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Without a heart; as, an acardiac fetus.

s that of the sun, in consequence of which they daily come to the meridian of any place about three minutes fifty-six seconds of solar time earlier than on the day preceding. -- Acceleration of the planets, the increasing velocity of their motion, in proceeding from the apogee to the perigee of their orbits.…

Without accent.

To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize. In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. London Times.

Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.

A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury. [A Gallicism]

Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory. The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. Gibbon.

Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts. Elmes.

Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident. Of moving accidents by fl…

To declare by acclamations. While the shouting crowd Acclaims thee king of traitors. Smollett.

A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause. On such a day, a holiday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children. Southey.

notty and difficult can never be accorded but by a competent stock of critical learning. South.

. [Obs.] s other part . . . makes account to find no slender arguments for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it. Milton. -- To make account of, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty. -- To take account of, or to take into account, to take into…

tury. Sir G. C. Lewis. He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. Southey.

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey.…

Not centered; without a center.

A Christian sect without a leader.

Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.

Without antennæ, as some insects.