Vocabulary : Amphibology to Amphicome

Amphibology : A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.
Amphibolous : Ambiguous; doubtful. ;; Capable of two meanings.
Amphiboly : Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.
Amphibrach : A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic.
Amphicarpic : Alt. of Amphicarpous

Amphicarpous : Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening.
Amphichroic : Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.
Amphicoelian : Alt. of Amphicoelous
Amphicoelous : Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebrae.
Amphicome : A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination.

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