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Slightly acid; subacid.

Half acidified.

Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem.

The qualiti or state of being imperfectly transparent.

Dividing the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.

A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary. [R.] Hydrogen silicide (Chem.), a colorless, spontaneously inflammable gas, SiH4, produced artifically from silicon, and analogous to methane; -- called also silico-methane, silicon hydride, and formerly siliciureted hydrogen.

Impure dark-colored sulphuric acid that has been used in the refining of petroleum.

The murder of one's sister; also, one who murders or kills one's own sister. Johnson.

A continual falling or succession of drops; rain water falling from the eaves. Bacon.

Falling in drops. [Obs.]

Moderately acid or sour; as, some plants have subacid juices. -- n.

Somewhat sweet; sweetish. [R.]

Somewhat pellucid; nearly pellucid.

Ready to fall; falling. [R.]

Partaking of, or of the nature of, the crime or suicide. -- Su"i*ci`dal*ly, adv.

Ruin of one's own interests. "Intestine war, which may be justly called political suicide." V. Knox.

Suicidal. [Obs.]

The quality or state of being suicidal, or self-murdering. [R.]

An acid in which, to a greater or less extent, sulphur plays a part analogous to that of oxygen in an oxyacid; thus, thiosulphuric and sulpharsenic acids are sulphacids; -- called also sulphoacid. See the Note under Acid, n., 2.

Acidulated to excess. [R.]