Acrospore
Ac″ro‐spore (�), n.(Bot.) A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Acrosporous
Ac″ro‐spor″ous (�), a. Having acrospores.
Across
A‐cross″ (#; 115), prep. [Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en croix. See Cross, n.] From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bri...
Across (2)
A‐cross″, adv. 1. From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across. Shak.2. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the actions of ...
Acrostic
A‐cros″tic (�) (�), n. 1. A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phra...
Acrostic (2)
{ A‐cros″tic (�), A‐cros″tic‐al (�), } n. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.
Acrostically
A‐cros″tic‐al‐ly, adv. After the manner of an acrostic.
Acrotarsium
‖Ac′ro‐tar″si‐um (�), n.(Zoöl.) The instep or front of the tarsus.
Acroteleutic
Ac′ro‐te‐leu″tic (ăk′rō̍‐tē̍‐lū″tĭk), n. [Gr. ἄκροσ extreme + τελεύτη end.] (Eccles.) The end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way o...
Acroter
Ac″ro‐ter (ăk′rō̍‐tẽr or ȧ‐krō‐tẽr), n. [F. acrotère. See Acroterium.] (Arch.) Same as Acroterium.
Acroterial
Ac′ro‐te″ri‐al (ăk′rō̍‐tē″rĭ‐al), a. Pertaining to an acroterium; as, acroterial ornaments. P. Cyc.
Acroterium
‖Ac′ro‐te′ri‐um (–ŭm), n.; pl.Acroteria (�). [L., fr. Gr. ακρωτἤριον summit, fr. ἄκροσ topmost.] (Arch.) (a) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed o...
Acrotic
A‐crot″ic (�), a.(Med.) Pertaining to or affecting the surface.
Acrotism
Ac″ro‐tism (ăk″rō̍‐tĭz'm), n. [Gr. ἀ priv. + κρότοσ a rattling, beating.] (Med.) Lack or defect of pulsation.
Acrotomous
A‐crot″o‐mous (�), a. [Gr. ακρὄτομοσ cut off sharp; ἄκροσ extreme + τέμνειν to cut.] (Min.) Having a cleavage parallel with the base.
Acrylic
A‐cryl″ic (�), a.(Chem.) Of or containing acryl, the hypothetical radical of which acrolein is the hydride; as, acrylic acid.
Act
Act (ăkt), n. [L. actus, fr. agere to drive, do: cf. F. acte. See Agent.] 1. That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cau...
Act (2)
Act, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Acted; p. pr. & vb. n.Acting.] [L. actus, p. p. of agere to drive, lead, do; but influenced by E. act, n.] 1. To move to action; to actuate; to animate.S...
Act (3)
Act, v. i. 1. To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.2. To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remai...
Actable
Act″a‐ble (�), a. Capable of being acted. Tennyson.
Actinal
Ac″ti‐nal (�), a.(Zoöl.) Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth. L. Agassiz.
Actinaria
‖Ac′ti‐na″ri‐a (�), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to...
Acting
Act″ing (�), a. 1. Operating in any way.2. Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting superintendent.
Actinia
‖Ac‐tin″i‐a (�), n.; pl. L. Actiniæ (�), E. Actinias (�). (Zoöl.) (a) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidæ. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they...
Actinic
Ac‐tin″ic (�), a. Of or pertaining to actinism; as, actinic rays.
Actiniform
Ac‐tin″i‐form (�), a. [Gr. �, �, ray + -form.] Having a radiated form, like a sea anemone.
Actinism
Ac″tin‐ism (�), n. The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography.