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..

Adelocodonic :: Adelocodonic (a.) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic..

Adlocution :: Adlocution (n.) See Allocution.

Agalloch :: Agalloch (n.) Alt. of Agallochu.

Agallochum :: Agallochum (n.) A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species..

Allocate :: Allocate (v. t.) To distribute or assign; to allot.

Allocate :: Allocate (v. t.) To localize.

Allocation :: Allocation (n.) The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.

Allocation :: Allocation (n.) An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company..

Allocation :: Allocation (n.) The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer..

Allocatur :: Allocatur (n.) Allowed. The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer..

Allochroic :: Allochroic (a.) Changeable in color.

Allochroite :: Allochroite (n.) See Garnet.

Allochroous :: Allochroous (a.) Changing color.

Allocution :: Allocution (n.) The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words..

Allocution :: Allocution (n.) An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.

Archilochian :: Archilochian (a.) Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter..

Badderlocks :: Badderlocks (n.) A large black seaweed (Alaria esculenta) sometimes eaten in Europe; -- also called murlins, honeyware, and henware..

Belock :: Belock (v. t.) To lock, or fasten as with a lock..

Belocked :: Belocked (imp. & p. p.) of Beloc.

Bilocation :: Bilocation (n.) Double location; the state or power of being in two places at the same instant; -- a miraculous power attributed to some of the saints.

Bilocular :: Bilocular (a.) Divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocular pericarp..

Blocage :: Blocage (n.) The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc..

Block :: Block (v. t.) The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.

Block :: Block (v. t.) The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped..

Block :: Block (v. t.) The pattern or shape of a hat.

Block :: Block (v. t.) A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building; a row of houses or shops..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not..

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