Abdicant :: Abdicant (a.) Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of.

Abdicant :: Abdicant (n.) One who abdicates.

Acanth :: Acanth (n.) Same as Acanthus.

Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A prickle.

Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A spine or prickly fin.

Acantha :: Acantha (n.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.

Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant..

Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type..

Acanthi :: Acanthi (pl. ) of Acanthu.

Acanthine :: Acanthine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus..

Acanthocarpous :: Acanthocarpous (a.) Having the fruit covered with spines.

Acanthocephala :: Acanthocephala (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines..

Acanthocephalous :: Acanthocephalous (a.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala..

Acanthophorous :: Acanthophorous (a.) Spine-bearing.

Acanthopodious :: Acanthopodious (a.) Having spinous petioles.

Acanthopteri :: Acanthopteri (n. pl.) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.

Acanthopterous :: Acanthopterous (a.) Spiny-winged.

Acanthopterous :: Acanthopterous (a.) Acanthopterygious.

Acanthopterygian :: Acanthopterygian (a.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch..

Acanthopterygian :: Acanthopterygian (n.) A spiny-finned fish.

Acanthopterygii :: Acanthopterygii (n. pl.) An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch..

Acanthopterygious :: Acanthopterygious (a.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.

Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech..

Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.

Acanthuses :: Acanthuses (pl. ) of Acanthu.

Albicant :: Albicant (a.) Growing or becoming white.

Alicant :: Alicant (n.) A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain..

Almacantar :: Almacantar (n.) Same as Almucantar.

Almacantar :: Almacantar (n.) A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.

Almucantar :: Almucantar (n.) A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar.

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