Amphinome
a maiden who, along with her sister evadne, was deceived by medea into murdering their father, pelias.
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- Amphinomus
penelope’s favorite suitor. historical examples apparently we must accent the penultimate in “amphinomus” if the line is to scan. adventures among books andrew lang but amphinomus would not hear, for so had athene doomed that he should fall on the day of the great vengeance. museum of antiquity l. w. yaggy before odysseus could fix […]
- Amphion
a son of antiope by zeus, and the husband of niobe. with his twin brother, zethus, he built the walls of thebes, charming the stones into place with his lyre. historical examples thus did amphion with the melody of his harp found, build, and finish the great and renowned city of thebes. gargantua and pantagruel, […]
- Amphioxus
zoology, . historical examples it is still more remarkable than the amphioxus or lancelet, which has been long known. 1931: a glance at the twentieth century henry hartshorne this shows that amphioxus is a comparatively primitive type. stories of the universe: animal life b. lindsay in embryology an attempt has been made to compare the […]
- Amphipathic
(of a molecule) having two different affinities, as a polar end that is attracted to water and a nonpolar end that is repelled by it. adjective (chem, biochem) of or relating to a molecule that possesses both hydrophobic and hydrophilic elements, such as are found in detergents, or phospholipids of biological membranes
- Amphiphile
any of many organic compounds, as a surfactant, detergent, bile salt, or phospholipid, composed of hydrophilic and hydrophobic portions.