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Pertaining to or affecting the surface.

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

and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.

Of or pertaining to actinism; as, actinic rays.

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

Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic.

Pertaining to, or causing the production of, sound by means of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays; as, actinophonic phenomena.

Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa.

ion as distinct from mere existence or state. Active capital, Active wealth, money, or property that may readily be converted into money.

Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity.

Pertaining to an adage; proverbial. "Adagial verse." Barrow.

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.

Pertaining to adenography.

Pertaining to adenology.

Pertaining to adenotomy.

Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice. Shipley.

Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.

Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty. Adipose fin (Zoöl.), a soft boneless fin. -- Adipose tissue (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat.

Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed. [R.] Earle.

m something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.