amusement
— Noun
– English
～ an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
amusing
— Adjective
– English
～ arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"
amusing
— Adjective
– English
～ providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"
amusingly
— Adverb
– English
～ in an entertaining and amusing manner; "Hollywood has grown too sophisticated to turn out anything really amusingly bad these days"
amusive
— Adjective
– English
～ providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"
amygdala
— Noun
– English
～ an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior
Amygdalaceae
— Noun
– English
～ used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus
amygdaliform
— Adjective
– English
～ shaped like an almond
amygdalin
— Noun
– English
～ a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds
amygdaline
— Adjective
– English
～ related to or resembling an almond
amygdaloid
— Adjective
– English
～ shaped like an almond
amygdaloid
— Noun
– English
～ volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits
amygdaloidal
— Adjective
– English
～ shaped like an almond
amygdalotomy
— Noun
– English
～ psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence)
Amygdalus
— Noun
– English
～ used in former classifications for peach and almond trees which are now included in genus Prunus
amyl
— Noun
– English
～ a hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds
amyl alcohol
— Noun
– English
～ a mixture of 2 or more isomeric alcohols; used as a solvent and in organic synthesis
amylaceous
— Adjective
– English
～ resembling starch
amylase
— Noun
– English
～ any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar