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- English Word Acrospire Definition The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form.
- English Word Acrospire Definition To put forth the first sprout.
- English Word Acrospore Definition A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.
- English Word Acrosporous Definition Having acrospores.
- English Word Across Definition From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.
- English Word Across Definition From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.
- English Word Across Definition Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
- English Word Acrostic Definition A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.
- English Word Acrostic Definition A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.
- English Word Acrostic Definition Alt. of Acrostical
- English Word Acrostical Definition Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.
- English Word Acrostically Definition After the manner of an acrostic.
- English Word Acrotarsium Definition The instep or front of the tarsus.
- English Word Acroteleutic Definition The end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way of a response.
- English Word Acroter Definition Same as Acroterium.
- English Word Acroteria Definition of Acroterium
- English Word Acroterial Definition Pertaining to an acroterium; as, acroterial ornaments.
- English Word Acroterium Definition One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
- English Word Acroterium Definition One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
- English Word Acrotic Definition Pertaining to or affecting the surface.