Webster's Dictionary 1913

946

Acidification

A‐cid′i‐fi‐ca″tion (�), n. [Cf. F. acidification.] The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.

947

Acidifier

A‐cid″i‐fi′er (�), n.(Chem.) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.

948

Acidify

A‐cid″i‐fy (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Acidified (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Acidifying (�).] [L. acidus sour, acid + -fy: cf. F. acidifier.] 1. To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, t...

949

Acidimeter

Ac′id‐im″e‐ter (�), n. [L. acidus acid + -meter.] (Chem.) An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids. Ure.

950

Acidimetry

Ac′id‐im″e‐try (�), n. [L. acidus acid + -metry.] (Chem.) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, o...

951

Acidity

A‐cid″i‐ty (�), n. [L. acidites, fr. acidus: cf. F. acidité. See Acid.] The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice.

952

Acidly

Ac″id‐ly (�), adv. Sourly; tartly.

953

Acidness

Ac″id‐ness (�), n. Acidity; sourness.

954

Acidulate

A‐cid″u‐late (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Acidulated (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Acidulating (�).] [Cf. F. aciduler. See Acidulous.] To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewh...

955

Acidulent

A‐cid″u‐lent (�), a. Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous. “With anxious, acidulent face.” Carlyle.

956

Acidulous

A‐cid″u‐lous (�), a. [L. acidulus, dim. of acidus. See Acid.] Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture. E. Burke.Acidulous mineral waters, such as contain car...

957

Acierage

Ac′i‐er‐age (�), n. [F. aciérage, fr. acier steel.] The process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaic electrici...

958

Aciform

Ac″i‐form (�), a. [L. acus needle + -form.] Shaped like a needle.

959

Acinaceous

Ac″i‐na″ceous (�), a. [L. acinus a grape, grapestone.] (Bot.) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.

960

Acinaces

‖A‐cin″a‐ces (�), n.(Anc. Hist.) A short sword or saber.

961

Acinaciform

Ac′i‐nac″i‐form (ăs′ĭ‐năs″ĭ‐fôrm), a. [L. acinaces a short sword + -form: cf. F. acinaciforme.] (Bot.) Scimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf.

962

Acinesia

‖Ac′i‐ne″si‐a (ăs′ĭ‐nē″sĭ‐ȧ), n.(Med.) Same as Akinesia.

963

Acinetæ

‖Ac′i‐ne″tæ (ăs′ĭ‐nē″tē), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ακινητοσ̓ immovable.] (Zoöl.) A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage are stationary. See Suctoria.

964

Acinetiform

Ac′i‐net″i‐form (�), a. [Acinetæ + -form.] (Zoöl.) Resembling the Acinetæ.

965

Aciniform

A‐cin″i‐form (�), a. [L. acinus a grape, grapestone + -form: cf. F. acinoforme.] 1. Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.2. Full of small kernels like a...

966

Acinose

{ Ac″i‐nose′ (�), Ac″i‐nous (�) } a. [L. acinosus, fr. acinus grapestone.] Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands. Kirwan.

967

Acinus

‖Ac″i‐nus (�), n.; pl.Acini (�). 1. (Bot.) (a) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. (b) A grapestone.2. (An...

968

Acipenser

‖Ac′i‐pen″ser (�), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See Sturgeon.

969

Aciurgy

Ac″i‐ur′gy (�), n. [Gr. � a point + ἔργον work.] Operative surgery.

970

Acknow

Ac‐know″ (ăk‐nō″), v. t. [Pref. a- + know; AS. oncnāwan.] 1. To recognize. “You will not be acknown, sir.” B. Jonson.2. To acknowledge; to confess. Chaucer.To be acknown (often ...

971

Acknowledge

Ac‐knowl″edge (ăk‐nŏl″ĕj), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Acknowledged (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Acknowledging (�).] [Prob. fr. pref. a- + the verb knowledge. See Knowledge, and cf. Acknow.] 1. T...

972

Acknowledgedly

Ac‐knowl″edged‐ly (�), adv. Confessedly.