Accretion :: Accretion (n.) The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.

Accretion :: Accretion (n.) The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth..

Accretion :: Accretion (n.) Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass..

Accretion :: Accretion (n.) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes..

Accretion :: Accretion (n.) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark..

Accretion :: Accretion (n.) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share..

Accretive :: Accretive (a.) Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth..

Aforetime :: Aforetime (adv.) In time past; formerly.

Alexipyretic :: Alexipyretic (a.) Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile.

Alexipyretic :: Alexipyretic (n.) A febrifuge.

Anachoretical :: Anachoretical (a.) See Anchoret, Anchoretic..

Anchoretic :: Anchoretic (a.) Alt. of Anchoretica.

Anchoretical :: Anchoretical (a.) Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.

Anchoretish :: Anchoretish (a.) Hermitlike.

Anchoretism :: Anchoretism (n.) The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.

Antipyretic :: Antipyretic (a.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.

Antipyretic :: Antipyretic (n.) A febrifuge.

Aporetical :: Aporetical (a.) Doubting; skeptical.

Apyretic :: Apyretic (a.) Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an intermission of fever.

Beforetime :: Beforetime (adv.) Formerly; aforetime.

Bonchretien :: Bonchretien (n.) A name given to several kinds of pears. See Bartlett.

Camphretic :: Camphretic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from camphor..

Carbureting :: Carbureting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carbure.

Catheretic :: Catheretic (n.) A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences.

Concreting :: Concreting (p. pr & vb. n.) of Concret.

Concretion :: Concretion (n.) The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification..

Concretion :: Concretion (n.) A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, induration, etc.; a clot; a lump; a calculus..

Concretion :: Concretion (n.) A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of the material around a center; as, the calcareous concretions common in beds of clay..

Concretional :: Concretional (a.) Concretionary.

Concretionary :: Concretionary (a.) Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation; producing or containing concretions..

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