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Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play. Accidental chords (Mus.), those which contain one or more tones foreign to their proper harmony. -- Accidental colors (Opt.), colors depending on the hypersensibility of the retina of the eye for complementary colors. They are purely subj…

her beauty." Shak. Newer was preaching more accounted of than in the sixteenth century. Canon Robinson.

igation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter. They his gifts acknowledged none. Milton.

Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock.

Either of two compounds, a chlorine derivative and bromine derivative, of hydroquinone, used as developers.

A cannon capable of being trained at very high angles for use against aircraft.

riendly or hostile. [Obs.] I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded On hostile ground, none daring my affront. Milton.

A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.

man." "No power in Venice can alter a decree." Shak. It gilds all objects, but it alters none. Pope. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Ps. lxxxix. 34.

Containing, or derived from, amidogen. Amido acid, an acid in which a portion of the nonacid hydrogen has been replaced by the amido group. The amido acids are both basic and acid. -- Amido group, amidogen, NH2.

The Amish Mennonites.

ry to our interest or humor, we will create an amphiboly, a double meaning where there is none. Whitlock.

Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.

A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless. [Written also amphigouri.]

A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.

A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.

ief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.

ynthetic. Analytical or coördinate geometry. See under Geometry. -- Analytic language, a noninflectional language or one not characterized by grammatical endings. -- Analytical table (Nat. Hist.), a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of…

The olecranon, or the elbow. Ancon sheep (Zoöl.), a breed of sheep with short crooked legs and long back. It originated in Massachusetts in 1791; -- called also the otter breed.

Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow. "The olecranon on anconeal process." Flower.