Part 397

<h1>Amphidromical</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am`phi*drom"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ running about or around.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents <i>carried</i> the child <i>around</i> the hearth and then named it.</def>

<h1>Amphigamous</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am*phig"a*mous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ marriage.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; -- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants.</def>

<h1>Amphigean</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am`phi*ge"an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/, <?/, the earth.]</ety> <def>Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar zones inclusive.</def>

<h1>Amphigen</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am"phi*gen</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <ets>-gen</ets>: cf. F. <ets>amphig\'8ane</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An element that in combination produces amphid salt; -- applied by Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Amphigene</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am"phi*gene</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Leucite.</def>

<h1>Amphigenesis</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am`phi*gen"e*sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ generation.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Sexual generation; amphigony.</def>

<h1>Amphigenous</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am*phig"e*nous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.</def>

<h1>Amphigonic</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am`phi*gon"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; <as>as, <ex>amphigonic</ex> propagation</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Amphigonous</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am*phig"o*nous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ a begetting.]</ety> <def>Relating to both parents.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Amphigony</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am*phig"o*ny</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Sexual propagation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Amphigoric</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am`phi*gor"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Amphigory</er>.]</ety> <def>Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.</def>

<h1>Amphigory</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am"phi*go*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>amphigouri</ets>, of uncertain derivation; perh. fr. Gr. <?/ + <?/ a circle.]</ety> <def>A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>amphigouri</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Amphilogism, Amphilogy</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw><hw>Am*phil"o*gism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Am*phil"o*gy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Ambiguity of speech; equivocation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Amphimacer</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am*phim"a*cer</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amphimacru<?/</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ on both sides + <?/ long.]</ety> <fld>(Anc. Pros.)</fld> <def>A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in <i>c\'best<?/t\'bes</i>.</def>