n. An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Acetabuliferous. ] (Zool.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acetablum a little cup + -ferous. ] Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acetabulum + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped;
‖n. [ L., a little saucer for vinegar, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Acetic + alcohol. ] (Chem.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Acetyl + amide. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl. [ 1913 Webster ]
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