Acephala :: Acephala (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca..

Acephalan :: Acephalan (n.) Same as Acephal.

Acephalan :: Acephalan (a.) Belonging to the Acephala.

Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.

Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) A Christian sect without a leader.

Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.

Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.

Acephalist :: Acephalist (n.) One who acknowledges no head or superior.

Acephalocyst :: Acephalocyst (n.) A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin..

Acephalocystic :: Acephalocystic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts..

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Headless.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries..

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Without a leader or chief.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Wanting the beginning.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry..

Acerval :: Acerval (a.) Pertaining to a heap.

Acetal :: Acetal (n.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black..

Acetaldehyde :: Acetaldehyde (n.) Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde.

Achenial :: Achenial (a.) Pertaining to an achene.

Achromatically :: Achromatically (adv.) In an achromatic manner.

Acnodal :: Acnodal (a.) Pertaining to acnodes.

Aconital :: Aconital (a.) Of the nature of aconite.

Acoustical :: Acoustical (a.) Of or pertaining to acoustics.

Acoustically :: Acoustically (adv.) In relation to sound or to hearing.

Acquittal :: Acquittal (n.) The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.

Acquittal :: Acquittal (n.) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court..

Acranial :: Acranial (a.) Wanting a skull.

Acritical :: Acritical (a.) Having no crisis; giving no indications of a crisis; as, acritical symptoms, an acritical abscess..

Acroamatical :: Acroamatical (a.) 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..

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