A*mer`i*can*i*za"tion (*mr`*kan**z"shn), n. The process of Americanizing.
A*mer"i*can*ize (-z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Americanizer (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Americanizing.] To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics.
Ames"-ace (&?;), n. Same as Ambs- ace.
Am"ess (&?;), n. (Eccl.) Amice, a hood or cape. See 2d Amice.
||Am`e*tab"o*la (&?;), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis. [Written also Ametabolia.]
A*met`a*bo"li*an (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; unchangeable; 'a priv. + &?; changeable, &?; to change.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis.
{ A*met`a*bol"ic (&?;), Am`e*tab"o*lous, } a. (Zoöl.) Not undergoing any metamorphosis; as, ametabolic insects.
A*meth"o*dist (&?;), n. [Pref. a- not + methodist.] One without method; a quack. [Obs.]
Am"e*thyst (&?;), [F. ametiste, amatiste, F. améthyste, L. amethystus, fr. Gr. &?; without drunkenness; as a noun, a remedy for drunkenness, the amethyst, supposed to have this power; 'a priv. + &?; to be drunken, &?; strong drink, wine. See Mead.]
1. (Min.) A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone.
Oriental amethyst, the violet-blue variety of transparent crystallized corundum or sapphire.