"""carbone " :: Carbone (v. t.) To broil. [Obs.] We had a calf's head carboned..

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

Acardiac :: Acardiac (a.) Without a heart; as, an acardiac fetus..

Acari :: Acari (pl. ) of Acaru.

Acaridan :: Acaridan (n.) One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks..

Acarina :: Acarina (n. pl.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange..

Acarine :: Acarine (a.) Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases..

Acaroid :: Acaroid (a.) Shaped like or resembling a mite.

Acarpellous :: Acarpellous (a.) Having no carpels.

Acarpous :: Acarpous (a.) Not producing fruit; unfruitful.

Acarus :: Acarus (n.) A genus including many species of small mites.

Acrocarpous :: Acrocarpous (a.) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.

Acrocarpous :: Acrocarpous (a.) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses..

Alcarraza :: Alcarraza (n.) A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface..

Alcarrazas :: Alcarrazas (pl. ) of Alcarraz.

Altincar :: Altincar (n.) See Tincal.

Amphicarpic :: Amphicarpic (a.) Alt. of Amphicarpou.

Amphicarpous :: Amphicarpous (a.) Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening..

Anacardiaceous :: Anacardiaceous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples..

Anacardic :: Anacardic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid..

Anacardium :: Anacardium (n.) A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew.

Angiocarpous :: Angiocarpous (a.) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule..

Angiocarpous :: Angiocarpous (a.) Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens..

Anthocarpous :: Anthocarpous (a.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple..

Apocarpous :: Apocarpous (a.) Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous..

Apothecaries :: Apothecaries (pl. ) of Apothecar.

Apothecary :: Apothecary (n.) One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.

Aracari :: Aracari (n.) A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species..

Araucaria :: Araucaria (n.) A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible..

Araucarian :: Araucarian (a.) Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian..

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