Acacia :: Acacia (n.) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals..

Acacia :: Acacia (n.) A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates..

Acacia :: Acacia (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic..

Acaciae :: Acaciae (pl. ) of Acaci.

Acacias :: Acacias (pl. ) of Acaci.

Acacin :: Acacin (n.) Alt. of Acacin.

Acacine :: Acacine (n.) Gum arabic.

Advocacy :: Advocacy (n.) The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.

Brassicaceous :: Brassicaceous (a.) Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of the Cabbage family..

Cacaemia :: Cacaemia (n.) Alt. of Cachaemi.

Cacaine :: Cacaine (n.) The essential principle of cacao; -- now called theobromine.

Cacajao :: Cacajao (n.) A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (/ Brachyurus) melanocephala).

Cacao :: Cacao (n.) A small evergreen tree (Theobroma Cacao) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared..

Cachaemia :: Cachaemia (n.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.

Cachalot :: Cachalot (n.) The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale..

Cache :: Cache (n.) A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry..

Cachectic :: Cachectic (a.) Alt. of Cachectica.

Cachectical :: Cachectical (a.) Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood..

Cachepot :: Cachepot (n.) An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc..

Cachet :: Cachet (n.) A seal, as of a letter..

Cachexia :: Cachexia (n.) Alt. of Cachex.

Cachexy :: Cachexy (n.) A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle)..

Cachinnation :: Cachinnation (n.) Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections.

Cachinnatory :: Cachinnatory (a.) Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter..

Cachiri :: Cachiri (n.) A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry..

Cacholong :: Cacholong (n.) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal..

Cachou :: Cachou (n.) A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath..

Cachucha :: Cachucha (n.) An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembling the bolero..

Cachunde :: Cachunde (n.) A pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a stomachic and antispasmodic..

Cacique :: Cacique (n.) See Cazique.

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