amorphous mass

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• amorphous — /əˈmɔfəs / (say uh mawfuhs) adjective 1. lacking definite form; having no specific shape: *Microscopic lumps of a white amorphous substance seen scattered through the brains of people who suffered from senile dementia. –bruce ford, 1984. 2. of no …  

• amorphous — [[t]əmɔ͟ː(r)fəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Something that is amorphous has no clear shape or structure. [FORMAL] A dark, strangely amorphous shadow filled the room. ...the amorphous mass of the unemployed. Syn: shapeless …   English dictionary

• amorphous — a|mor|phous [əˈmo:fəs US o:r ] adj formal [Date: 1700 1800; : Greek; Origin: amorphos, from morphe shape ] having no definite shape or features ▪ an amorphous mass of twisted metal …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• amorphous — a|mor|phous [ ə mɔrfəs ] adjective FORMAL with no clear shape, design, or structure: an amorphous mass of buildings and highways …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• amorphous — adjective formal having no definite shape or features: an amorphous mass of twisted metal amorphously adverb amorphousness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• amorphous — UK [əˈmɔː(r)fəs] / US [əˈmɔrfəs] adjective formal with no clear shape, design, or structure an amorphous mass of buildings and highways …   English dictionary

• Amorphous creature — The amorphous creature is a common trope in science fiction. Usually it is depicted as a living mass of jelly like substance that can take any shape it wants. Perhaps the most familiar example is the title alien from the movie The Blob , but… …   Wikipedia

• amorphous — adjective Etymology: Greek amorphos, from a + morphē form Date: circa 1731 1. a. having no definite form ; shapeless < an amorphous cloud mass > b. being without definite character or nature …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• amorphous — amorphously, adv. amorphousness, n. /euh mawr feuhs/, adj. 1. lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless: the amorphous clouds. 2. of no particular kind or character; indeterminate; having no pattern or structure; unorganized: an… …   Universalium

• Cthulhu Mythos deities — Writer H.P. Lovecraft created a number of fictional beings throughout the course of his literary career, including the Great Old Ones and the Outer Gods. The Elder Gods are a later creation of writer such as August Derleth, who is credited with… …   Wikipedia

• sponge — spongeless, adj. spongelike, adj. spongingly, adv. /spunj/, n., v., sponged, sponging. n. 1. any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or… …   Universalium