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d; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat. [The exploits] of the ancient saints . . . do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes. Barrow. The highest achievements of the human intellect. Macaulay.

Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered. He was stern and his face as acid as ever. A. Trollope.

Without inclination or dipping; -- said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator. Prof. August.

pitch of life for epic poetry. Pope. The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy. I. Taylor.

ns; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits. No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step. Barrow. Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law. Blackstone.…

One who acquits or releases.

dration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating. Watts.

end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form.

sire 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 crimes. Cowper.

etal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened by exposure to light.

Chemistry in its relations to actinism. Draper.

of action (Physics), the product of the mass of a body by the space it runs through, and its velocity.

Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.

Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle.

A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. [R.]

The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to abduction. Dunglison.

A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.

Quenching thirst, as certain fruits.

Not standing by itself; dependent. Adjective color, a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency.