.), the snow bunting.
White lead.
(a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
other purposes; ceruse.
(b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
White leather, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
salt.
White leg (Med.), milk leg. See under Milk.
White lettuce (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
Rattlesnake.
White lie. See under Lie.
White light.
(a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
same proportion as in the light coming directly from
the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
through a prism. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
(b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
illumination for signals, etc.
White lime, a solution or preparation of lime for
whitewashing; whitewash.
White line (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
on a printed page; a blank line.
White meat.
(a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
(b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
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feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
--Spenser.
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White merganser (Zool.), the smew.
White metal.
(a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
etc.
(b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
certain stage in copper smelting.
White miller. (Zool.)
(a) The common clothes moth.
(b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
spots; -- called also ermine moth, and {virgin
moth}. See Woolly bear, under Woolly.
White money, silver money.
White mouse (Zool.), the albino variety of the common
mouse.
White mullet (Zool.), a silvery mullet (Mugil curema)
ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
called also blue-back mullet, and liza.
White nun (Zool.), the smew; -- so called from the white
crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
head, which give the appearance of a hood.
White oak. (Bot.) See under Oak.
White owl. (Zool.)
(a) The snowy owl.
(b) The barn owl.
White partridge (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.
White perch. (Zool.)
(a) A North American fresh-water bass (Morone Americana)
valued as a food fish.
(b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
(c) Any California surf fish.
White pine. (Bot.) See the Note under Pine.
White poplar (Bot.), a European tree (Populus alba) often
cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
White poppy (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See Poppy.
White powder, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
[Obs.]
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White precipitate. (Old Chem.) See under Precipitate.
White rabbit. (Zool.)
(a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
(b) An albino rabbit.
White rent,
(a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
opposed to black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
(b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
White rhinoceros. (Zool.)
(a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
Indicus}). See Rhinoceros.
(b) The umhofo.
White ribbon, the distinctive badge of certain
organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
White rope (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
White rot. (Bot.)
(a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
called rot in sheep.
(b) A disease of grapes. See White rot, under Rot.
White sage (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
fat}.
White salmon (Zool.), the silver salmon.
White salt, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
White scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus Nerii)
injurious to the orange tree. See Orange scale, under
Orange.
White shark (Zool.), a species of man-eating shark. See
under Shark.
White softening. (Med.) See Softening of the brain, under
Softening.
White spruce. (Bot.) See Spruce, n., 1.
White squall (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
the surface of the sea.
White staff, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
England. --Macaulay.
White stork (Zool.), the common European stork.
White sturgeon. (Zool.) See Shovelnose
(d) .
White sucker. (Zool.)
(a) The common sucker.
(b) The common red horse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum).
White swelling (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
White tombac. See Tombac.
White trout (Zool.), the white weakfish, or silver
squeteague (Cynoscion nothus), of the Southern United
States.
White vitriol (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
vitriol}, under Vitriol.
White wagtail (Zool.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
White wax, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
White whale (Zool.), the beluga.
White widgeon (Zool.), the smew.
White wine. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
Burgundy. "White wine of Lepe." --Chaucer.
White witch, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
White wolf. (Zool.)
(a) A light-colored wolf (Canis laniger) native of
Thibet; -- called also chanco, golden wolf, and
Thibetan wolf.
(b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
White wren (Zool.), the willow warbler; -- so called from
the color of the under parts.
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Amphilogism
(gcide) | Amphilogism \Am*phil"o*gism\, Amphilogy \Am*phil"o*gy\, n. [Gr.
? + -logy.]
Ambiguity of speech; equivocation. [R.]
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Amphilogy
(gcide) | Amphilogism \Am*phil"o*gism\, Amphilogy \Am*phil"o*gy\, n. [Gr.
? + -logy.]
Ambiguity of speech; equivocation. [R.]
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Amphimacer
(gcide) | Amphimacer \Am*phim"a*cer\, n. [L. amphimacrus, Gr. ?; 'amfi` on
both sides + ? long.] (Anc. Pros.)
A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the
others long, as in c[=a]st[i^]t[=a]s. --Andrews.
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Amphineura
(gcide) | Amphineura \Am`phi*neu"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. 'amfi` + ? sinew,
nerve.] (Zool.)
A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry
of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.
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Amphioxidae
(gcide) | Amphioxidae \Amphioxidae\ n.
1. 1 a family comprising the lancelets.
Syn: family Amphioxidae, Branchiostomidae, family
Branchiostomidae.
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Amphioxus
(gcide) | Amphioxus \Am`phi*ox"us\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + ? sharp.]
(Zool.)
A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three
inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the
lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the
lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having
neither brain, skull, vertebr[ae], nor red blood. It forms
the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
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Amphioxus lanceolatus
(gcide) | Lancelet \Lance"let\, n. [Lance + -let.] (Zool.)
