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  • English Word Acritan Definition An individual of the Acrita.
  • English Word Acrite Definition Acritan.
  • English Word Acritical Definition Having no crisis; giving no indications of a crisis; as, acritical symptoms, an acritical abscess.
  • English Word Acritochromacy Definition Color blindness; achromatopsy.
  • English Word Acritude Definition Acridity; pungency joined with heat.
  • English Word Acrity Definition Sharpness; keenness.
  • English Word Acroamatic Definition Alt. of Acroamatical
  • English Word Acroamatical Definition Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.
  • English Word Acroatic Definition Same as Acroamatic.
  • English Word Acrobat Definition One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.
  • English Word Acrobatic Definition Pertaining to an acrobat.
  • English Word Acrobatism Definition Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.
  • English Word Acrocarpous Definition Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.
  • English Word Acrocarpous Definition Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.
  • English Word Acrocephalic Definition Characterized by a high skull.
  • English Word Acrocephaly Definition Loftiness of skull.
  • English Word Acroceraunian Definition Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder-smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia.
  • English Word Acrodactylum Definition The upper surface of the toes, individually.
  • English Word Acrodont Definition One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.
  • English Word Acrodont Definition Of or pertaining to the acrodonts.
  • English Word Acrogen Definition A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc. See Cryptogamia.
  • English Word Acrogenous Definition Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant.
  • English Word Acrolein Definition A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating.
  • English Word Acrolith Definition A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood.
  • English Word Acrolithan Definition Alt. of Acrolithic
  • English Word Acrolithic Definition Pertaining to, or like, an acrolith.
  • English Word Acromegaly Definition Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.
  • English Word Acromial Definition Of or pertaining to the acromion.
  • English Word Acromion Definition The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.
  • English Word Acromonogrammatic Definition Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.