AÏces¶cent, n. A substance liable to become sour.
Ac¶eÏtaÏble (#), n. An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint. [Obs.]
Holland.
Ac·eÏtab¶uÏlar (#), a. CupÏshaped; saucerÐshaped; acetabuliform.
Ø Ac·eÏtab·uÏlif¶eÏra (#), n. pl. [NL. See Acetabuliferous.] (Zo”l.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cupÐshaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda.
Ac·eÏtab·uÏlif¶erÏous (#), a. [L. acetablum a little cup + Ïferous.] Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
Ac·eÏtab¶uÏliÏform (#), a. [L. acetabulum + Ïform.] (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow; saucerÐshaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx.
Gray.
Ø Ac·eÏtab¶uÏlum (#), n. [L., a little saucer for vinegar, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.
2. (Anat.) (a) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone. (b) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body. (c) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals. (d) The large posterior sucker of the leeches. (e) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
Ac¶eÏtal (#), n. [Aceic + alcohol.] (Chem.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.
Ac·etÏal¶deÏhyde (#), n. Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde.
Ac·etÏam¶ide (#), n. [Acetyl + amide.] (Chem.) A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.
Ac·etÏan¶iÏlide (#), n. [Acetyl + anilide.] (Med.) A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; Ð called also antifebrine.
Ac·eÏta¶riÏous (#), a. [L. acetaria, n. pl., salad, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] Used in salads; as, acetarious plants.
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Ac¶eÏtaÏry (#), n. [L. acetaria salad plants.] An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear.
Grew.
Ac¶eÏtate (#), n. [L. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.
Ac¶eÏta·ted (#), a. Combined with acetic acid.