Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Acarine

Ac″a‐rine (�), a.(Med.) Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.

569

Acaroid

Ac″a‐roid (�), a. [NL., acarus a mite + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Shaped like or resembling a mite.

570

Acarpellous

Ac′ar‐pel″lous (�), a. [Pref. a- not + carpel.] (Bot.) Having no carpels.

571

Acarpous

A‐car″pous (�), a. [Gr. �; ἀ priv. + � fruit.] (Bot.) Not producing fruit; unfruitful.

572

Acarus

‖Ac″a‐rus (�), n.; pl.Acari (�). (Zoöl.) A genus including many species of small mites.

573

Acatalectic

A‐cat′a‐lec″tic (�), a. [L. acatalecticus, Gr. �, not defective at the end; ἀ priv. + � to cease.] (Pros.) Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse. — n. A verse which ...

574

Acatalepsy

A‐cat″a‐lep′sy (�), n. [Gr. �; ἀ priv. + � to seize, comprehend.] Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge neve...

575

Acataleptic

A‐cat′a‐lep″tic (�), a. Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible.

576

Acater

A‐ca″ter (�), n. See Caterer.

577

Acates

A‐cates″ (�), n. pl. See Cates.

578

Acaudate

A‐cau″date (�), a. [Pref. a- not + caudate.] Tailless.

579

Acaulescent

Ac′au‐les″cent (�), a. [Pref. a- not + caulescent.] (Bot.) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. Gray.

580

Acauline

A‐cau″line (�), a. [Pref. a- not + cauline.] (Bot.) Same as Acaulescent.

581

Acaulose

{ A‐cau″lose (�), A‐cau″lous (�), } a. [Gr. �; ἀ priv. + � stalk or L. caulis stalk. See Cole.] (Bot.) Same as Acaulescent.

582

Accadian

Ac‐ca″di‐an (�), a. [From the city Accad. See Gen. x. 10.] Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest.— Ac‐ca″di‐an, n., Ac″cad (�), n...

583

Accede

Ac‐cede″ (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Acceded; p. pr. & vb. n.Acceding.] [L. accedere to approach, accede; ad + cedere to move, yield: cf. F. accédere. See Cede.]1. To approach; to c...

584

Accedence

Ac‐ced″ence (�), n. The act of acceding.

585

Acceder

Ac‐ced″er (�), n. One who accedes.

586

Accelerando

‖Ac‐cel′er‐an″do (�), a.(Mus.) Gradually accelerating the movement.

587

Accelerate

Ac‐cel″er‐ate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Accelerated (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Accelerating.] [L. acceleratus, p. p. of accelerare; ad + celerare to hasten; celer quick. See Celerity.] 1...

588

Acceleration

Ac‐cel′er‐a″tion (�), n. [L. acceleratio: cf. F. accélération.] The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body move...

589

Accelerative

Ac‐cel″er‐a‐tive (�), a. Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening. Reid.

590

Accelerator

Ac‐cel″er‐a′tor (�), n. One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.

591

Acceleratory

Ac‐cel″er‐a‐to‐ry (�), a. Accelerative.

592

Accelerograph

Ac‐cel″er‐o‐graph (�), n. [Accelerate + -graph.] (Mil.) An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.

593

Accelerometer

Ac‐cel′er‐om″e‐ter (�), n. [Accelerate + -meter.] An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.

594

Accend

Ac‐cend″ (�), v. t. [L. accendere, accensum, to kindle; ad + candĕre to kindle (only in compounds); rel. to candēre to be white, to gleam. See Candle.] To set on fire; to kindle...