Vocabulary : Amethyst to Amianth
Amethyst : A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone. ;; A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.Amethystine : Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet. ;; Composed of, or containing, amethyst.
Ametropia : Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.
Amharic : Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic. ;; The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia).
Amia : 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.