amoral.adjective
neither moral nor immoral; lacking moral sensibility; not caring about right and wrong
amoralism, amorality.nouns
amorally.adverb

amphipillac
Greek: 'loves both'; an amphipillac molecule 'loves" two different environments. An amphipillac molecule has two compartments, one dealing with water solubility and the other a water insoluble component; the water soluble environment is mostly polar, in that this molecule's several tails become arranged so that the polar heads contact the water. The water insoluble tails are hidden behind, inside the compartment and out and away from any water

ample.adjective
adequate; fully sufficient
ampleness.noun
amply.adverb

analog.noun
a thing or part that is analogous; of, relating to, or being a device in which data are represented by variable measurable physical quantities
Computer Science.-.of or relating to an analog computer

analogous.adjective
showing an analogy or a likeness that permits one to draw an analogy; 
Biology.-.similar in function but not in origin and structure
analogousness.noun
analogously.adverb
synonym.similar

analogy.noun
inflected form(s).plural.analogies
inference that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will probably agree in others; resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike; similarity; comparison based on such resemblance
synonym.likeness

analyze or analyse, analysed, analysing.transitive verbs
to separate into parts so as to find out their parts, function, etc.; to examine in detail so as to determine the nature or tendencies
analyzable.adjective
analyzer.noun

analysis.noun, plural.analyses
the separation of an intellectual or substantial whole into its constituent parts for individual study; the method of proof in which a known truth is sought as a consequence of a series of deductions from that which is the thing to be proved

analytics.noun.(used with a singular or plural verb)
the branch of logic dealing with analysis

analytic geometry.noun
Mathematics.-.the analysis of geometric structures and properties.principally by algebraic operations on variables defined in terms of position coordinates

analytic.or.analytical.adjective
of or relating to analysis or analytics; dividing into elemental parts or basic principles; reasoning or acting from a perception of the parts and interrelationships of a subject; expert in or using analysis, especially in thinking (an analytic mind; an analytic approach); logical; following necessarily; tautologous.(an analytic truth; proving a known truth by reasoning from that which is to be proved)
analytically.adverb

anathema.noun
someone or something intensely disliked or loathed.-.usually used as a predicate nominative (this notion was anathema to most of his countrymen); ..from Greek.-.thing devoted to evil, curse, from anatithenai.-.to set up, dedicate; one that is cursed by ecclesiastical authority; a ban or curse solemnly pronounced by ecclesiastical authority and accompanied by excommunication; the denunciation of something as accursed; a vigorous denunciation; curse

anatomy.noun
the structure of an organism or body
anatomical.adjective

ancestor.noun
any person from whom one is descended
ancestor.noun
family descent; lineage
ancestral.adjective
of, relating to, or evolved from an ancestor or ancestors
ancestrally.adverb

ancestry.noun,.plural.ancestries
ancestral.descent or lineage; ancestors considered as a group

ancient.adjective
of times long past; belonging to the early history of the world; very old

androgynous.adjective
Biology.-.having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic; being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior; unisex
androgynously.adverb
androgyny.noun

angstrom.noun
a unit of length used especially to specify radiation-wavelengths, equal to one hundred millionth (10^{-8 or} 0.00000001) of a centimeter in the lightest atom.(hydrogen); a drop of water contains more than a million million billion atoms

anguish.noun
agonizing physical or mental pain; torment; extreme pain, distress, or anxiety; regret
synonym.sorrow
anguish, anguished, anguishing, anguishes.transitive verbs
to cause to feel or suffer anguish
inransitive use.to feel or suffer anguish

allodial.adjective
free from the tenurial rights of a feudal overlord

adulate, adulated, adulating, adulates.transitive verbs
to praise or admire excessively; fawn on
adulator.noun
adulatory.adjective
adulation.noun.(pronounced 'a ja lay shun')
excessive flattery or admiration

agreeable.adjective
to one's liking; pleasing; amiable; suitable; conformable; open to change; ready to consent or submit
agreeability.or.agreeableness.noun
agreeably.adverb

Articles of Confederation
was the first constitution of the United States. The Articles were in force from March 1, 1781, to June 21, 1788, when the present Constitution of the United States went into effect. The Articles were written in 1777 during the early part of the American Revolution by a committee of the Second Continental Congress of the former 13 British colonies. The head of the committee, John Dickinson, presented a report on the proposed articles to the Congress on July 12, 1776, eight days after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Dickinson initially proposed a strong central government, with control over the western lands, equal representation for the states, and the power to levy taxes.

Because of their experience with Great Britain, the 13 states feared a powerful central government; consequently, they changed Dickinson's proposed articles drastically before they sent them to all the states for.ratification in November 1777. The Continental Congress had been careful to.give the states.as much independence as possible.and to.specify the limited functions of the federal government. Despite these precautions, several years passed before all the states ratified the articles.

The articles created a loose confederation of independent states that gave limited powers to a central government. The national government would consist of a single house of Congress, where each state would have one vote. Congress (the central government) had the power to set up a postal department, to estimate the costs of the government and request donations from the states, to raise armed forces, and to control the development of the western territories. With the consent of nine of the thirteen states, Congress could also coin, borrow, or appropriate money as well as declare war and enter into treaties and alliances with foreign nations.
    Under this constitution the federal government was unable to levy taxes..Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.