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Accumulate (ăkkūm�lāt), v. i. To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
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Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.
Goldsmith.
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Accumulate (-l�t), a. [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare.] Collected; accumulated. Bacon.
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accumulated adj. 1. 1 brought together into a group or crowd the accumulated letters in my office
Syn. -- assembled, collected, congregate, massed
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Accumulation (�), n. [L. accumulatio; cf. F. accumulation.] 1. The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.
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2. (Law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
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Coloq. Accumulation of energy or Coloq. power , the storing of energy by means of weights lifted or masses put in motion; electricity stored. -- Coloq. An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.), the taking of several together, or at smaller intervals than usual or than is allowed by the rules.
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Accumulative (�), a. Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional. -- Accumulatively, adv. -- Accumulativeness, n.
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Accumulator (�), n. [L.] 1. One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses.
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2. (Mech.) An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored, such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc.
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3. A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
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Accuracy (#; 277), n. [See .] The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy.
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The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy.
Reid.
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The accuracy with which the piston fits the sides.
Lardner.
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Accurate (�), a. [L. accuratus, p. p. and a., fr. accurare to take care of; ad + curare to take care, cura care. See .] 1. In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.
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2. Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful. [Obs.]
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Those conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below.
Bacon.
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Syn. -- Correct; exact; just; nice; particular. -- , , , . We speak of a thing as correct with reference to some rule or standard of comparison; as, a correct account, a correct likeness, a man of correct deportment. We speak of a thing as accurate with reference to the care bestowed upon its execution, and the increased correctness to be expected therefrom; as, an accurate statement, an accurate detail of particulars. We speak of a thing as exact with reference to that perfected state of a thing in which there is no defect and no redundance; as, an exact coincidence, the exact truth, an exact likeness. We speak of a thing as precise when we think of it as strictly conformed to some rule or model, as if cut down thereto; as a precise conformity instructions; precisely right; he was very precise in giving his directions.
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Accurately, adv. In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.
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Accurateness, n. The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
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Accurse (�), v. t. [OE. acursien, acorsien; pref. a + cursien to curse. See .] To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.
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And the city shall be accursed.
Josh. vi. 17.
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Thro' you, my life will be accurst.
Tennyson.
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{ Accursed (�), Accurst (�), } p. p. & a. Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly hateful; -- as, an accursed deed. Shak. -- Accursedly, adv. -- Accursedness, n.
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Accusable (�), a. [L. accusabilis: cf. F. accusable.] Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of.
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Accusal (�), n. Accusation. [R.] Byron.
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Accusant (�), n. [L. accusans, p. pr. of accusare: cf. F. accusant.] An accuser. Bp. Hall.
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Accusation (�), n. [OF. acusation, F. accusation, L. accusatio, fr. accusare. See .]
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1. The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.
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We come not by the way of accusation
To taint that honor every good tongue blesses.
Shak.
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2. That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge.
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[They] set up over his head his accusation.
Matt. xxvii. 37.
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Syn. -- Impeachment; crimination; censure; charge.
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Accusatival (�), a. Pertaining to the accusative case.
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Accusative (�), a. [F. accusatif, L. accusativus (in sense 2), fr. accusare. See .]
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1. Producing accusations; accusatory. “This hath been a very accusative age.” Sir E. Dering.
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2. (Gram.) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb terminates, or the immediate object of motion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds to the objective case in English.
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Accusative, n. (Gram.) The accusative case.
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Accusatively, adv. 1. In an accusative manner.
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2. In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
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Accusatorial (�), a. Accusatory.
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Accusatorially, adv. By way accusation.
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Accusatory (�), a. [L. accusatorius, fr. accusare.] Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel. Grote.
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Accuse (�), n. Accusation. [Obs.] Shak.
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Accuse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accused (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Accusing.] [OF. acuser, F. accuser, L. accusare, to call to account, accuse; ad + causa cause, lawsuit. Cf. .] 1. To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense; (Law) to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor.
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Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
Acts xxiv. 13.
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We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms.
Macaulay.
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2. To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.
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Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another.
Rom. ii. 15.
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3. To betray; to show. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.