A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable
for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type
of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.
[1913 Webster]Amphioxus \Am`phi*ox"us\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + ? sharp.]
(Zool.)
A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three
inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the
lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the
lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having
neither brain, skull, vertebr[ae], nor red blood. It forms
the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
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Amphipneust
(gcide) | Amphipneust \Am*phip"neust\, n. [Gr. 'amfi` + ? one who
breathes, ? to breathe.] (Zool.)
One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills
at the same time, as the proteus and siren.
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Amphipod
(gcide) | Amphipod \Am"phi*pod\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Amphipoda.
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Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
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Amphipoda
(gcide) | Amphipoda \Am*phip"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + ?, ?
foot.] (Zool.)
A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting
both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed
laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed
downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually
turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See
Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.
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Amphipodan
(gcide) | Amphipod \Am"phi*pod\, Amphipodan \Am*phip"o*dan\, a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
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Amphipodous
(gcide) | Amphipodous \Am*phip"o*dous\, a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
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amphiprostylar
(gcide) | amphiprostylar \amphiprostylar\ adj.
1. 1 having columns at both ends but not on the sides.
Syn: amphiprostyle, amphistylar, porticoed
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Amphiprostyle
(gcide) | Amphiprostyle \Am*phip"ro*style\, a. [L. amphiprostylos, Gr. ?
having a double prostyle: cf. F. amphiprostyle. See
Prostyle.] (Arch.)
Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the
sides. -- n. An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
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Amphirhina
(gcide) | Amphirhina \Am`phi*rhi"na\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + ?, ?,
nose.] (Zool.)
A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal
sac is double.
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Amphisbaena
(gcide) | Amphisbaena \Am`phis*b[ae]"na\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? on both
ends + ? to go.]
1. A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either
way. --Milton.
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2. (Zool.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form,
without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they
appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either
way. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Note: The Gordius aquaticus, or hairworm, has been called
an amphisbaena; but it belongs among the worms.
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Amphisbaenoid
(gcide) | Amphisbaenoid \Am`phis*b[ae]"noid\, a. [NL., fr. L. amphisbaena
+ -oid.] (Zool.)
Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisb[ae]na.
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Amphiscians
(gcide) | Amphiscii \Am*phis"ci*i\, Amphiscians \Am*phis"cians\, n. pl.
[Gr. ? throwing a shadow both ways; 'amfi` + ? shadow.]
The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of
the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the
south, according as the sun is south or north of their
zenith.
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Amphiscii
(gcide) | Amphiscii \Am*phis"ci*i\, Amphiscians \Am*phis"cians\, n. pl.
[Gr. ? throwing a shadow both ways; 'amfi` + ? shadow.]
The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of
the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the
south, according as the sun is south or north of their
zenith.
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Amphispiza Belli
(gcide) | Sage \Sage\, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus
saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See
Safe.] (Bot.)
(a) A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with
grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc.
The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which
many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet
sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
(b) The sagebrush.
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Meadow sage (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia
(Salvia pratensis) growing in meadows in Europe.
Sage cheese, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green
by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which
are added to the milk.
Sage cock (Zool.), the male of the sage grouse; in a more
general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse.
Sage green, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves
of garden sage.
Sage grouse (Zool.), a very large American grouse
(Centrocercus urophasianus), native of the dry sagebrush
plains of Western North America. Called also {cock of the
plains}. The male is called sage cock, and the female
sage hen.
Sage hare, or Sage rabbit (Zool.), a species of hare
(Lepus Nuttalli syn. Lepus artemisia) which inhabits
the arid regions of Western North America and lives among
sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely
a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit.
Sage hen (Zool.), the female of the sage grouse.
Sage sparrow (Zool.), a small sparrow (Amphispiza Belli,
var. Nevadensis) which inhabits the dry plains of the
Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush.
Sage thrasher (Zool.), a singing bird ({Oroscoptes
montanus}) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western
North America.
Sage willow (Bot.), a species of willow (Salix tristis)
forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green
leaves.
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Amphistomous
(gcide) | Amphistomous \Am*phis"to*mous\, a. [Gr. 'amfi` + ? mouth.]
(Zool.)
Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by
means of which they adhere.
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Amphistylic
(gcide) | Amphistylic \Am`phi*sty"lic\, a. [Gr. ? + ? pillar, support.]
(Anat.)
Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch
and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a
skull.
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Amphitheater
(gcide) | Amphitheater \Am`phi*the"a*ter\, Amphitheatre
\Am`phi*the"a*tre\,, n. [L. amphitheatrum, fr. Gr. ?; 'amfi` + ?
theater: cf. F. amphith['e][^a]tre. See Theater.]
1. An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats
about an open space called the arena.
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Note: The Romans first constructed amphitheaters for combats
of gladiators and wild beasts.
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2. Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level
surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery
in a theater.
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