Index of English words, starting with "am"

(1) - Amphioxus (n.) A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.

(1) - Amphipod (a.) Alt. of Amphipodan
(2) - Amphipod (n.) One of the Amphipoda.

(1) - Amphiprostyle (n.) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
(2) - Amphiprostyle (a.) Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides.

(1) - Amphitheater (n.) Alt. of Amphitheatre