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A Christian sect without a leader.

A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hy datid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts o…

Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.

A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.

Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.

Without antennæ, as some insects.

The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda.

Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.

The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.

A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine.

A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.

Combined with acetic acid.

A combination of acetic acid with glycerin. Brande & C.

rtain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.

Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation. Acetous acid, a name formerly given to vinegar.

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. Watts.

e, far more may be achieved in any line by the aid of a capital, invigorating motive than without it. I. Taylor.

Without a lip.

Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.

ution acted upon by an amylolytic enzyme is the point at which it fails to give any color with iodine.