First Names Rhyming AMIA
English Words Rhyming AMIA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES AMƯA AS A WHOLE:
| adynamia | noun (n.) Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever. |
| amia | noun (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 | noun (n.) The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition. |
| amiable | adjective (a.) Lovable; lovely; pleasing. |
| | adjective (a.) Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas. |
| | adjective (a.) Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman. |
| | adjective (a.) Done out of love. |
| amiableness | noun (n.) The quality of being amiable; amiability. |
| amianth | noun (n.) See Amianthus. |
| amianthiform | adjective (a.) Resembling amianthus in form. |
| amianthoid | adjective (a.) Resembling amianthus. |
| amianthus | noun (n.) Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus. |
| cryptogamia | noun (n.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds. |
| cryptogamian | adjective (a.) Alt. of Cryptogamous |
| damiana | noun (n.) A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac. |
| damianist | noun (n.) A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. |
| didynamia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length. |
| didynamian | adjective (a.) Didynamous. |
| inamiable | adjective (a.) Unamiable. |
| lamia | noun (n.) A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch. |
| monogamia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in the genus Lobelia. |
| monogamian | adjective (a.) Alt. of Monogamic |
| phaenogamia | noun (n. pl.) The class of flowering plants including all which have true flowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia. |
| phaenogamian | adjective (a.) Alt. of Phaenogamic |
| phanerogamia | noun (n. pl.) That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants. |
| phanerogamian | adjective (a.) Phanerogamous. |
| phenogamia | noun (n. pl.) Same as Phaenogamia. |
| phenogamian | adjective (a.) Alt. of Phenogamous |
| polygamia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, characterized by having both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant. |
| | noun (n. pl.) A name given by Linnaeus to file orders of plants having syngenesious flowers. |
| polygamian | adjective (a.) Polygamous. |
| polythalamia | noun (n. pl.) A division of Foraminifera including those having a manychambered shell. |
| potamian | noun (n.) A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See Trionyx. |
| samian | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Samos. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the island of Samos. |
| tamias | noun (n.) A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk. |
| tetradynamia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having six stamens, four of which are longer than the others. |
| tetradynamian | noun (n.) A plant of the order Tetradynamia. |
| | adjective (a.) Alt. of Tetradynamous |
| unamiability | noun (n.) The quality or state of being unamiable; moroseness. |
| unamiable | adjective (a.) Not amiable; morose; ill-natured; repulsive. |
| zamia | noun (n.) A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH AMƯA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (mia) - English Words That Ends with mia:
| anaemia | adjective (a.) A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity. |
| anomia | noun (n.) A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment. |
| anosmia | noun (n.) Loss of the sense of smell. |
| aphemia | noun (n.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin. |
| artemia | noun (n.) A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp. |
| acetonaemia | noun (n.) Alt. of -nemia |
| asemia | noun (n.) Loss of power to express, or to understand, symbols or signs of thought. |
| bohemia | noun (n.) A country of central Europe. |
| | noun (n.) Fig.: The region or community of social Bohemians. See Bohemian, n., 3. |
| bulimia | noun (n.) Alt. of Bulimy |
| cacaemia | noun (n.) Alt. of Cachaemia |
| cachaemia | noun (n.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. |
| | noun (n.) Alt. of Cachemia |
| cacochymia | noun (n.) Alt. of Cacochymy |
| | noun (n.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, esp. of the blood. |
| cadmia | noun (n.) An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine. |
| cimia | noun (n.) See Cimbia. |
| cachemia | noun (n.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. |
| cacostomia | noun (n.) Diseased or gangrenous condition of the mouth. |
| exophthalmia | noun (n.) The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease. |
| gerocomia | noun (n.) See Gerocomy. |
| gonimia | noun (n. pl.) Bluish green granules which occur in certain lichens, as Collema, Peltigera, etc., and which replace the more usual gonidia. |
| holmia | noun (n.) An oxide of holmium. |
| hydraemia | noun (n.) An abnormally watery state of the blood; anaemia. |
| hyperaemia | noun (n.) A superabundance or congestion of blood in an organ or part of the body. |
| ichorhaemia | noun (n.) Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances. |
| kalmia | noun (n.) A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also mountain laurel, ivy bush, lamb kill, calico bush, etc. |
| lagophthalmia | noun (n.) Alt. of Lagophthalmos |
| leuchaemia | noun (n.) See Leucocythaemia. |
| leucocythaemia | noun (n.) Alt. of Leucocythemia |
| leucocythemia | noun (n.) A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchaemia. |
| leukaemia | noun (n.) Leucocythaemia. |
| lipaemia | noun (n.) A condition in which fat occurs in the blood. |
| lithaemia | noun (n.) A condition in which uric (lithic) acid is present in the blood. |
| melanaemia | noun (n.) A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles. |
| microphthalmia | noun (n.) Alt. of Microphthalmy |
| nematelmia | noun (n. pl.) Same as Nemathelminthes. |
| ophthalmia | noun (n.) An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of the eyeball. |
| phoronomia | noun (n.) See Phoronomics. |
| platyhelmia | noun (n. pl.) Same as Platyelminthes. |
| podophthalmia | noun (n. pl.) The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda. |
