<B>Amelung glass,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> glassware engraved with mottoes, monograms, crests, and flower wreaths, made from 1784 to 1795 by John Frederick Amelung at his glass factory in Maryland. </DL>
<A NAME="amen">
<B>amen, </B>interjection, noun, adverb, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>interj. </I> <B>1. </B>so be it; may it become true. <I>Amen</I> is said after a prayer, a wish, or a statement with which one agrees. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) an expression of approval. <DD><I>noun </I> the word <I>amen,</I> as at the end of a prayer. <DD><I>adv. </I> (Archaic.) truly; verily. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to say "amen" to; sanction or approve. <DD><B> 2. </B>to end or finish. </DL>
<A NAME="amen">
<B>Amen, </B>noun. <B>=Amon.</B></DL>
<A NAME="amenability">
<B>amenability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state or condition of being amenable. </DL>
<A NAME="amenable">
<B>amenable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>open to influence, suggestion, or advice; submissive; responsive. <BR> <I>Ex. Dick is reasonable and amenable to persuasion.</I> (SYN) compliant, tractable. <DD><B> 2. </B>accountable or answerable to some jurisdiction or authority. <BR> <I>Ex. People living in a country are amenable to its laws.</I> (SYN) liable, responsible. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) that can be tested by a problem. <BR> <I>Ex. amenable to mathematical analysis.</I> noun <B>amenableness.</B> adv. <B>amenably.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="amencorner">
<B>amen corner,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the part of a church occupied by the worshipers who assist the preacher with occasional and irregular responses. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any rallying place. </DL>
<A NAME="amend">
<B>amend, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to change the form of (a law, bill, or motion.) by addition, omission, or alteration of language. <BR> <I>Ex. The Constitution of the United States was amended so that women could vote.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to change for the better; improve. <BR> <I>Ex. It is time you amended your poor table manners. The mayor is making a greater effort to amend conditions in the slums.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to free from faults; make right; correct. <BR> <I>Ex. The spelling in my theme was amended by the teacher.</I> (SYN) emend, rectify. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Archaic.) to repair; mend. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to reform oneself. <BR> <I>Ex. After he criticized me, I took pains to amend.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> See <B>amends.</B> adj. <B>amendable.</B> noun <B>amender.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="amendatory">
<B>amendatory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) that amends; corrective. </DL>
<A NAME="amende">
<B>amende, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> reparation, as for wrong done; amends. </DL>
<A NAME="amendehonorable">
<B>amende honorable,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>public apology and reparation such as to reestablish the honor of a person who has been injured or offended. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any open or formal apology and reparation. <BR> <I>Ex. He is under the distinct impression that his book--a chatty, friendly portrait of Napoleon's strange, brief exile on the island of Elba in 1814-15--is a sort of belated amende honorable to a great character who was shabbily used by the British (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="amendment">
<B>amendment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a change made or offered in a law, bill, or motion by addition, omission, or alteration of language. <BR> <I>Ex. The Constitution of the United States has over twenty amendments.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of making such a change or alteration. <DD><B> 3. </B>a change for the better; improvement. <DD><B> 4. </B>a change made to remove an error; correction. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Law.) alteration or correction in any process, pleading, proceeding at law or in equity. </DL>
<A NAME="amends">
<B>amends, </B>noun sing. or pl.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>something given or paid to make up for a wrong or injury done; payment for loss; satisfaction; compensation. <BR> <I>Ex. to make amends to a person who was imprisoned unjustly. If you carelessly took more than your share of the money, you should make amends at once by returning the extra amount.</I> (SYN) reparation, recompense. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) improvement in health; recovery. </DL>
<B>amenity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a pleasant way; polite act. <BR> <I>Ex. Saying "Thank you" and holding the door open for another to pass through are amenities that should be taught to young children.</I> (SYN) courtesy, civility, comity. <DD><B> 2. </B>a pleasant feature; a thing which makes life easier and more pleasant. <BR> <I>Ex. Television, telephones, and automobiles are among the amenities of modern life.</I> (SYN) convenience. <DD><B> 3. </B>the quality of being pleasant; pleasantness; agreeableness. <BR> <I>Ex. We went to Hawaii to enjoy the amenity of a warm climate.</I> (SYN) gentleness, mildness, clemency. <BR><I>expr. <B>amenities,</B> </I>(Especially British.) modern conveniences such as plumbing and lighting. <BR> <I>Ex. The castle is in good repair, but it lacks the amenities.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="amenorrhea">
<B>amenorrhea</B> or <B>amenorrhoea, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> failure to menstruate. </DL>
<A NAME="amenorrheic">
<B>amenorrheic</B> or <B>amenorrhoeic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with amenorrhea. </DL>
<A NAME="amenra">
<B>Amen-Ra, </B>noun. <B>=Amon-Re.</B></DL>
<A NAME="amensaetthoro">
<B>a mensa et thoro,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) from board and bed (designating a legal separation in which the husband continues to support the wife but no longer lives with her). </DL>
<A NAME="ament">
<B>ament</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a long, slender, scaly flower spike that grows on willows, birches, alders, and poplars; catkin. </DL>
<A NAME="ament">
<B>ament</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Psychology.) a person suffering from amentia; an idiot. </DL>
<A NAME="amentaceous">
<B>amentaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>consisting of or like an ament. <DD><B> 2. </B>bearing catkins; amentiferous. </DL>
<A NAME="amentia">
<B>amentia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a deficiency in intellectual development, such as imbecility or idiocy. <DD><B> 2. </B>temporary confused condition caused by insanity. </DL>
<A NAME="amentiferous">
<B>amentiferous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> bearing catkins; amentaceous. <BR> <I>Ex. The pussy willow is amentiferous.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="amentiform">
<B>amentiform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the shape of a catkin. </DL>
<B>Amerasian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of mixed American and Asian descent. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the hundreds of thousands of rejected, mixed-blooded "Amerasian" youths who since 1945 have been fathered by American servicemen from Korea to Viet Nam (Time).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a person of mixed American and Asian descent. </DL>
<A NAME="amerce">
<B>amerce, </B>transitive verb, <B>amerced,</B> <B>amercing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to punish by an arbitrary fine; fine (a person) that amount which seems proper to the court. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) to punish. noun <B>amercer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="amerceable">
<B>amerceable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> subject to amercement. </DL>
<A NAME="amercement">
<B>amercement, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of amercing; imposition of a discretionary fine. <DD><B> 2. </B>the fine imposed. </DL>
<A NAME="americafirster">
<B>America-Firster, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a member or supporter of the America First Committee, an isolationist group that sought to keep the U.S. neutral before it entered World War II. </DL>
