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A species of mint (Mentha viridis) growing in moist soil. It vields an aromatic oil. See Mint, and Mentha.

An Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough wood, used by the natives for spears.

A name given to several species of crowfoot (Ranunculus) which have spear-shaped leaves.

Having the form of a spear.

To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass. [R.] Cowper.

A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include. "Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all." Cowper. The large cities absorb the wealth and fashion. W. Irving.

act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.

One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.

e or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service. Abuse after disappeared without a struggle.. Macaulay.

Unusual appearance or effect. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear. Grew.

A bringing into action; movement. Bp. Pearson.

A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. Bp. Pearson.

les: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit, advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. It becomes ac- before qu, as in acquiesce.

Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor.

A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone.

A striving after. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

cus. 2 Kings xvi. 11. Against the sun, in a direction contrary to that in which the sun appears to move.