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plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.

A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusæ or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called sea nettles.

sibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.

Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. Gray.

Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.

Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable. Ure.

The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition. Locke.

modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent. "Beguiled you in a plain accent." Shak. "A perfect accent." Thackeray. The tender accent of a woman's cry. Prior.

ne, drawn from the eye, parallel to a given right line, cuts the perspective plane; so called to distinguish it from the principal point, or point of view, where a line drawn from the eye perpendicular to the perspective plane meets this plane. -- Accidental lights (Paint.), secondary lights; effects of light other th…

at are accompanied with noble thoughts. Sir P. Sidney. He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels. Macaulay.

ding to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay. Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat.

at the defendant shall render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called also an action of account. Cowell.

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness. "The awful idea of accountability." R. Hall.

Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.

One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who 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 t…

To join; to couple. [R.] The Englishmen accoupled themselves with the Frenchmen. Hall.

The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union. [R.] Caxton.

To increase; to augment. And though power failed, her courage did accrue. Spenser.

Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. Gray. Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. Eaton.