| ambulance |
a vehicle equipped to carry ill or injured people. |
| ambulance chaser |
(informal) a lawyer who persistently seeks accident victims as clients and tries to convince them to sue for damages. |
| ambulant |
moving about; shifting from place to place. |
| ambulate |
to walk or move about from place to place. |
| ambulatory |
able to walk about. [5 definitions] |
| ambuscade |
an attack from a hidden position; ambush. [3 definitions] |
| ambush |
an attack from a hidden position. [4 definitions] |
| ameba |
variant of amoeba. |
| amebiasis |
an infection caused by amoebas, esp. parasitic protozoans in the liver or intestines. |
| amebocyte |
variant of amoebocyte. |
| ameer |
a variant of emir. |
| ameliorate |
to make better; improve. [2 definitions] |
| amen |
thus it is; may it be so (used at the end of a prayer or statement to express agreement or approval). [3 definitions] |
| amenable |
willing to respond, agree, or submit; agreeable; pliable. [3 definitions] |
| amen corner |
in some Protestant churches in the southern United States, a seating section for those who lead the congregation's responses of "amen." |
| amend |
to formally change by rephrasing, or to add to or subtract from (a legislative bill, a contract, a treaty, or the like). [3 definitions] |
| amendable |
combined form of amend. |
| amendment |
an addition to, change to, or deletion from a document such as a legislative bill or contract. [3 definitions] |
| amends |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) payment or compensation given to repair or satisfy damage, injury, or loss. |
| amenity |
(pl.) social courtesies; agreeable manners; pleasantries. [3 definitions] |
| amenorrhea |
abnormal absence or stoppage of menstruation. |