<B>amyl amine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless liquid formed by the decomposition of nitrogenous matter, used as an absorbent for gases, in making oil-soluble soap, and in corrosion inhibitors. </DL>
<A NAME="amylase">
<B>amylase, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any of various enzymes in saliva and pancreatic juice, or in parts of plants (as germinating seeds), that help to change starch into sugar. </DL>
<A NAME="amylene">
<B>amylene, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of unsaturated hydrocarbons of the ethylene series, found in several isomeric forms. </DL>
<A NAME="amylic">
<B>amylic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with amyl. </DL>
<A NAME="amylnitrite">
<B>amyl nitrite,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a yellowish, oily, volatile liquid used as a heart stimulant and as an antidote against certain poisons. </DL>
<A NAME="amylodextrin">
<B>amylodextrin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a white, tasteless, odorless powder formed by the hydrolysis of starch, which turns reddish-brown or reddish-violet in iodine solutions. </DL>
<B>amylogenic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with amylogen. <DD><B> 2. </B>forming starch. <BR> <I>Ex. amylogenic leucoplasts.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="amyloid">
<B>amyloid, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> an insoluble, waxy protein developed in diseased degeneration of various organs. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or like starch. </DL>
<A NAME="amyloidal">
<B>amyloidal, </B>adjective. =amyloid.</DL>
<A NAME="amyloidosis">
<B>amyloidosis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> degeneration of the tissues of an organ, characterized by deposits of amyloids. </DL>
<A NAME="amylolysis">
<B>amylolysis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the conversion of starch into substances that can be absorbed and utilized by the body, such as certain sugars, by the action of enzymes or acids. </DL>
<A NAME="amylolytic">
<B>amylolytic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with amylolysis. <BR> <I>Ex. Germination is allowed to proceed from four to six days, during which time amylolytic, i.e. starch-digesting, enzymes are developed in the barley embryos, and the conversion of the starch reserves of the grain to sugar begins (H. J. Bunker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="amylopectin">
<B>amylopectin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any starch of a major group of starches having molecules of branched structure and containing some phosphate, distinguished from the other major group, which has molecules of unbranched and probably spiral structure. <BR> <I>Ex. Glycogen is an amylopectin.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="amyloplast">
<B>amyloplast, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a body in plant cells which forms starch grains. </DL>
<A NAME="amyloplastid">
<B>amyloplastid, </B>noun. =amyloplast.</DL>
<A NAME="amylopsin">
<B>amylopsin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the enzyme (an amylase) in the pancreatic juice that changes starch into simpler compounds such as maltose. </DL>
<A NAME="amylose">
<B>amylose, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any starch of a major group of starches having molecules of unbranched and probably spiral structure, distinguished from the other major group, which has molecules of branched structure. <DD><B> 2. </B>any polysaccharide. </DL>
<A NAME="amylum">
<B>amylum, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) starch, especially cornstarch. </DL>
<A NAME="amynodont">
<B>amynodont, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> any one of an extinct genus of aquatic animals of the Eocene period, related to the rhinoceros, having large bodies and short, heavy legs. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with an amynodont or amynodonts. </DL>
<A NAME="amyotonia">
<B>amyotonia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) an atonic condition of the muscles; lack of muscular tone. </DL>
<A NAME="amyotrophia">
<B>amyotrophia, </B>noun. =amyotrophy.</DL>
<A NAME="amyotrophic">
<B>amyotrophic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with amyotrophy. </DL>
<A NAME="amyotrophiclateralsclerosis">
<B>amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a degenerative disease of the nervous system, characterized by atrophy of the muscles; Lou Gehrig's disease. (Abbr:) ALS (no periods). </DL>
<A NAME="amyotrophy">
<B>amyotrophy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> atrophy of the muscles or a muscle. </DL>
<B>an</B> (1), adjective or indefinite article.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>any. <BR> <I>Ex. Is there an apple for me? An oak has acorns. Please give me an answer.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>one like; another (before proper names or nouns used as the type of a class). <BR> <I>Ex. an Elijah in modern dress. She is an angel among women.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>one. <BR> <I>Ex. My mother needs an ounce of butter.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>each; every. <BR> <I>Ex. John earns fifty cents an hour.</I> <DD><B> 4a. </B>the same. <BR> <I>Ex. two desks to an office.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a particular. <BR> <I>Ex. It was too awful an accident to describe.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>one kind of. <BR> <I>Ex. Painting is an art.</I> <DD><B> d. </B>a certain; some. <BR> <I>Ex. an occasion for concern, an enormous number of pigeons.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a single. <BR> <I>Ex. not an ounce of hope.</I> </DL>
