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isfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to. They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as jus…

Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to Ant: sedentary or to Ant: tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.

Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." B. Jonson. Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle.

of adjustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an aëroplane or flying machine.

Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as, adminicular evidence. H. Spencer.

Implying an admission; tending to admit. [R.] Lamb.

A form of hydro-aëroplane; a flying boat.

A ground or field, esp. one equipped with housing and other facilities, used for flying purposes. -- A`ër*o*drom"ic (#), a.

A power-driven, heavier-than-air flying machine.

A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it.

A form of hydro-aëroplane; a flying boat.

Helping; helpful; supplying aid. Shak.

(Aëronautics) A small plane or surface capable of being manipulated by the pilot of a flying machine to preserve or destroy lateral balance; a hinged wing tip; a lateral stabilizing or balancing plane.

A kind of atomizer for applying liquid coloring matter in a spray by compressed air.

Any device, as a balloon, aëroplane, etc., for floating in, or flying through, the air.

A man who ascends or flies in an aircraft; a flying machine pilot.

Supplying albumen.

To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.

Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.

ense. Evelyn. Those large bladders . . . conduce much to the alleviating of the body [of flying birds]. Ray.