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Amphibious: Definition and part of speech

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Amphibious

  1. a. Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures.
  2. a. Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants.
  3. a. Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ampelite: Definition and part of speech

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Ampelite

  1. n. An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; — applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ampere: Definition and part of speech

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Ampere

  1. n. The unit of electric current; — defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the international ampere.
  2. n. Alt. of Ampere

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Amortization: Definition and part of speech

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Amortization

  1. n. The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid.
  2. n. The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Amortize: Definition and part of speech

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Amortize

  1. v. t. To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund.
  2. v. t. To make as if dead; to destroy.
  3. v. t. To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. See Mortmain.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.