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ACETIC a. 2 definitions

Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.

ACETIFY v. 2 definitions

To convert into acid or vinegar.

To acetify. [R.]

Of or pertaining to acetone; as, acetonic bodies.

ACETOUS a. 2 definitions

Having a sour taste; sour; acid. "An acetous spirit." Boyle. "A liquid of an acetous kind." Bp. Lowth.

A complex, hypothetical radical, composed of two parts of carbon to three of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Its hydroxide is acetic acid.

A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant. W…

A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley. [Obs.] Holland.

ACHAEAN; ACHAIAN a. 2 definitions

Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian. -- n.

ACHE v. 2 definitions

To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed. "My old bones ache." Shak. The sins that in your conscience ache. Keble.

Pertaining to an achene.

ions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Shak.

Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.

ACHIEVE v. 3 definitions

To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; -- as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise. Supposing faculties and 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.…

ACHIEVEMENT n. 3 definitions

An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment. Cussans.

To deprive of color; to make achromatic.

ACHROMATOPSY n.

Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; Daltonism.

nt of a starch solution acted upon by an amylolytic enzyme is the point at which it fails to give any color with iodine.

ACID a. 4 definitions

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.

Containing a high percentage of silica; -- opposed to basic. an acidic solution.