<B>an-</B> (2),<DL COMPACT><DD> (prefix.) the form of <B>ad-</B> before <I>n,</I> as in <I>annex.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="an">
<B>an-</B> (3),<DL COMPACT><DD> (prefix.) the form of <B>ana-</B> before vowels, as in <I>anode.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="an">
<B>-an,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix used to form adjectives and nouns, especially from proper nouns.) <DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with ______. <BR> <I>Ex. Mohammedan = of or having to do with Mohammed.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with ______ or its people. <BR> <I>Ex. Asian = of or having to do with Asia or its people.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a native or inhabitant of ______. <BR> <I>Ex. American = a native or inhabitant of America.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a person who knows much about or is skilled in ______. <BR> <I>Ex. Historian = a person who knows much about history. Magician = a person skilled in magic.</I> <DD> Also, <B>-ian,</B> <B>-ean.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="an">
<B>an.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> in the year (Latin, <I>anno</I>). </DL>
<A NAME="an">
<B>An</B> (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> actinon (isotope of radon). </DL>
<A NAME="an">
<B>AN</B> (no periods), <B>AN.,</B> or <B>A.N.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Anglo-Norman. </DL>
<A NAME="ana">
<B>ana</B> (1), noun pl. or sing.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a collection of the memorable sayings or table talk of anyone. <DD><B> 2. </B>notes and scraps of information relating to a person or place; literary gossip. See also <B>-ana.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ana">
<B>ana</B> (2), adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in equal quantities; so much of each (used of ingredients in prescriptions). </DL>
<A NAME="ana">
<B>ana-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (prefix.) back; again; thoroughly; up, as in <I>anachronism, anaplastic, analysis, anabatic, anatomy.</I> Also, <B>an-</B> before vowels. </DL>
<A NAME="ana">
<B>-ana,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix.) a collection of objects, documents, books, facts, or sayings of or about. <BR> <I>Ex. Americana = a collection of objects, documents, books, facts, or sayings of or about America.</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, <B>-iana.</B> See also <B>ana</B> (1). </DL>
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<A NAME="anabaena">
<B>anabaena, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nas.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of agenus of freshwater, blue-green algae found in ponds, reservoirs, and other enclosed, or partly enclosed, bodies of water, which sometimes occur in such large numbers as to give a fishy taste and smell to the water in which they grow. <DD><B> 2. </B>a colony or mass of such algae. </DL>
<A NAME="anabaptism">
<B>anabaptism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a second baptism. </DL>
<A NAME="anabaptism">
<B>Anabaptism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the doctrines or practices of the Anabaptists. </DL>
<A NAME="anabaptist">
<B>Anabaptist, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a member of a former Protestant sect opposing infant baptism and holding that only baptism of adults who had professed faith was valid. The Anabaptists originated in Switzerland in the 1520's. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the Anabaptists or Anabaptism. </DL>
<A NAME="anabas">
<B>anabas, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a genus of freshwater, spiny-finned fishes resembling the perch, found in southern Asia and Africa, such as the climbing fish, which can travel for short distances on land and is said to climb trees. </DL>
<A NAME="anabasin">
<B>anabasin, </B>noun. =anabasine.</DL>
<A NAME="anabasine">
<B>anabasine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a liquid alkaloid, similar in molecular structure to nicotine, used as an insecticide. </DL>
<A NAME="anabasis">
<B>anabasis, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any passage of a large military force through a large area. </DL>
<A NAME="anabatic">
<B>anabatic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> moving upward. <BR> <I>Ex. an anabatic air current.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="anabiosis">
<B>anabiosis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a state of apparently suspended animation in which certain aquatic invertebrates survive long periods of drought. <DD><B> 2. </B>revival after apparent death; resuscitation. </DL>
<A NAME="anabiotic">
<B>anabiotic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with anabiosis. </DL>
<A NAME="anableps">
<B>anableps, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small fish of tropical America that swims at the surface of the water and has eyes divided into two parts (the upper parts project above the water, and enable the fish to see through the air; the lower parts function independently under the water); four-eyed fish. </DL>
<A NAME="anabolic">
<B>anabolic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or occurring in anabolism. <BR> <I>Ex. Anabolic changes require energy, which is derived principally from the oxidation by plants and animals of organic compounds high in energy value (Harbaugh and Goodrich).</I> </DL>
