Alabama Period :: Alabama period () A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic..

Ampere :: Ampere (n.) Alt. of Amper.

Ampere :: Ampere (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..

Amperemeter :: Amperemeter (n.) Alt. of Amperomete.

Amperometer :: Amperometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in amperes.

Ampersand :: Ampersand (n.) A word used to describe the character /, /, or &..

Angiomonospermous :: Angiomonospermous (a.) Producing one seed only in a seed pod.

Angiosperm :: Angiosperm (n.) A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.

Angiospermatous :: Angiospermatous (a.) Same as Angiospermous.

Angiospermous :: Angiospermous (a.) Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.

Antiperiodic :: Antiperiodic (n.) A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers..

Antiperistaltic :: Antiperistaltic (a.) Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube..

Antiperistasis :: Antiperistasis (n.) Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality.

Antiperistatic :: Antiperistatic (a.) Pertaining to antiperistasis.

Aper :: Aper (n.) One who apes.

Aperea :: Aperea (n.) The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea).

Aperient :: Aperient (a.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative.

Aperient :: Aperient (n.) An aperient medicine or food.

Aperies :: Aperies (pl. ) of Aper.

Aperitive :: Aperitive (a.) Serving to open; aperient.

Apert :: Apert (a.) Open; evident; undisguised.

Apert :: Apert (adv.) Openly.

Apertion :: Apertion (n.) The act of opening; an opening; an aperture.

Apertly :: Apertly (adv.) Openly; clearly.

Apertness :: Apertness (n.) Openness; frankness.

Aperture :: Aperture (n.) The act of opening.

Aperture :: Aperture (n.) An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall..

Aperture :: Aperture (n.) The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture..

Apery :: Apery (n.) A place where apes are kept.

Apery :: Apery (n.) The practice of aping; an apish action.

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