Webster's Dictionary 1913

838

Acerbate

A‐cerb″ate (�), v. t. [L. acerbatus, p. p. of acerbare, fr. acerbus.] To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.

839

Acerbic

A‐cerb″ic (�), a. Sour or severe.

840

Acerbitude

A‐cerb″i‐tude (�), n. [L. acerbitudo, fr. acerbus.] Sourness and harshness. Bailey.

841

Acerbity

A‐cerb″i‐ty (�), n. [F. acerbité, L. acerbitas, fr. acerbus. See Acerb.] 1. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.2. Harshness, bitternes...

842

Aceric

A‐cer″ic (�), a. [L. acer maple.] Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple; as, aceric acid. Ure.

843

Acerose

Ac″er‐ose′ (�), 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) Needl...

844

Acerous

Ac″er‐ous (�), a. Same as Acerose.

845

Acerous (2)

Ac″er‐ous, a. [Gr. α priv. + κέρασ a horn.] (Zoöl.) (a) Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks. (b) Without antennæ, as some insects.

846

Acerval

A‐cer″val (�), a. [L. acervalis, fr. acervus heap.] Pertaining to a heap.

847

Acervate

A‐cer″vate (�), v. t. [L. acervatus, p. p. of acervare to heap up, fr. acervus heap.] To heap up.

848

Acervate (2)

A‐cer″vate (�), a. Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.

849

Acervation

Ac′er‐va″tion (�), n. [L. acervatio.] A heaping up; accumulation. Johnson.

850

Acervative

A‐cer″va‐tive (�), a. Heaped up; tending to heap up.

851

Acervose

A‐cer″vose (�), a. Full of heaps. Bailey.

852

Acervuline

A‐cer″vu‐line (�), a. Resembling little heaps.

853

Acescence

{ A‐ces″cence (�), A‐ces″cen‐cy (�), } n. [Cf. F. acescence. See Acescent.] The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness. Jo...

854

Acescent

A‐ces″cent (�), a. [L. acescens, -entis, p. pr. of acescere to turn sour; inchoative of acere to be sour: cf. F. acescent. See Acid.] Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid...

855

Acescent (2)

A‐ces″cent, n. A substance liable to become sour.

856

Acetable

Ac″e‐ta‐ble (�), n. An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint. Holland.

857

Acetabular

Ac′e‐tab″u‐lar (�), a. Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.

858

Acetabulifera

‖Ac′e‐tab′u‐lif″e‐ra (�), n. pl. [NL. See Acetabuliferous.] (Zoöl.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squ...

859

Acetabuliferous

Ac′e‐tab′u‐lif″er‐ous (�), a. [L. acetablum a little cup + -ferous.] Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.

860

Acetabuliform

Ac′e‐tab″u‐li‐form (�), a. [L. acetabulum + -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx. Gray.

861

Acetabulum

‖Ac′e‐tab″u‐lum (�), n. [L., a little saucer for vinegar, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about o...

862

Acetal

Ac″e‐tal (�), n. [Acetic + alcohol.] (Chem.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.

863

Acetaldehyde

Ac′et‐al″de‐hyde (�), n. Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde.

864

Acetamide

Ac′et‐am″ide (�), n. [Acetyl + amide.] (Chem.) A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.