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Syn. -- To charge; blame; censure; reproach; criminate; indict; impeach; arraign. -- To , , , . These words agree in bringing home to a person the imputation of wrongdoing. To accuse is a somewhat formal act, and is applied usually (though not exclusively) to crimes; as, to accuse of treason. Charge is the most generic. It may refer to a crime, a dereliction of duty, a fault, etc.; more commonly it refers to moral delinquencies; as, to charge with dishonesty or falsehood. To arraign is to bring (a person) before a tribunal for trial; as, to arraign one before a court or at the bar public opinion. To impeach is officially to charge with misbehavior in office; as, to impeach a minister of high crimes. Both impeach and arraign convey the idea of peculiar dignity or impressiveness.
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Accused (�), a. Charged with offense; as, an accused person.
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Commonly used substantively; as, the accused, one charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case.
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Accusement (-kūzm�nt), n. [OF. acusement. See .] Accusation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Accuser (�), n. [OE. acuser, accusour; cf. OF. acuseor, fr. L. accusator, fr. accusare.] One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
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accusing adj. 1. serving to accuse; expressing accusation
Syn. -- accusatorial, accusatory
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Accusingly, adv. In an accusing manner.
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Accustom (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accustomed (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Accustoming.] [OF. acostumer, acustumer, F. accoutumer; à (L. ad) + OF. costume, F. coutume, custom. See .] To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to.
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I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater.
Adventurer.
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Syn. -- To habituate; inure; exercise; train.
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Accustom, v. i. 1. To be wont. [Obs.] Carew.
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2. To cohabit. [Obs.]
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We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries.
Milton.
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Accustom, n. Custom. [Obs.] Milton.
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Accustomable (�), a. Habitual; customary; wonted. “Accustomable goodness.” Latimer.
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Accustomably, adv. According to custom; ordinarily; customarily. Latimer.
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Accustomance (�), n. [OF. accoustumance, F. accoutumance.] Custom; habitual use. [Obs.] Boyle.
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Accustomarily (�), adv. Customarily. [Obs.]
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Accustomary (�), a. Usual; customary. [Archaic] Featley.
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Accustomed (�), a. 1. Familiar through use; usual; customary. “An accustomed action.” Shak.
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2. Frequented by customers. [Obs.] “A well accustomed shop.” Smollett.
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Accustomedness, n. Habituation.
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Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart.
Bp. Pearce.
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Ace (ās), n.; pl. Aces (āsĕz). [OE. as, F. as, fr. L. as, assis, unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage. Cf. .]
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1. A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.
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2. Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
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I 'll not wag an ace further.
Dryden.
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3. (Sport) A single point won by a stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.; in tennis, frequently, a point won by a service stroke.
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Coloq. To bate an ace , to make the least abatement. [Obs.] -- Coloq. Within an ace of , very near; on the point of. W. Irving.
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ace adj. 1. of the highest quality an ace reporter
Syn. -- A-one, first-class, first-rate, super, tip-top, topnotch(predicate)
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ace v. to get a grade of A; as, to ace an exam. [Colloq.]
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acedia n. 1. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
Syn. -- sloth, laziness
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Aceldama (�), n. [Gr. �, fr. Syr. ōkēl damō the field of blood.] The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed.
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The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama.
De Quincey.
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acellular adj. 1. 1 not containing cells cellular
Syn. -- cell-free
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2. not made up of or divided into cells cellular
Syn. -- noncellular
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3. occurring outside of cells or without the participation of cells. Opposite of cellular.
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Acentric (�), a. [Gr. 'a priv. + � a point, a center.] Not centered; without a center.
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Acephal (�), n. [Gr. �; 'a priv. + � head: cf. F. acéphale, LL. acephalus.] (Zoöl.) One of the Acephala.
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Acephala (�), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. �, adj. neut. pl., headless. See .] (Zoöl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See .
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Acephalan (�), n. Same as .
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Acephalan, a. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Acephala.
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Acephali (�), n. pl. [LL., pl. of acephalus. See .] 1. A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.
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2. (Eccl. Hist.) (a) A Christian sect without a leader. (b) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.
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3. A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.
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Acephalist (�), n. One who acknowledges no head or superior. Dr. Gauden.
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Acephalocyst (�), n. [Gr. 'akefalos without a head + kystis bladder.] (Zoöl.) A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.
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Acephalocystic (�), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts.
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Acephalous (�), a. [See .]
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1. Headless.
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2. (Zoöl.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
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3. (Bot.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.
