Acolothist :: Acolothist (n.) See Acolythist.

Acolyctine :: Acolyctine (n.) An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum..

Acolyte :: Acolyte (n.) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the Mass..

Acolyte :: Acolyte (n.) One who attends; an assistant.

Acolyth :: Acolyth (n.) Same as Acolyte.

Acolythist :: Acolythist (n.) An acolyte.

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..

Acropolis :: Acropolis (n.) The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens..

Acropolitan :: Acropolitan (a.) Pertaining to an acropolis.

Actinolite :: Actinolite (n.) A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.

Actinolitic :: Actinolitic (a.) Of the nature of, or containing, actinolite..

Actinology :: Actinology (n.) The science which treats of rays of light, especially of the actinic or chemical rays..

Aculeolate :: Aculeolate (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.

Acutifoliate :: Acutifoliate (a.) Having sharp-pointed leaves.

Adenological :: Adenological (a.) Pertaining to adenology.

Adenology :: Adenology (n.) The part of physiology that treats of the glands.

Adolescence :: Adolescence (n.) The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals..

Adolescency :: Adolescency (n.) The quality of being adolescent; youthfulness.

Adolescent :: Adolescent (a.) Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.

Adolescent :: Adolescent (n.) A youth.

Adversifoliate :: Adversifoliate (a.) Alt. of Adversifoliou.

Adversifolious :: Adversifolious (a.) Having opposite leaves, as plants which have the leaves so arranged on the stem..

Advolution :: Advolution (n.) A rolling toward something.

Aeolian :: Aeolian (a.) Of or pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; aeolic; as, the Aeolian dialect..

Aeolian :: Aeolian (a.) Pertaining to Aeolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aerial..

Aeolic :: Aeolic (a.) Aeolian, 1; as, the Aeolic dialect; the Aeolic mode..

Aeolipile :: Aeolipile (n.) Alt. of Aeolipyl.

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