Amphicome
(Am"phi*come) n. [Gr. with hair all round; 'amfi` + hair.] A kind of figured stone, rugged
and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination. [Obs.] Encyc. Brit.
Amphictyonic
(Am*phic`ty*on"ic) a. Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as,
an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body. W. Smith.
Amphictyons
(Am*phic"ty*ons) n. pl. [L. Amphictyones, Gr. . Prob. the word was orig. dwellers around,
neighbors.] (Grecian Hist.) Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or
council. They considered both political and religious matters.
Amphictyony
(Am*phic"ty*o*ny) n.; pl. Amphictyonies (Grecian Hist.) A league of states of ancient
Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain
the common interests of Greece.
Amphid
(Am"phid) n. [Gr. 'a`mfw both: cf. F. amphide.] (Chem.) A salt of the class formed by the
combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides,
as distinguished from a haloid compound. [R.] Berzelius.
Amphidisc
(Am"phi*disc) n. [Gr. 'amfi` + di`skos a round plate.] (Zoöl.) A peculiar small siliceous
spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; — found in freshwater sponges.
Amphidromical
(Am`phi*drom"ic*al) a. [Gr. 'amfi`dromos running about or around.] Pertaining to an
Attic festival at the naming of a child; — so called because the friends of the parents carried the child
around the hearth and then named it.
Amphigamous
(Am*phig"a*mous) a. [Gr. + marriage.] (Bot.) Having a structure entirely cellular, and
no distinct sexual organs; — a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants.
Amphigean
(Am`phi*ge"an) a. [Gr. + the earth.] Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the
polar zones inclusive.
Amphigen
(Am"phi*gen) n. [Gr. + -gen: cf. F. amphigène.] (Chem.) An element that in combination
produces amphid salt; — applied by Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium. [R.]
Amphigene
(Am"phi*gene) n. (Min.) Leucite.
Amphigenesis
(Am`phi*gen"e*sis) n. [Gr. + generation.] (Biol.) Sexual generation; amphigony.
Amphigenous
(Am*phig"e*nous) a. (Bot.) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.
Amphigonic
(Am`phi*gon"ic) a. Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation. [R.]
Amphigonous
(Am*phig"o*nous) a. [Gr. + a begetting.] Relating to both parents. [R.]
Amphigony
(Am*phig"o*ny) n. Sexual propagation. [R.]
Amphigoric
(Am`phi*gor"ic) a. [See Amphigory.] Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.
Amphigory
(Am"phi*go*ry) n. [F. amphigouri, of uncertain derivation; perh. fr. Gr. + a circle.] A nonsense
verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless. [Written
also amphigouri.]
Amphilogism
(Am*phil"o*gism Am*phil"o*gy) n. -logy.]—> Ambiguity of speech; equivocation. [R.]
Amphimacer
(Am*phim"a*cer) n. [L. amphimacru, Gr. on both sides + long.] (Anc. Pros.) A foot of
three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in casttas. Andrews.
