[ammāttayāthippatai = ammāttayāthipatai = amāttayāthippatai] (n, exp) EN: bureaucratic polity ; government by bureaucracy ; government by civil servants
a. [ Pref. a- not + cyclic. ] Not cyclic; not disposed in cycles or whorls; as:(a) (Bot.) Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle. (b) (Org. Chem.) Having an open-chain structure; aliphatic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Acid + -yl. ] (Org. Chem.) An acid radical, as acetyl, malonyl, or benzoyl. An acyl radical can be depicted as R-CO-, where -CO- is the carbonyl group, and R is the group that characterizes the acyl moiety. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]