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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.

The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it. Ure.

A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant. W…

or violet colors. They are also characterized by the power of destroying the distinctive properties of alkalies or bases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losing their own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united with a more negative element or radical, either alone, or more generally…

al of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, the certificate of the officer attesting such declaration. Acknowledgment money, in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lo…

coustic vessels, brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so as to render them audible to a great distance.

Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance. Bouvier.

The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

Possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large-acred men.

The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography.

action as distinct from mere existence or state. Active capital, Active wealth, money, or property that may readily be converted into money.

Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.

The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.

Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition. Ireland had no adequate champion. De Quincey.

Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.

from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.

A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation. Success depends on the nicest and minutest adjustment of the parts concerned. Paley.