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Not restrained or tutored by morality. Norris.

Not organized; being without organic structure; specifically (Biol.), not having the different tissues and organs characteristic of living organisms, nor the power of growth and development; as, the unorganized ferments. See the Note under Ferment, n., 1.

Not specialized; specifically (Biol.), not adapted, or set apart, for any particular purpose or function; as, an unspecialized unicellular organism. W. K. Brooks.

Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.

Characterized by aberration.

Characterized by abirritation or debility.

; -- followed by in or with. To abound in, to posses in such abundance as to be characterized by. -- To abound with, to be filled with; to possess in great numbers. Men abounding in natural courage. Macaulay. A faithful man shall abound with blessings. Prov. xxviii. 20. It abounds with cabinets of curiosities. Addison…

Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. Farrar.

Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.

Capable of being acclimatized.

Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.

Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional. -- Ac*cu"mu*la*tive*ly, adv. -- Ac*cu"mu*la*tive*ness, n.

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

ility in water, and reddening of vegetable blue or violet colors. They are also characterized by the power of destroying the distinctive properties of alkalies or bases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losing their own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united with a more negative eleme…

The act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness. Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip. Hooker.

Characterized by a high skull.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.

Characterized by acumen; keen. Highmore.

Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting. Coleridge. -- A*dapt"ive*ly, adv.

Regarded with wonder and delight; highly prized; as, an admired poem.