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  • English Word Acanthopodious Definition Having spinous petioles.
  • English Word Acanthopteri Definition A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
  • English Word Acanthopterous Definition Spiny-winged.
  • English Word Acanthopterous Definition Acanthopterygious.
  • English Word Acanthopterygian Definition Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch.
  • English Word Acanthopterygian Definition A spiny-finned fish.
  • English Word Acanthopterygii Definition An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch.
  • English Word Acanthopterygious Definition Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.
  • English Word Acanthus Definition A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.
  • English Word Acanthus Definition An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
  • English Word Acanthuses Definition of Acanthus
  • English Word Acapsular Definition Having no capsule.
  • English Word Acardiac Definition Without a heart; as, an acardiac fetus.
  • English Word Acari Definition of Acarus
  • English Word Acaridan Definition One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.
  • English Word Acarina Definition The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.
  • English Word Acarine Definition Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.
  • English Word Acaroid Definition Shaped like or resembling a mite.
  • English Word Acarpellous Definition Having no carpels.
  • English Word Acarpous Definition Not producing fruit; unfruitful.
  • English Word Acarus Definition A genus including many species of small mites.
  • English Word Acatalectic Definition Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse.
  • English Word Acatalectic Definition A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables.
  • English Word Acatalepsy Definition Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.
  • English Word Acataleptic Definition Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible.
  • English Word Acater Definition See Caterer.
  • English Word Acates Definition See Cates.
  • English Word Acaudate Definition Tailless.
  • English Word Acaulescent Definition Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.
  • English Word Acauline Definition Same as Acaulescent.