AMABILITY
Am`a*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. amabilitas.]
Defn: Lovableness. Jer. Taylor.
Note: The New English Dictionary (Murray) says this word is "usefully distinct from Amiability."
AMACRATIC
Am`a*crat"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Photog.)
Defn: Amasthenic. Sir J. Herschel.
AMADAVAT Am`a*da*vat", n. Etym: [Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city from which it was imported to Europe.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; — called also red waxbill. [Written also amaduvad and avadavat.]
AMADOU Am"a*dou, n. Etym: [F. amadou tinder, prop. lure, bait, fr. amadouer to allure, caress, perh. fr. Icel. mata to feed, which is akin to E. meat.]
Defn: A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter. Ure.
AMAIN
A*main", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + main. See 2d Main, n.]