"""campagna " :: Campagna (n.) An open level tract of country; especially Campagna di Roma. The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome..

After Damp :: After damp () An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid..

Aid-de-camp :: Aid-de-camp (n.) An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements..

Aids-de-camp :: Aids-de-camp (pl. ) of Aid-de-cam.

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 &..

Amphi- :: Amphi- () A prefix in words of Greek origin, signifying both, of both kinds, on both sides, about, around..

Amphiarthrodial :: Amphiarthrodial (a.) Characterized by amphiarthrosis.

Amphiarthrosis :: Amphiarthrosis (n.) A form of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis.

Amphiaster :: Amphiaster (n.) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle..

Amphibia :: Amphibia (n. pl.) One of the classes of vertebrates.

Amphibia :: Amphibia (pl. ) of Amphibiu.

Amphibial :: Amphibial (a. & n.) Amphibian.

Amphibian :: Amphibian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles..

Amphibian :: Amphibian (n.) One of the Amphibia.

Amphibiological :: Amphibiological (a.) Pertaining to amphibiology.

Amphibiology :: Amphibiology (n.) A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia.

Amphibiotica :: Amphibiotica (n. pl.) A division of insects having aquatic larvae.

Amphibious :: Amphibious (a.) Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants..

Amphibious :: Amphibious (a.) Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water..

Amphibious :: Amphibious (a.) Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures.

Amphibiously :: Amphibiously (adv.) Like an amphibious being.

Amphibium :: Amphibium (n.) An amphibian.

Amphibiums :: Amphibiums (pl. ) of Amphibiu.

Amphiblastic :: Amphiblastic (a.) Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.

Amphibole :: Amphibole (n.) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constit

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