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- English Word Acetabulum Definition A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.
- English Word Acetabulum Definition The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
- English Word Acetabulum Definition The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
- English Word Acetabulum Definition A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
- English Word Acetabulum Definition The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
- English Word Acetabulum Definition One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
- English Word Acetal Definition A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.
- English Word Acetaldehyde Definition Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde.
- English Word Acetamide Definition A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.
- English Word Acetanilide Definition A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine.
- English Word Acetarious Definition Used in salads; as, acetarious plants.
- English Word Acetary Definition An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear.
- English Word Acetate Definition A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.
- English Word Acetated Definition Combined with acetic acid.
- English Word Acetic Definition Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.
- English Word Acetic Definition Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due.
- English Word Acetification Definition The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.
- English Word Acetified Definition of Acetify
- English Word Acetifier Definition An apparatus for hastening acetification.
- English Word Acetify Definition To convert into acid or vinegar.