| AMPACITY | • ampacity n. The root mean square of the electrical current which a device (usually a wire) can carry within a specific… • AMPACITY n. the largest amount of current that a wire can carry. |
| AMPERAGE | • amperage n. (Physics) The electric current; charge transmitted per unit time, measured in amperes. • AMPERAGE n. the strength of an electric current expressed in amperes. |
| AMPHIBIA | • amphibia n. The amphibians. • Amphibia prop.n. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Vertebrata – the amphibians. • AMPHIBIA n. organisms adapted for life on land and sea. |
| AMPHIOXI | • amphioxi n. Plural of amphioxus. • AMPHIOXUS n. (Greek) a fishlike creature, two or three inches long, found in temperate seas, aka lancelet. |
| AMPHIPOD | • amphipod n. Any species of the taxonomic order Amphipoda of small, shrimp-like crustaceans. • AMPHIPOD n. a crustacean of the order Amphipoda, that includes e.g. sand-hoppers. |
| AMPHORAE | • amphorae n. Plural of amphora. • AMPHORA n. (Latin) a two-handled jar. |
| AMPHORAL | • amphoral adj. Of, pertaining to, or in the shape of an amphora. • AMPHORAL adj. relating to an amphora. |
| AMPHORAS | • amphoras n. Plural of amphora. • AMPHORA n. (Latin) a two-handled jar. |
| AMPHORIC | • amphoric adj. (Chiefly historical) Of or related to an amphora, either as a large vessel or a Roman unit of liquid measure. • amphoric adj. (Medicine) Produced by or indicating a hollow cavity in the lungs, giving a sound like that produced… • AMPHORIC adj. pertaining to the sound of blowing into a bottle. |
| AMPLEXUS | • amplexus n. A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps… • AMPLEXUS n. (Latin) the mating embrace of frogs. |
| AMPOULES | • ampoules n. Plural of ampoule. • AMPOULE n. (French) a small sealed glass, also AMPUL, AMPULE. |
| AMPULLAE | • ampullae n. Plural of ampulla. • AMPULLA n. (Latin) a small two-handled ancient Roman flask. |
| AMPULLAR | • ampullar adj. Resembling an ampulla. • AMPULLAR adj. resembling an ampulla, also AMPULLARY. |
| AMPUTATE | • amputate v. (Obsolete) To cut off, to prune. • amputate v. To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb. • AMPUTATE v. to cut off. |
| AMPUTEES | • amputees n. Plural of amputee. • AMPUTEE n. one who has had a limb amputated. |