Acalephae :: Acalephae (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusae or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called sea nettles..
Acatalepsy :: Acatalepsy (n.) Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability..
Acataleptic :: Acataleptic (a.) Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible.
Asclepiad :: Asclepiad (n.) A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus..
Asclepiadaceous :: Asclepiadaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed family..
Asclepias :: Asclepias (n.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties..
Asterolepis :: Asterolepis (n.) A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone..
Beleper :: Beleper (v. t.) To infect with leprosy.
Catalepsis :: Catalepsis (n.) A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while the action of the heart and lungs continues..