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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus.

An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.

Shaped like or resembling a mite.

A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts.

Resembling little heaps.

Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.

Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; Daltonism.

Resembling the Acinetæ.

Color blindness; achromatopsy.

Of or pertaining to Adam, or resembling him. Adamic earth, a name given to common red clay, from a notion that Adam means red earth.

A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.

Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.

To strike or cast down; to overthrow. [Obs.] "Reassembling our afflicted powers." Milton.

sequent scheme or expedient. Wotton. Aftergame at Irish, an ancient game very nearly resembling backgammon. Beau. & Fl.

Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind. Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play. Pope.

Resembling air.

Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike. "An airy spirit." Shak.

A bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of A.

Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.