Accroach :: Accroach (v. t.) To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook..

Accroach :: Accroach (v. t.) To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives..

Accroachment :: Accroachment (n.) An encroachment; usurpation.

Acroamatic :: Acroamatic (a.) Alt. of Acroamatica.

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..

Acroatic :: Acroatic (a.) Same as Acroamatic.

Acrobat :: Acrobat (n.) One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats..

Acrobatic :: Acrobatic (a.) Pertaining to an acrobat.

Acrobatism :: Acrobatism (n.) Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.

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..

Acrocephalic :: Acrocephalic (a.) Characterized by a high skull.

Acrocephaly :: Acrocephaly (n.) Loftiness of skull.

Acroceraunian :: Acroceraunian (a.) Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of thunder-smitten peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia..

Acrodactylum :: Acrodactylum (n.) The upper surface of the toes, individually..

Acrodont :: Acrodont (n.) One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.

Acrodont :: Acrodont (a.) Of or pertaining to the acrodonts.

Acrogen :: Acrogen (n.) A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc. See Cryptogamia..

Acrogenous :: Acrogenous (a.) Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant..

Acrolein :: Acrolein (n.) A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating..

Acrolith :: Acrolith (n.) A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood..

Acrolithan :: Acrolithan (a.) Alt. of Acrolithi.

Acrolithic :: Acrolithic (a.) Pertaining to, or like, an acrolith..

Acromegaly :: Acromegaly (n.) Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.

Acromial :: Acromial (a.) Of or pertaining to the acromion.

Acromion :: Acromion (n.) The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.

Acromonogrammatic :: Acromonogrammatic (a.) Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.

Acronyc :: Acronyc (a.) Alt. of Acronycha.

Acronycally :: Acronycally (adv.) In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vice versa..

Acronychal :: Acronychal (a.) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical..

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