Aconitic (a.) Of or pertaining to aconite.
Aconitine (n.) An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.
Aconitum (n.) The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
Acontia (n. pl.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated.
Acontias (n.) Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.
Acopic (a.) Relieving weariness; restorative.
Acorn (n.) The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
Acorn (n.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
Acorn (n.) See Acorn-shell.
Acorn cup () The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
Acorned (a.) Furnished or loaded with acorns.
Acorned (a.) Fed or filled with acorns.
Acorn-shell (n.) One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle.
Acosmism (n.) A denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God.
Acosmist (n.) One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God.
Acotyledon (n.) A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
Acotyledonous (a.) Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
Acouchy (n.) A small species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy).
Acoumeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.
Acoumetry (n.) The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
Acoustic (a.) Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
Acoustic (n.) A medicine or agent to assist hearing.
Acoustical (a.) Of or pertaining to acoustics.
Acoustically (adv.) In relation to sound or to hearing.
Acoustician (n.) One versed in acoustics.
Acoustics (n.) The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws.
Acquaint (v. t.) Acquainted.
Acquainted (imp. & p. p.) of Acquaint
Acquainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acquaint
Acquaint (v. t.) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar; -- followed by with.
Acquaint (v. t.) To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant; -- followed by with (formerly, also, by of), or by that, introducing the intelligence; as, to acquaint a friend with the particulars of an act.
Acquaint (v. t.) To familiarize; to accustom.
Acquaintable (a.) Easy to be acquainted with; affable.
Acquaintance (n.) A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him.
Acquaintance (n.) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
Acquaintanceship (n.) A state of being acquainted; acquaintance.
Acquaintant (n.) An acquaintance.
Acquainted (a.) Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t.
Acquaintedness (n.) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
Acquest (n.) Acquisition; the thing gained.
Acquest (n.) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.
Acquiesced (imp. & p. p.) of Acquiesce
Acquiescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acquiesce
Acquiesce (v. i.) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to.
Acquiesce (v. i.) To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
Acquiescence (n.) A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
Acquiescence (n.) Submission to an injury by the party injured.
Acquiescence (n.) Tacit concurrence in the action of another.
Acquiescency (n.) The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
Acquiescent (a.) Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.
Acquiescently (adv.) In an acquiescent manner.
Acquiet (v. t.) To quiet.
Acquirability (n.) The quality of being acquirable; attainableness.
Acquirable (a.) Capable of being acquired.
Acquired (imp. & p. p.) of Acquire
Acquiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acquire
Acquire (v. t.) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
Acquirement (n.) The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.
Acquirer (n.) A person who acquires.
Acquiry (n.) Acquirement.
Acquisite (a.) Acquired.
Acquisition (n.) The act or process of acquiring.
Acquisition (n.) The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.
Acquisitive (a.) Acquired.
Acquisitive (a.) Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition.
Acquisitively (adv.) In the way of acquisition.
Acquisitiveness (n.) The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
Acquisitiveness (n.) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
Acquisitor (n.) One who acquires.
Acquist (n.) Acquisition; gain.
Acquit (p. p.) Acquitted; set free; rid of.
Acquitted (imp. & p. p.) of Acquit
Acquitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acquit
Acquit (v. t.) To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.
Acquit (v. t.) To pay for; to atone for.
Acquit (v. t.) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions.
Acquit (v. t.) To clear one's self.
Acquit (v. t.) To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly.
Acquitment (n.) Acquittal.
Acquittal (n.) The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
Acquittal (n.) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.
Acquittance (n.) The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.
Acquittance (n.) A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.
Acquittance (v. t.) To acquit.
Acquitter (n.) One who acquits or releases.
Acrania (n.) Partial or total absence of the skull.
Acrania (n.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.
Acranial (a.) Wanting a skull.
Acrase (v. t.) Alt. of Acraze
Acraze (v. t.) To craze.
Acraze (v. t.) To impair; to destroy.
Acrasia (n.) Alt. of Acrasy
Acrasy (n.) Excess; intemperance.
Acraspeda (n. pl.) A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora.
Acre (n.) Any field of arable or pasture land.
Acre (n.) A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.
Acreable (a.) Of an acre; per acre; as, the acreable produce.
Acreage (n.) Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country.
Acred (a.) Possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large-acred men.
Acrid (a.) Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.