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Acanthophorous
() Spine-bearing.
Acanthopodious
() Having spinous petioles.
Acanthopteri
() A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
Acanthopterous
() Spiny-winged.
Acanthopterous
() Acanthopterygious.
Acanthopterygian
() Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch.
Acanthopterygian
() A spiny-finned fish.
Acanthopterygii
() An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch.
Acanthopterygious
() Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.
Acanthuses
() of Acanthus
Acanthi
() of Acanthus
Acanthus
() A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.
Acanthus
() An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
A cappella
() In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal.
A cappella
() A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
Acapsular
() Having no capsule.
Acardiac
() Without a heart; as, an acardiac fetus.
Acaridan
() One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.
Acarina
() The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.
Acarine
() Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.
Acaroid
() Shaped like or resembling a mite.
Acarpellous
() Having no carpels.
Acarpous
() Not producing fruit; unfruitful.
Acari
() of Acarus
Acarus
() A genus including many species of small mites.
Acatalectic
() Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse.
Acatalectic
() A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables.
Acatalepsy
() Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.
Acataleptic
() Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible.
Acater
() See Caterer.
Acates
() See Cates.
Acaudate
() Tailless.
Acaulescent
() Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.
Acauline
() Same as Acaulescent.
Acaulose
() Alt. of Acaulous
Acaulous
() Same as Acaulescent.
Accadian
() Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest.
Acceded
() of Accede
Acceding
() of Accede
Accede
() To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede.
Accede
() To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.
Accede
() To become a party by associating one's self with others; to give one's adhesion. Hence, to agree or assent to a proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request.
Accedence
() The act of acceding.
Acceder
() One who accedes.
Accelerando
() Gradually accelerating the movement.
Accelerated
() of Accelerate
Accelerating
() of Accelerate
Accelerate
() To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
Accelerate
() To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
Accelerate
() To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure.