| amia | <zoology> A genus of fresh water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin. Origin: L, fr. Gr. A kind of tunny. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| amiable | 1. Lovable; lovely; pleasing. 2. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas. 3. Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc, which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman. Origin: F. Amiable, L. Amicabilis friendly, fr. Amicus friend, fr. Amare to love. The meaning has been influenced by F. Aimable, L. Amabilis lovable, fr. Amare to love. Cf. Amicable, Amorous, Amability. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| amiantaceous | <dermatology> Asbestos-like; describing thin plates of inflammatory crusting of a cutaneous lesion. Origin: G. Amiantus, asbestos (05 Mar 2000) |
| amianthoid | Having a crystalline appearance like asbestos. Synonym: asbestoid. Origin: G. Amianthus, asbestos (05 Mar 2000) |
| amianthus | <chemical> Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus. Origin: L. Amiantus, Gr. (lit, unsoiled stone) a greenish stone, like asbestus; priv. + to stain, to defile; so called from its incombustibility. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |