amidon, n.m., starch; fecula.
amidonner, v.a., to starch.
amidonnerie (-do-n-rî), n.f., starch manufactory, starch-works.
amidonnier, n.m., starch-maker.
☉amigdale, n.f. V. amygdale.
amincir, v.a., to make thinner, smaller; to lessen, to edge off, to attenuate.
s’amincir, v.r., to become thinner, to make one’s self thin.
amincissement (-mān), n.m., thinning, thinness.
amiral, n.m., admiral. Vaisseau —; flag-ship; (conch.) admiral. Grand —; high-admiral. Vice —; vice-admiral. Contre —; rear-admiral.
amiralat, n.m., admiralship.