All English words - page 228

Meanings of Amninia:

noun

The innermost membrane that encloses the embryo of a mammal, bird, or reptile.

Usage examples:

Inside the egg are a series of fluid-filled membranes which permit the embryo to survive: the amnio…

Meanings of Amniocentesis:

noun

A process in which amniotic fluid is sampled using a hollow needle inserted into the uterus, to screen for abnormalities in the developing fetus.

Usage examples:

The whole process is called an amniocentesis, or amnio, in the vernacular.

Meanings of Amnion:

noun

The innermost membrane that encloses the embryo of a mammal, bird, or reptile.

Usage examples:

Inside the egg are a series of fluid-filled membranes which permit the embryo to survive: the amnio…

Meanings of Amnions:

noun

The innermost membrane that encloses the embryo of a mammal, bird, or reptile.

Usage examples:

Inside the egg are a series of fluid-filled membranes which permit the embryo to survive: the amnio…

Meanings of Amnios:

noun

Another term for amniocentesis.

Meanings of Amniote:

noun

An animal whose embryo develops in an amnion and chorion and has an allantois; a mammal, bird, or reptile.

Usage examples:

Vertebral counts in modern amniotes, amphibians, and fish, can vary due to environment or change wi…

Meanings of Amniotes:

noun

An animal whose embryo develops in an amnion and chorion and has an allantois; a mammal, bird, or reptile.

Usage examples:

Vertebral counts in modern amniotes, amphibians, and fish, can vary due to environment or change wi…

Meanings of Amniotic:

adjective

Relating to the amnion.

Usage examples:

The stalk lengthens as the fetus develops within its amniotic sac, and at the uterine end the blood…

Meanings of Amoeba:

noun

A single-celled animal that catches food and moves about by extending fingerlike projections of protoplasm. amoebas are either free-living in damp environments or parasitic.

Usage examples:

Pheromones are widespread in the animal world, from the single-celled amoeba to human beings.

A type of organism that has one cell

Meanings of Amoebae:

noun

A single-celled animal that catches food and moves about by extending fingerlike projections of protoplasm. amoebas are either free-living in damp environments or parasitic.

Usage examples:

Pheromones are widespread in the animal world, from the single-celled amoeba to human beings.

Meanings of Amoebas:

noun

A single-celled animal that catches food and moves about by extending fingerlike projections of protoplasm. amoebas are either free-living in damp environments or parasitic.

Usage examples:

Pheromones are widespread in the animal world, from the single-celled amoeba to human beings.

A type of organism that has one cell

Meanings of Amoebiasis:

noun

Infection with amoebas, especially as causing dysentery.

Usage examples:

If children have been living or holidaying in poorer countries causes such as amoebiasis or worm in…

Meanings of Amoebic:

adjective

Relating to or caused by amoebas

Usage examples:

Amoebic dysentery

Meanings of Amoeboid:

adjective

Denoting or characteristic of an amoeba.

Usage examples:

Marine amoeboid organisms

Meanings of Amok:

adverb

To be out of control and act in a wild or dangerous manner

Usage examples:

The soldiers ran amok after one of their senior officers was killed., the two dogs ran amok in a sc…

Meanings of Amole:

noun

A plant of a group native to mexico and the southern us whose roots are used as detergent, especially the soap-plant, chlorogalum pomeridianum, or the lechuguilla, agave lecheguilla.

Usage examples:

A perennial in the lily family, the purple amole grows from a bulb and produces bluish-purple flowe…

Meanings of Amoles:

noun

A plant of a group native to mexico and the southern us whose roots are used as detergent, especially the soap-plant, chlorogalum pomeridianum, or the lechuguilla, agave lecheguilla.

Usage examples:

A perennial in the lily family, the purple amole grows from a bulb and produces bluish-purple flowe…

Meanings of Among:

preposition

Situated more or less centrally in relation to (several other things).

Usage examples:

Flowers hidden among the roots of the trees

Meanings of Amongst:

preposition

Situated more or less centrally in relation to (several other things).

Usage examples:

Flowers hidden among the roots of the trees

Meanings of Amontillado:

noun

A medium dry sherry.

Usage examples:

Taste-wise, it feels more like a dry oloroso than amontillado, revealing, as it does, a dark, nutty…

Meanings of Amontillados:

noun

A medium dry sherry.

Usage examples:

Taste-wise, it feels more like a dry oloroso than amontillado, revealing, as it does, a dark, nutty…

Meanings of Amor:

noun

(the name of) an asteroid discovered in 1932 which follows an orbit crossing that of mars and approaching but not crossing that of earth. also: any of a large group of asteroids, including eros, which follow orbits of this nature (also "amor asteroid", "amor object").

Meanings of Amora:

noun

Usually in plural. any of the jewish scholars in palestine and babylon who interpreted the mishnah between the 2nd and 5th centuries c.e. until the completion of the talmud.

Meanings of Amorado:

noun

A male lover; = "inamorato".

Meanings of Amoraic:

adjective

Of or relating to the amoraim, the jewish scholars in palestine and babylon who interpreted the mishnah between the 2nd and 5th centuries c.e. until the completion of the talmud.