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Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe.

Abbatial. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid. Watts.

Of or pertaining to abiogenesis. Ab`i*o*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.

The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.

Relating to the patriarch Abraham.

Pertaining to absolutism; absolutist.

Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse. -- n.

Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts.

Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.

Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.

Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue. Achromatic lens (Opt.), a lens composed usually of two separate lenses, a convex and concave, of substances having different refractive and dispersive powers, as crown and flint glass, with the curvatures so adjusted that the chromatic aberration produced…

In an achromatic manner.

Achromatism.

Of or pertaining to aconite.

to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory. Acoustic duct, the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear. -- Acoustic telegraph, a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone. -- Acoustic vessels, brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to p…

Of or pertaining to acoustics.

In relation to sound or to hearing. Tyndall.

One versed in acoustics. Tyndall.