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A suffix composed of -able and the adverbial suffix -ly; as, favorably.

The original fauna and flora of a geographical area

To a fathomless depth; profoundly. "Abysmally ignorant." G. Eliot.

Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth. The abysses of metaphysical theology. Macaulay. In unfathomable abysses of disgrace. Burke.

Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope.

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

g; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc. They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar. Isa. lx. 7.

Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. [Obs.] This is saying worthy of all acceptation. 1 Tim. i. 15. Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. Hooker.

ous; corresponding; conformable; -- followed by with or to. Strictly accordant with true morality. Darwin. And now his voice accordant to the string. Coldsmith.

uch as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc.

powers to be the same, far more may be achieved in any line by the aid of a capital, invigorating motive than without it. I. Taylor.

Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.

Dextrin not colorable by iodine. See Dextrin.

Relieving weariness; restorative.

one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly.

A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora.

Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.

To perform; to execute; to do. [Archaic] That we act our temporal affairs with a desire no greater than our necessity. Jer. Taylor. Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and facility of acting things expedient for us to do. Barrow. Uplifted hands that at convenient times Could act extortion and the worst of cri…

division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.

A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example.