Index of English words, starting with "am"

(1) - Amerceable (a.) Liable to be amerced.

(1) - Amercement (n.) The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.]

(1) - Amercer (n.) One who amerces.

(1) - American (n.) A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States.
(2) - American (a.) Of or pertaining to the United States.
(3) - American (a.) Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.