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Absurdity. [R.]

The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person. Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness. Herbert.

Gum arabic.

Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus.

Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.

Same as Acaulescent.

The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

The state of being accessary.

The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately.

The quality of being accidental; casualness.

Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.

The quality or condition of being accommodable. [R.] Todd.

Fitness. [R.]

The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.

The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.

Habituation. Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. Bp. Pearce.

Resembling little heaps.

A morbid condition characterized by the presence of acetone in the blood, as in diabetes.

A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.