amorphous
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/əˈmɔ(ɹ)fəs/
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/əˈmɔ(ɹ)fəs/ · /eɪˈmɔ(ɹ)fəs/
Definition of amorphous
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Lacking a definite form or clear shape.
“amorphous blob”
“The enormous pile of spaghetti landed on the floor in an amorphous heap.”
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adj
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Lacking a definite form or clear shape.
“amorphous blob”
“The enormous pile of spaghetti landed on the floor in an amorphous heap.”
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(broadly)Being without definite character or nature.
“Gudrun, new from her life in Chelsea and Sussex, shrank cruelly from this amorphous ugliness of a small colliery town in the Midlands. Yet forward she went, through the whole sordid gamut of pettiness, the long amorphous, gritty street.”
“And people talking all the time about the AfD is just what it wants: to foster the impression that the others are ganging up against it. The “authentic” voice of “real people” v the amorphous elite.”
- (broadly)Lacking organization or unity.
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In the non-crystalline solid state of, or being a non-crystalline counterpart to, a crystalline solid.
“Near-synonym: noncrystalline”
“Glass is an amorphous solid, but some glass is called "crystal" because it looks crystalline and has been called crystal since before humans even understood molecular structure at all.”
- Infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos, “without form, shapeless, deformed”) (itself from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”) + -ous. By surface analysis, a- + -morphous.
Words you can make from amorphous
200+ playable · top: MORPHOS (14 pts)
Best play morphos 14 points7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
16 words5-letter words
50 words- HUMPS 12 pts
- MORPH 12 pts
- OOMPH 12 pts
- PASHM 12 pts
- UMPHS 12 pts
- HARMS 10 pts
- HARPS 10 pts
- HOMAS 10 pts
- HOMOS 10 pts
- HOOPS 10 pts
- HUMOR 10 pts
- MARSH 10 pts
- MOHOS 10 pts
- MOHUR 10 pts
- OPAHS 10 pts
- OUPHS 10 pts
- POOHS 10 pts
- PRAHU 10 pts
- SHARP 10 pts
- POMOS 9 pts
- PRAMS 9 pts
- PROMO 9 pts
- PROMS 9 pts
- PUMAS 9 pts
- RAMPS 9 pts
- ROMPS 9 pts
- RUMPS 9 pts
- HOARS 8 pts
- HORAS 8 pts
- HOURS 8 pts
- SHURA 8 pts
- SURAH 8 pts
- AMOUR 7 pts
- ARUMS 7 pts
- MOORS 7 pts
- MORAS 7 pts
- MURAS 7 pts
- POURS 7 pts
- PRAOS 7 pts
- PRAUS 7 pts
- PROAS 7 pts
- PROSO 7 pts
- RAMUS 7 pts
- ROAMS 7 pts
- ROOMS 7 pts
- ROUPS 7 pts
- SAPOR 7 pts
- SOPOR 7 pts
- SPOOR 7 pts
- SUPRA 7 pts
4-letter words
107 words- HUMP 11 pts
- UMPH 11 pts
- HAMS 9 pts
- HAPS 9 pts
- HARM 9 pts
- HARP 9 pts
- HASP 9 pts
- HOMA 9 pts
- HOMO 9 pts
- HOMS 9 pts
- HOOP 9 pts
- HOPS 9 pts
- HUMS 9 pts
- MASH 9 pts
- MHOS 9 pts
- MOHO 9 pts
- MOSH 9 pts
- MUSH 9 pts
- OHMS 9 pts
- OPAH 9 pts
- OUPH 9 pts
- PASH 9 pts
- PHOS 9 pts
- POOH 9 pts
- POSH 9 pts
- PUSH 9 pts
- SHAM 9 pts
- SHMO 9 pts
- SHOP 9 pts
- SOPH 9 pts
- AMPS 8 pts
- MAPS 8 pts
- MOPS 8 pts
- PAMS 8 pts
- POMO 8 pts
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- PUMA 8 pts
- RAMP 8 pts
- ROMP 8 pts
- RUMP 8 pts
- SAMP 8 pts
- SPAM 8 pts
- SUMP 8 pts
- UMPS 8 pts
- HAOS 7 pts
- HOAR 7 pts
- HORA 7 pts
- HOUR 7 pts
- OOHS 7 pts
- RASH 7 pts
- RHOS 7 pts
- RHUS 7 pts
- RUSH 7 pts
- SHOO 7 pts
- AMUS 6 pts
- APOS 6 pts
- ARMS 6 pts
- ARUM 6 pts
- MARS 6 pts
- MOAS 6 pts
- MOOR 6 pts
- MOOS 6 pts
- MORA 6 pts
- MORS 6 pts
- MURA 6 pts
- MUSO 6 pts
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- OOPS 6 pts
- OPAS 6 pts
- OPUS 6 pts
- PARS 6 pts
- POOR 6 pts
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- PRAO 6 pts
- PRAU 6 pts
- PROA 6 pts
- PROS 6 pts
- PURS 6 pts
- RAMS 6 pts
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- ROAM 6 pts
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- RUMS 6 pts
- SOAP 6 pts
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- SOUP 6 pts
- SPAR 6 pts
- SPUR 6 pts
- SUMO 6 pts
- UPAS 6 pts
- URPS 6 pts
- AROS 4 pts
- OARS 4 pts
- OSAR 4 pts
- OURS 4 pts
- ROOS 4 pts
- SOAR 4 pts
- SORA 4 pts
- SOUR 4 pts
- SURA 4 pts
- URSA 4 pts
3-letter words
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