| pyaemia | noun (n.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into the blood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by the development of multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion. |
| | noun (n.) Alt. of Pyemia |
| pyemia | noun (n.) See PyAemia. |
| | noun (n.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption of pyogenic microorganisms into the blood, usually from a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion. |
| septaemia | noun (n.) Septicaemia. |
| septicaemia | noun (n.) A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs. |
| simia | noun (n.) A Linnaean genus of Quadrumana which included the types of numerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted to the genus which includes the orang-outang. |
| spanaemia | noun (n.) A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient. |
| tox/mia | adjective (a.) Blood poisoning. See under Blood. |
| uraemia | noun (n.) Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine, producing dangerous disease. |
| vermiformia | noun (n. pl.) A tribe of worms including Phoronis. See Phoronis. |
| xerophthalmia | noun (n.) An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva. |
| waldheimia | noun (n.) A genus of brachiopods of which many species are found in the fossil state. A few still exist in the deep sea. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH AMƯA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (ami) - Words That Begins with ami:
| amir | noun (n.) Emir. |
| | noun (n.) One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde. |
| | noun (n.) Same as Ameer. |
| amic | adjective (a.) Related to, or derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid. |
| amicability | noun (n.) The quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness. |
| amicable | adjective (a.) Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement. |
| amicableness | noun (n.) The quality of being amicable; amicability. |
| amice | noun (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. |
| | noun (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. |
| amide | noun (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 | noun (n.) Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water. |
| amido | adjective (a.) Containing, or derived from, amidogen. |
| amidogen | noun (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. |
| amine | noun (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 | noun (n.) One of the Amioidei. |
| | adjective (a.) Like or pertaining to the Amioidei. |
| amioidei | noun (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes of which Amia is the type. See Bowfin and Ganoidei. |
| amiss | noun (n.) A fault, wrong, or mistake. |
| | adjective (a.) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice. |
| | adverb (adv.) Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. |
| amissible | adjective (a.) Liable to be lost. |
| amission | noun (n.) Deprivation; loss. |
| amity | noun (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. |
| amidol | noun (n.) A salt of a diamino phenol, C6H3(OH)(NH2)2, used as a developer. |
| amigo | noun (n.) A friend; -- a Spanish term applied in the Philippine Islands to friendly natives. |
| aminol | noun (n.) A colorless liquid prepared from herring brine and containing amines, used as a local antiseptic. |
| amish | noun (n. pl.) The Amish Mennonites. |
| | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the followers of Jacob Amman, a strict Mennonite of the 17th century, who even proscribed the use of buttons and shaving as "worldly conformity". There are several branches of Amish Mennonites in the United States. |
| amitosis | noun (n.) Cell division in which there is first a simple cleavage of the nucleus without change in its structure (such as the formation of chromosomes), followed by the division of the cytoplasm; direct cell division; -- opposed to mitosis. It is not the usual mode of division, and is believed by many to occur chiefly in highly specialized cells which are incapable of long-continued multiplication, in transitory structures, and in those in early stages of degeneration. |
| amitotic | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to amitosis; karyostenotic; -- opposed to mitotic. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH AMƯA:
English Words which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':
| abaca | noun (n.) The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila. |
| abada | noun (n.) The rhinoceros. |
| abanga | noun (n.) A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest. |
| abba | noun (n.) Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch. |
| abdominalia | noun (n. pl.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages. |
| aboma | noun (n.) A large South American serpent (Boa aboma). |
| abracadabra | noun (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon. |
| abranchiata | noun (n. pl.) A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration. |
| abscissa | noun (n.) One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes. |
| abuna | noun (n.) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church. |
| acacia | noun (n.) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals. |
| | noun (n.) A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates. |
| | noun (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic. |
| acantha | noun (n.) A prickle. |
| | noun (n.) A spine or prickly fin. |
| | noun (n.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra. |
| acanthocephala | noun (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines. |
| acarina | noun (n. pl.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange. |
| acciaccatura | noun (n.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura. |
| aceldama | noun (n.) The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. |
| acephala | noun (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca. |
| acetabulifera | noun (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda. |
| achatina | noun (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa. |
| acholia | noun (n.) Deficiency or want of bile. |
| acicula | noun (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal. |
| acinesia | noun (n.) Same as Akinesia. |
| aconitia | noun (n.) Same as Aconitine. |
| acontia | noun (n. pl.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated. |
