Abscind :: Abscind (v. t.) To cut off.

Abscision :: Abscision (n.) See Abscission.

Absciss :: Absciss (n.) See Abscissa.

Abscissa :: Abscissa (n.) One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes..

Abscissae :: Abscissae (pl. ) of Absciss.

Abscissas :: Abscissas (pl. ) of Absciss.

Abscisses :: Abscisses (pl. ) of Abscis.

Abscission :: Abscission (n.) The act or process of cutting off.

Abscission :: Abscission (n.) The state of being cut off.

Abscission :: Abscission (n.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more..

Acquiescing :: Acquiescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acquiesc.

Adscititious :: Adscititious (a.) Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious.

Amphiscians :: Amphiscians (n. pl.) The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith..

Amphiscii :: Amphiscii (n. pl.) Alt. of Amphiscian.

Antiscians :: Antiscians (n. pl.) Alt. of Antisci.

Antiscii :: Antiscii (n. pl.) The inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions..

Asci :: Asci (n. pl.) See Ascus.

Ascian :: Ascian (n.) One of the Ascii.

Ascians :: Ascians (n. pl.) Persons who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at noon; -- applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, twice a year, a vertical sun..

Ascidia :: Ascidia (pl. ) of Ascidiu.

Ascidian :: Ascidian (n.) One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj..

Ascidiarium :: Ascidiarium (n.) The structure which unites together the ascidiozooids in a compound ascidian.

Ascidiform :: Ascidiform (a.) Shaped like an ascidian.

Ascidioidea :: Ascidioidea (n. pl.) A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike structure within the oral aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See Illustration in Appendix..

Ascidiozooid :: Ascidiozooid (n.) One of the individual members of a compound ascidian. See Ascidioidea.

Ascidium :: Ascidium (n.) A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia)..

Ascidium :: Ascidium (n.) A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata..

Ascigerous :: Ascigerous (a.) Having asci.

Ascii :: Ascii (n. pl.) Alt. of Ascian.

Ascites :: Ascites (n.) A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.

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