Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ACALOT

AC'ALOT, Corvusaquaticus, water raven.

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ACAMACU

ACAMAC'U, noun A bird, the Brazilian fly catcher, or Todus.

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ACANACEOUS

ACANA'CEOUS, a acana'shus. [Gr. a prickly shrub.]Armed with prickles. A class of plants are called acanaceae.

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ACANTHA

ACANTH'A, noun [Gr. a spine or thorn.]In botany, a prickle; in zoology, a spine or prickly fin; an acute process of the vertebers.

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ACANTHACEOUS

ACANTHA'CEOUS, adjective Armed with prickles, as a plant.

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ACANTHARIS

ACAN'THARIS, noun In entomology, a species of Cimex, with a spinous thorax, and a ciliated abdomen, with spines; found in Jamaica.

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ACANTHINE

ACANTH'INE, adjective [See acanthus.]Pertaining to the plant, acanthus. The acanthine garments of the ancients were made of the down of thistles, or embroidered in imitation of ...

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ACANTHOPTERYGIOUS

ACANTHOPTERYG'IOUS, a [Gr. a thorn, and a little feather, from a feather.]In zoology, having back fins which are hard, bony and pricky, a term applied to certain fishes.

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ACANTHUS

ACANTH'US, noun [G. and Latin acanthus from a prickle or thorn. See acantha.]1. The plant bear's breech or brank ursine; a genus of several species, receiving their name from th...

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ACANTICONE

ACAN'TICONE, noun See Pistacite.

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ACARNAR

ACARN'AR, noun A bright star, of the first magnitude, in Eridanus.

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ACATALECTIC

ACATALEC'TIC, noun [Gr. not defective at the end, to cease.] A verse, which has the complete number of syllables without defect or superfluity.

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ACATALEPSY

ACAT'ALEPSY, noun [Gr. to comprehend.]Impossibility of complete discovery or comprehension; incomprehensibility. [Little used.]

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ACATECHILL

ACAT'ECHILL, noun a Mexican bird, a species of Fringilla, of the size of the siskin.

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ACATER

ACATER, ACATES. See Caterer and Cates.

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ACATES

ACATER, ACATES See Caterer and Cates.

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ACAULINE

ACAU'LINE, adjective [Latin a priv. and caulis, Gr. a stalk. See ACAU'LOUS, Colewort.]In botany, without a stem, having flowers resting on the ground; as the Carline thistle.

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ACCEDE

ACCE'DE, verb intransitive [Latin accedo, of ad and cedo, to yield or give place, or rather to move.]1. To agree or assent, as to a proposition, or to terms proposed by another....

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ACCEDING

ACCE'DING, participle present tense Agreeing; assenting: becoming a party to a treaty by agreeing to the terms proposed.

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ACCELERATE

ACCEL'ERATE, verb transitive [Latin accelero, of ad and celero, to hasten, from celer, quick.1. To cause to move faster; to hasten; to quicken motion; to add to the velocity of ...

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ACCELERATED

ACCEL'ERATED, participle passive Quickened in motion; hastened in progress.

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ACCELERATING

ACCEL'ERATING, participle present tense Hastening; increasing velocity or progression.

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ACCELERATION

ACCELERA'TION, noun The act of increasing velocity or progress; the state of being quickened in motion or action. Accelerated motion in mechanics and physics, is that which cont...

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ACCELERATIVE

ACCEL'ERATIVE, adjective Adding to velocity; quickening progression.

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ACCELERATORY

ACCEL'ERATORY, a Accelerating; quickening motion.

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ACCEND

ACCEND', verb transitive [Latin accendo, to kindle; ad and candeo, caneo, to be white, canus, white; W. can, white, bright; also a song. Whence, canto, to sing, to chant; cantus...

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ACCENDIBILITY

ACCENDIBIL'ITY, noun Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed.