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One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture. J. H. Parker.

Chemistry in its relations to actinism. Draper.

Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.

A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. Bp. Pearson.

A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.

Shaped like a gland; adenoid. Dunglison.

ossessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue.

o estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape. Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed. Pope.

t maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.

participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white.

tice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisement.

To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish.

Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm.

is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.

In a glow; glowing; as, cheeks aglow; the landscape all aglow.

A needle-shaped peak.

A faucet to allow escape of air.

Of or pertaining to wings; also, wing-shaped. The alary system of insects. Wollaston.

r saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; as, to albuminize paper.

A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.