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Words containing amphi

6 letter words containing amphi

  • amphi- — on both sides; at both ends; of both kinds

7 letter words containing amphi

  • amphion — a son of Zeus and Antiope: he builds a wall around Thebes by charming the stones into place with a lyre

8 letter words containing amphi

  • amphibia — the amphibians considered collectively
  • amphipod — any marine or freshwater crustacean of the order Amphipoda, such as the sand hoppers, in which the body is laterally compressed: subclass Malacostraca
  • amphiuma — an aquatic, eellike salamander of the genus Amphiuma, of the southeastern U.S., having two pairs of very small feet.
  • camphine — rectified oil of turpentine
  • camphire — henna

9 letter words containing amphi

  • amphibian — Amphibians are animals such as frogs and toads that can live both on land and in water.
  • amphibole — any of a large group of minerals consisting of the silicates of calcium, iron, magnesium, sodium, and aluminium, usually in the form of long slender dark-coloured crystals. Members of the group, including hornblende, actinolite, and tremolite, are common constituents of igneous rocks
  • amphiboly — ambiguity of speech, especially from uncertainty of the grammatical construction rather than of the meaning of the words, as in The Duke yet lives that Henry shall depose.
  • amphigory — a piece of nonsensical writing in verse or, less commonly, prose
  • amphinome — a maiden who, along with her sister Evadne, was deceived by Medea into murdering their father, Pelias.

10 letter words containing amphi

  • 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.

11 letter words containing amphi

  • amphibiotic — having an aquatic larval form and a terrestrial adult form, as amphibians
  • amphibolite — a metamorphic rock consisting mainly of amphibole and plagioclase
  • amphibology — ambiguity of expression, esp when due to a grammatical construction, as in save rags and waste paper
  • amphibolous — ambiguous or equivocal, especially when due to the uncertain grammatical construction of a word or phrase.
  • amphibrachs — Plural form of amphibrach.

12 letter words containing amphi

  • amphibiology — The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
  • amphibiously — In the manner of an amphibian.
  • amphiblastic — (of animal ova) showing complete but unequal cleavage after fertilization
  • amphibolitic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
  • amphibrachic — Consisting of amphibrachs, metrical feet consisting of either a long syllable between two that are short, or an accented syllable between two that are not accented.

13 letter words containing amphi

  • amphiblastula — the free-swimming larva of certain sponges, which consists of a hollow spherical mass of cells some of which have flagella
  • amphibologies — Plural form of amphibology.
  • amphictyonies — Plural form of amphictyony.
  • amphidiploidy — (of an organism or cell) the condition of being amphidiploid ie having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent
  • amphigastrium — any of the small leaves or appendages on the under surface of the stem of some liverworts

14 letter words containing amphi

  • amphiarthroses — a joint permitting only slight motion, as that between the vertebrae.
  • amphiarthrosis — a type of articulation permitting only slight movement, as between the vertebrae of the backbone
  • amphibiousness — The state or quality of being amphibious.
  • amphibological — (rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
  • amphiprostylar — Amphiprostyle.

15 letter words containing amphi

  • amphiarthrodial — a joint permitting only slight motion, as that between the vertebrae.
  • amphitheatrical — Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.

17 letter words containing amphi

  • amphitheatrically — In a manner such as to appear to have some characteristics of an amphitheatre.

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