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enerally with oxygen, and take their names from this negative element or radical. Those which contain no oxygen are sometimes called hydracids in distinction from the others which are called oxygen acids or oxacids.

That variety of either the Bessemer or the open-hearth process in which the converter or hearth is lined with acid, that is, highly siliceous, material. Opposed to basic process.

A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage are stationary. See Suctoria.

One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.

od; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous.

The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.

A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.

Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.

d by in, formerly also by with and to. They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just. De Quincey.

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits. No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step. Barrow. Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his hei…

The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. "Rules for the acquirement of a taste." Addison. His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.

The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing. Combe.

A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. You can produce acquittances For such a sum, from special officers. Shak.

The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.

c; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing. Acrid poison, a poison which irritates, corrodes, or burns the parts to which it is applied.

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

The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed.

, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.

Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.

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.