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4. Without a leader or chief.
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5. Wanting the beginning.
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A false or acephalous structure of sentence.
De Quincey.
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6. (Pros.) Deficient at the beginning, as a line of poetry. Brande.
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Acequia (äsāk�ȧ; Sp. äthāk�ä), n. [Sp.] A canal or trench for irrigating land. [Sp. Amer.]
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Acer n. 1. 1 type genus of the Aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit.
Syn. -- genus Acer
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Aceraceae n. 1. 1 the family of trees including the maples.
Syn. -- family Aceraceae, maple family
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Acerate (�), n. [See .] (Chem.) A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.
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Acerate, a. Acerose; needle-shaped.
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Acerb (�), a. [L. acerbus, fr. acer sharp: cf. F. acerbe. See .] Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.
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Acerbate (�), v. t. [L. acerbatus, p. p. of acerbare, fr. acerbus.] To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.
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Acerbic (�), a. Sour or severe.
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Acerbitude (�), n. [L. acerbitudo, fr. acerbus.] Sourness and harshness. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Acerbity (�), n. [F. acerbité, L. acerbitas, fr. acerbus. See .] 1. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
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2. Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain. Barrow.
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Aceric (�), a. [L. acer maple.] Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple; as, aceric acid. Ure.
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Acerose (�), a. [(a) L. acerosus chaffy, fr. acus, gen. aceris, chaff; (b) as if fr. L. acus needle: cf. F. acéreux.] (Bot.) (a) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy. (b) Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.
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Acerous (�), a. Same as .
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Acerous, a. [Gr. α priv. + keras a horn.] (Zoöl.) (a) Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks. (b) Without antennæ, as some insects.
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Acerval (�), a. [L. acervalis, fr. acervus heap.] Pertaining to a heap. [Obs.]
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Acervate (�), v. t. [L. acervatus, p. p. of acervare to heap up, fr. acervus heap.] To heap up. [Obs.]
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Acervate (�), a. Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
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Acervation (�), n. [L. acervatio.] A heaping up; accumulation. [R.] Johnson.
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Acervative (�), a. Heaped up; tending to heap up.
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Acervose (�), a. Full of heaps. [R.] Bailey.
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Acervuline (�), a. Resembling little heaps.
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{ Acescence (�), Acescency (�), } n. [Cf. F. acescence. See .] The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness. Johnson.
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Acescent (�), a. [L. acescens, -entis, p. pr. of acescere to turn sour; inchoative of acere to be sour: cf. F. acescent. See .] Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour. Faraday.
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Acescent, n. A substance liable to become sour.
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Acetable (�), n. An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint. [Obs.] Holland.
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Acetabular (�), a. Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.
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Acetabulifera (�), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See .
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Acetabuliferous (�), a. [L. acetablum a little cup + -ferous.] Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
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Acetabuliform (�), a. [L. acetabulum + -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx. Gray.
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Acetabulum (�), n. [L., a little saucer for vinegar, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.]
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1. (Rom. Antiq.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.
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2. (Anat.) (a) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone. (b) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body. (c) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals. (d) The large posterior sucker of the leeches. (e) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
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Acetal (�), n. [Acetic + alcohol.] (Chem.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.
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Acetaldehyde (�), n. Acetic aldehyde. See .
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Acetamide (�), n. [Acetyl + amide.] (Chem.) A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.
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acetaminophen n. 1. a white crystalline compound (HO.C6H4.NH.CO.CH3) used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic. It has molecular weight 151.16. It is the active ingredient in the commercial analgesics and .
Syn. -- p-hydroxyacetanilide, p-acetamidophenol, N-acetyl-p-aminophenol, paracetamol, N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide It is sold under many trade names, and has been one of the most popular analgesics in the late 20th century. It is used in place of aspirin by people in whom aspirin causes undesirable side effects, such as stomach irritation or stomach bleeding.
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Acetanilide (�), n. [Acetyl + anilide.] (Med.) An amide formed from aniline and an acetyl group (C6H5.NH.CO.CH3); it is a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic. It has molecular weight 135.16.
Syn. -- acetanilide, phenylacetamide, N-phenylacetamide, antifebrin, antifebrine, acetylaminobenzene, acetylaniline
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Acetarious (�), a. [L. acetaria, n. pl., salad, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] Used in salads; as, acetarious plants.
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