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‖n. The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. abolissable. ] Capable of being abolished. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

it>or n. [ Possibly in allusion to the parable of the beggar Lazarus in Luke xvi. Murray (New Eng. Dict. ). ] One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

To sham Abraham, to feign sickness. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of United Arab Emirates. Population (2000) = 363, 432. [ PJC ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, a nettle. ] A group of Cœlenterata, including the Medusæ or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called sea nettles. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n.; pl. Acalephs Acalephans [ See Acalephæ. ] (Zool.) One of the Acalephæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn, fr. &unr_; point. See Acute. ] 1. (Bot.) A prickle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A spine or prickly fin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Armed with prickles, as a plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a spine, thorn + &unr_; head. ] (Zool.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being accomplished; practicable. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; head: cf. F. acéphale, LL. acephalus. ] (Zool.) One of the Acephala. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, adj. neut. pl., headless. See Acephal. ] (Zool.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Acephal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Belonging to the Acephala. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ LL., pl. of acephalus. See Acephal. ] 1. A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl. Hist.) (a) A Christian sect without a leader. (b) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who acknowledges no head or superior. Dr. Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'ake`falos without a head + ky`stis bladder. ] (Zool.) A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Acephal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Headless. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Without a leader or chief. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Wanting the beginning. [ 1913 Webster ]

A false or acephalous structure of sentence. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Pros.) Deficient at the beginning, as a line of poetry. Brande. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. [ L. Achaeus, Achaius; Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian. -- n. A native of Achaia; a Greek. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] Savage fierceness; ferocity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An agate. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. achat purchase. See Cates. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Purchase; bargaining. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Provisions. Same as Cates. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; agate. ] (Zool.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cater. ] Purveyor; acater. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; highest + &unr_;. See Cephalic. ] Characterized by a high skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of birds.
Syn. -- genus Acrocephalus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Loftiness of skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or like, an acrolith. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'akro`nychos at nightfall; 'a`kros + ny`x night. ] (Astron.) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word is sometimes incorrectly written acronical, achronychal, acronichal, and acronical. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL.; Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a ray + &unr_; a ring. ] (Zool.) A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From L. adhamare to catch; ad + hamus hook. ] Clinging, as by hooks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mechanic or mechanician expert in the art and practice of aëronautics. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ , a. Of or pert. to aëromechanics. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The science of equilibrium and motion of air or an aëriform fluid, including aërodynamics and aërostatics. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to Afghanistan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A native of Afghanistan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of worsted blanket or wrap. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.
Syn. -- Afghan, Afghanistani, afghanistani [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a mountainous country in central Asia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Afghanis.
Syn. -- Afghani, Afghan, afghanistani [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.
Syn. -- Afghan, Pashto, Pathan [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>adv. Beforehand; in anticipation. [ Archaic or Dial. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She is come aforehand to anoint my body. Mark xiv. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to behindhand. [ Archaic or Dial. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Aforehand in all matters of power. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The hypoptilum. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers) [ WordNet 1.5 ]