| acrania | noun (n.) Partial or total absence of the skull. |
| | noun (n.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists. |
| acrasia | noun (n.) Alt. of Acrasy |
| acraspeda | noun (n. pl.) A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora. |
| acrisia | noun (n.) Alt. of Acrisy |
| acrita | noun (n. pl.) The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed. |
| actinaria | noun (n. pl.) A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not. |
| actinia | noun (n.) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.]. |
| | noun (n.) A genus in the family Actinidae. |
| actinotrocha | noun (n. pl.) A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles. |
| actinozoa | noun (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example. |
| actinula | noun (n. pl.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form. |
| adansonia | noun (n.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. |
| adelphia | noun (n.) A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc. |
| adenalgia | noun (n.) Alt. of Adenalgy |
| adularia | noun (n.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone. |
| adversaria | noun (n. pl.) A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. |
| aegicrania | noun (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls. |
| aerophobia | noun (n.) Alt. of Aerophoby |
| aesthesia | noun (n.) Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia. |
| aga | noun (n.) Alt. of Agha |
| agha | noun (n.) In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect. |
| agalactia | noun (n.) Alt. of Agalaxy |
| agama | noun (n.) A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards. |
| agora | noun (n.) An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city. |
| agouara | noun (n.) The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America. |
| agouta | noun (n.) A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti. |
| agraphia | noun (n.) The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia. |
| aha | noun (n.) A sunk fence. See Ha-ha. |
| | (interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise. |
| ailuroidea | noun (n. pl.) A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas. |
| akinesia | noun (n.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement. |
| ala | noun (n.) A winglike organ, or part. |
| alalonga | noun (n.) Alt. of Alilonghi |
| albata | noun (n.) A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German. |
| albuminuria | noun (n.) A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine. |
| alcanna | noun (n.) An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained. |
| alcarraza | noun (n.) A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface. |
| alcyonacea | noun (n. pl.) A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria. |
| alcyonaria | noun (n. pl.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea. |
| alfa | noun (n.) Alt. of Alfa grass |
| alfalfa | noun (n.) The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc. |
| alfilaria | noun (n.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California. |
| alga | noun (n.) A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc. |
| algaroba | noun (n.) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread. |
| | noun (n.) The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico. |
| algarovilla | noun (n.) The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye. |
| algebra | noun (n.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude. |
| | noun (n.) A treatise on this science. |
| alhambra | noun (n.) The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada. |
| alhenna | noun (n.) See Henna. |
| allantoidea | noun (n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals. |
| alleluia | noun (n.) Alt. of Alleluiah |
| alma | noun (n.) Alt. of Almah |
| almadia | noun (n.) Alt. of Almadie |
| almagra | noun (n.) A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver. |
| alopecia | noun (n.) Alt. of Alopecy |
| alpaca | noun (n.) An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama. |
| | noun (n.) Wool of the alpaca. |
| | noun (n.) A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton. |
| alpha | noun (n.) The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning. |
| alpia | noun (n.) The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds. |
| althaea | noun (n.) Alt. of Althea |
| althea | noun (n.) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks. |
| | noun (n.) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family. |
| alula | noun (n.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard. |
| alumina | noun (n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3. |
| alumna | noun (n. fem.) A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college. |
| amalgama | noun (n.) Same as Amalgam. |
| amblyopia | noun (n.) Alt. of Amblyopy |
| amblypoda | noun (n. pl.) A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States. |
| ambrosia | noun (n.) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it. |
| | noun (n.) An unguent of the gods. |
| | noun (n.) A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell. |
| | noun (n.) Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc. |
| | noun (n.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidae believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows. |
| amenorrhoea | noun (n.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge. |
| amentia | noun (n.) Imbecility; total want of understanding. |
| ametabola | noun (n. pl.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis. |
| ametropia | noun (n.) Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye. |
| amma | noun (n.) An abbes or spiritual mother. |
| ammonia | noun (n.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn. |
| ammonitoidea | noun (n. pl.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite. |
| amnesia | noun (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. |
| amniota | noun (n. pl.) That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals. |
| amoeba | noun (n.) A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda. |
| amoebea | noun (n. pl.) That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms. |
| amorosa | noun (n.) A wanton woman; a courtesan. |
