Chapter Amphistylic to Amylene of A by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Amusive
(A*mu"sive) a. Having power to amuse or entertain the mind; fitted to excite mirth. [R.] — A*mu"sive*ly, adv. — A*mu"sive*ness, n.

Amy
(A*my") n. [F. ami, fr. L. amicus.] A friend. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Amyelous
(A*my"e*lous) a. [Gr. without marrow.] (Med.) Wanting the spinal cord.

Amygdalaceous
(A*myg`da*la"ceous) a. (Bot.) Akin to, or derived from, the almond.

Amygdalate
(A*myg"da*late) a. [L. amygdala, amygdalum, almond, Gr. . See Almond.] Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.

Amygdalate
(A*myg"da*late), n.

1. (Med.) An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds. Bailey. Coxe.

2. (Chem.) A salt amygdalic acid.

Amygdalic
(Am`yg*dal"ic) a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin; as, amygdalic acid.

Amygdaliferous
(A*myg`da*lif"er*ous) a. [L. amygdalum almond + -ferous.] Almond-bearing.

Amygdalin
(A*myg"da*lin) n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.

Amygdaline
(A*myg"da*line) a. [L. amygdalinus.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds.

Amygdaloid
(A*myg"da*loid) n. [Gr. almond + -oid: cf. F. amygdaloïde.] (Min.) A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.

Amygdaloid
(A*myg"da*loid A*myg`da*loid"al) a.

1. Almond-shaped.

2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock amygdaloid.

Amyl
(Am"yl) n. [L. amylum starch + -yl. Cf. Amidin.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical, C₅H₁₁, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.

Amylaceous
(Am`y*la"ceous) a. [L. amylum starch, Gr. . See Amidin.] Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.

Amylate
(Am"y*late) n. (Chem.) A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.

Amylene
(Am"y*lene) n. (Chem.) One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C₅H₁₀, of the ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylene is a mixture of different members of the group.