Ampelite :: Ampelite (n.) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; -- applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist..

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 &..

Campeachy Wood :: Campeachy Wood () Logwood.

Camped :: Camped (imp. & p. p.) of Cam.

Camper :: Camper (n.) One who lodges temporarily in a hut or camp.

Campestral :: Campestral (a.) Alt. of Campestria.

Campestrian :: Campestrian (a.) Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground..

Champe :: Champe (n.) The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.

Champed :: Champed (imp. & p. p.) of Cham.

Champer :: Champer (n.) One who champs, or bites..

Champertor :: Champertor (n.) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain..

Champerty :: Champerty (n.) Partnership in power; equal share of authority.

Champerty :: Champerty (n.) The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See Maintenance..

Clamped :: Clamped (imp. & p. p.) of Clam.

Clamper :: Clamper (n.) An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper..

Cramped :: Cramped (imp. & p. p.) of Cram.

Crampet :: Crampet (n.) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard..

Damped :: Damped (imp. & p. p.) of Dam.

Dampen :: Dampen (v. t.) To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

Dampen :: Dampen (v. t.) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.

Dampen :: Dampen (v. i.) To become damp; to deaden.

Dampened :: Dampened (imp. & p. p.) of Dampe.

Dampening :: Dampening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dampe.

Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..

Decamped :: Decamped (imp. & p. p.) of Decam.

Encamped :: Encamped (imp. & p. p.) of Encam.

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