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Possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large-acred men.

Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners. John the Baptist set himself with much acrimony and indignation to baffle this senseless arrogant conceit of theirs. South.

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.

A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.

Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic.

s of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.

Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.

In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country. Actual cautery. See under Cautery. -- Actual sin (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to "original sin."

In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.

The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions. Perhaps, also, he felt his professional acuteness…

oods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, - - in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent.

Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.

escent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous. Gray.

Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.

The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.

To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope.

ll the parts of an instrument, as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment.

The position or office of an administrator.

The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral.