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acraspeda

a group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the discophora.

acrasy

excess; intemperance.

acraze

to craze.-to impair; to destroy.

acre

any field of arable or pasture land.-a piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. this is the english statute acre. that of the united states is the same. the scotch acre was about 1.26 of the english, and the irish 1.62 of the english.

acreable

of an acre; per acre; as, the acreable produce.

acreage

acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country.

acred

possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large-acred men.

acrid

sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.-causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions.-caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing.

acridity

alt. of acridness

acridly

in an acid manner.

acridness

the quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.

acrimonies

of acrimony

acrimonious

acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall.-caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper.

acrimoniously

in an acrimonious manner.

acrimoniousness

the quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony.

acrimony

a quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants.-sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners.

acrisia

alt. of acrisy

acrisy

inability to judge.-undecided character of a disease.

acrita

the lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed.

acritan

of or pertaining to the acrita.-an individual of the acrita.

acrite

acritan.

acritical

having no crisis; giving no indications of a crisis; as, acritical symptoms, an acritical abscess.

acritochromacy

color blindness; achromatopsy.

acritude

acridity; pungency joined with heat.

acrity

sharpness; keenness.

acroamatic

alt. of acroamatical

acroamatical

communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. hence: abstruse; profound.

acroatic

same as acroamatic.

acrobat

one who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.

acrobatic

pertaining to an acrobat.

acrobatism

feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.

acrocarpous

having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.-having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.

acrocephalic

characterized by a high skull.

acrocephaly

loftiness of skull.

acroceraunian

of or pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder-smitten" peaks (now kimara), between epirus and macedonia.

acrodactylum

the upper surface of the toes, individually.

acrodont

one of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.-of or pertaining to the acrodonts.

acrogen

a plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc. see cryptogamia.

acrogenous

increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant.

acrolein

a limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. its vapors are intensely irritating.

acrolith

a statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood.

acrolithan

alt. of acrolithic

acrolithic

pertaining to, or like, an acrolith.

acromegaly

chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.

acromial

of or pertaining to the acromion.

acromion

the outer extremity of the shoulder blade.

acromonogrammatic

having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.

acronyc

alt. of acronychal

acronycally

in an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vice versa.

acronychal

rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical.

acronyctous

acronycal.

acrook

crookedly.

acropetal

developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.

acrophony

the use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.

acropodium

the entire upper surface of the foot.

acropolis

the upper part, or the citadel, of a grecian city; especially, the citadel of athens.

acropolitan

pertaining to an acropolis.

acrospire

the sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form.-to put forth the first sprout.

acrospore

a spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.

acrosporous

having acrospores.

across

from side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.-from side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.-obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.

acrostic

a composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.-a hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as psalm cxix.). see abecedarian.-alt. of acrostical

acrostical

pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.

acrostically

after the manner of an acrostic.

acrotarsium

the instep or front of the tarsus.

acroteleutic

the end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way of a response.

acroter

same as acroterium.

acroteria

of acroterium

acroterial

pertaining to an acroterium; as, acroterial ornaments.

acroterium

one of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in gothic architecture.-one of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.

acrotic

pertaining to or affecting the surface.

acrotism

lack or defect of pulsation.

acrotomous

having a cleavage parallel with the base.

acrylic

of or containing acryl, the hypothetical radical of which acrolein is the hydride; as, acrylic acid.

act

that which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.-the result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of parliament, or of congress.-a formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done.-a performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.-a thesis maintained in public, in some english universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.-a state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence.-process of doing; action. in act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing).-to move to action; to actuate; to animate.-to perform; to execute; to do.-to perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.-to assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.-to feign or counterfeit; to simulate.-to exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.-to perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will.-to behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so.-to perform on the stage; to represent a character.

actable

capable of being acted.

acted

of act

actinal

pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth.

actinaria

a large division of anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the anthozoa, expert the alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.

acting

of act-operating in any way.-doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting superintendent.

actinia

an animal of the class anthozoa, and family actinidae. from a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [see polyp.].-a genus in the family actinidae.

actiniae

of actinia

actinias

of actinia

actinic

of or pertaining to actinism; as, actinic rays.

actiniform

having a radiated form, like a sea anemone.

actinism

the property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography.

actinium

a supposed metal, said by phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened by exposure to light.

actino-chemistry

chemistry in its relations to actinism.

actinograph

an instrument for measuring and recording the variations in the actinic or chemical force of rays of light.

actinoid

having the form of rays; radiated, as an actinia.

actinolite

a bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.

actinolitic

of the nature of, or containing, actinolite.

actinology

the science which treats of rays of light, especially of the actinic or chemical rays.

actinomere

one of the radial segments composing the body of one of the coelenterata.

actinometer

an instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun's rays.-an instrument for measuring the actinic effect of rays of light.

actinometric

pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic.

actinometry

the measurement of the force of solar radiation.-the measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light.

actinophorous

having straight projecting spines.

actinosome

the entire body of a coelenterate.

actinost

one of the bones at the base of a paired fin of a fish.