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rtaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal. "The aboral or abactinal area." L. Agassiz.

A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether. Watts.

Of or pertaining to abietin; as, abietinic acid.

of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one. Locke.

Abstinence. [R.]

Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. Beau. & Fl.

With abstinence.

Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.

A combination of acetic acid with glycerin. Brande & C.

A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.

Tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes. W. Flemming.

An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum. Eng. Cyc.

An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.

Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth. L. Agassiz.

A large 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.

Operating in any way.

An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidæ. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.].

Of or pertaining to actinism; as, actinic rays.

Having a radiated form, like a sea anemone.

The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography.