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Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.

has charge of the accounts. Accountatn general, the head or superintending accountant in certain public offices. Also, formerly, an officer in the English court of chancery who received the moneys paid into the court, and deposited them in the Bank of England.

Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.

bsence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.

Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.

Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks.

An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear. Grew.

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

six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.

Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods.

An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids. Ure.

on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required. -- Ac`id*i*met"ric*al, a.

the culmination. The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry. Pope. The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy. I. Taylor.

, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidæ), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniæ when irritated.

or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants. [Archaic] Bacon.

Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.

w towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.

A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.

e of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.

supposed metal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened by exposure to light.