ACAULESCENT
Ac`au*les"cent, a. Etym: [Pref. a- not + caulescent.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. Gray.
ACAULINE
A*cau"line, a. Etym: [Pref. a- not + cauline.] (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Acaulescent.
ACAULOSE; ACAULOUS
A*cau"lose, A*cau"lous, a. Etym: [Gr. caulis stalk. See Cole.] (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Acaulescent.
ACCADIAN
Ac*ca"di*an, a. Etym: [From the city Accad. See Gen. x. 10.]
Defn: Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before
the Assyrian conquest.
— Ac*ca"di*an, n., Ac"cad, n. Sayce.
ACCEDE
Ac*cede", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Acceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Acceding.]
Etym: [L. accedere to approach, accede; ad + cedere to move, yield:
cf. F. accédere. See Cede.]
1. To approach; to come forward; — opposed to recede. [Obs.] T. Gale.