"We"re going to play elephants and circuses," - said a little boy at kindergarten, "Do you want to join in?"
"I"d love to," - replied the teacher. "What do you want me to do?"
"You can be the lady that feeds us peanuts!"
n. (pl. -s) microscopic aquatic amorphous one-celled organism. amoebic adj. [greek, = change]
AMORAL
adj. - beyond morality.
- without moral principles.
AMOUNT
—n. Quantity, esp. A total in number, size, value, extent, etc. —v. (foll. By to) be equivalent to in number, significance, etc. [latin ad montem upward]
AMPERE
n. Si base unit of electric current. [ampère, name of a physicist]
AMULET
n. Charm worn against evil. [latin]
ANALOG
n. (brit. Analogue) 1 analogous thing.
- (attrib.) (usu. Analog) (of a computer etc.) Using physical variables, e.g. Voltage, to represent numbers (cf. *digital).
ANATTO
var. Of *annatto.
ANCHOR
—n. - heavy metal weight used to moor a ship or a balloon.
- stabilizing thing. —v. - secure with an anchor.
- fix firmly.
- cast anchor.
- be moored by an anchor. [greek agkura]
ANCIEN
regime n. (pl. Anciens regimes pronunc. Same) 1 political and social system of pre-revolutionary (before 1787) france.
- any superseded regime. [french, = old rule]
ANEMIA
n. (brit. Anaemia) deficiency of red blood cells or their haemoglobin, causing pallor and weariness. [greek, = want of blood]
