10-letter words containing am
- ammonified — Simple past tense and past participle of ammonify.
- ammonifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ammonify.
- ammonolyze — to subject to ammonolysis.
- ammunition — Ammunition is bullets and rockets that are made to be fired from guns.
- amnestying — Present participle of amnesty.
- amnioscopy — Examination of a foetus and the amniotic fluid in the lowest part of the amniotic sac using an amnioscope introduced through the cervical canal.
- amodiaquin — a compound, C20H22ClN3O, whose hydrochloride form is used in treating malaria
- amoebalike — Having the characteristics of an amoeba.
- amoebiasis — infection, esp of the intestines, caused by the parasitic amoeba Endamoeba histolytica
- amoebiform — resembling, shaped, or changing in shape like an amoeba
- amoebocyte — any cell having properties similar to an amoeba, such as shape, mobility, and ability to engulf particles
- amortising — Present participle of amortise.
- amortizing — Present participle of amortize.
- amoscanate — An experimental anthelmintic agent of the arylisothiocyanate class, found to be highly effective in animals against hookworms and the four major species of schistosomes, but possibly hepatotoxic.
- ampelopsis — any woody vine of the vitaceous genus Ampelopsis, of tropical and subtropical Asia and America
- ampersands — Plural form of ampersand.
- amphiaraus — a hero who joined the Seven against Thebes, although he knew that his death was fated: deified after death.
- amphiaster — the structure that occurs in a cell undergoing mitosis, consisting of a spindle with an aster at each end
- amphibians — any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Amphibia, comprising frogs and toads, newts and salamanders, and caecilians, the larvae being typically aquatic, breathing by gills, and the adults being typically semiterrestrial, breathing by lungs and through the moist, glandular skin.
- amphibious — In an amphibious military operation, army and navy forces attack a place from the sea.
- amphibolic — equivocal; uncertain; changing; ambiguous.
- amphibrach — a metrical foot consisting of a long syllable between two short syllables (◡ – ◡)
- amphictyon — a delegate to an amphictyonic council
- amphidamas — a son of Aleus who, with his brother Cepheus, joined the Argonauts.
- amphigoric — a meaningless or nonsensical piece of writing, especially one intended as a parody.
- amphigouri — amphigory.
- amphimacer — a metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of one short syllable between two long ones, or, in English verse, of one unaccented syllable between two accented ones (Ex.: | hésĭtáte |)
- amphimarus — a son of Poseidon, sometimes believed to be the father, by Urania, of the poet Linus.
- amphimixes — Plural form of amphimixis.
- amphimixis — true sexual reproduction by the fusion of gametes from two organisms
- amphinomus — Penelope's favorite suitor.
- amphiphile — any of many organic compounds such as detergents combining both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties
- amphiploid — a hybrid organism having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parental species.
- amphipodan — (zoology) Relating to the amphipods.
- amphiscian — an inhabitant of the tropics
- amphithyra — Also, amphithyron, amphithura [am-fuh-thoo r-uh] /ˌæm fəˈθʊər ə/ (Show IPA), amphithuron. Greek Orthodox Church. a divided curtain in front of the door of the iconostasis.
- amphitrite — a sea goddess, wife of Poseidon and mother of Triton
- amphitryon — the grandson of Perseus and husband of Alcmene
- amphogenic — producing both male and female offspring.
- ampholytic — capable of ionizing into both anions and cations; amphoteric.
- amphoteric — able to function as either a base or an acid
- ampicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin used to treat various infections
- ampliation — an extension or addition to what is already known
- ampliative — serving to extend or add to what is already known
- amplidynes — Plural form of amplidyne.
- amplifiers — Plural form of amplifier.
- amplifying — Present participle of amplify.
- amplitudes — Plural form of amplitude.
- amputating — Present participle of amputate.
- amputation — to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery.