Part 105

<h1>Acentric</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>A*cen"tric</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ a point, a center.]</ety> <def>Not centered; without a center.</def>

<h1>Acephal</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac"e*phal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ head: cf. F. <ets>ac\'82phale</ets>, LL. <ets>acephalus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Acephala.</def>

<h1>Acephala</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>A*ceph"a*la</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, adj. neut. pl., headless. See <er>Acephal</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See <er>Mollusca</er>.</def>

<h1>Acephalan</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>A*ceph"a*lan</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Acephal</er>.</def>

<h1>Acephalan</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>A*ceph"a*lan</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the Acephala.</def>

<h1>Acephali</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>A*ceph"a*li</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[LL., pl. of <ets>acephalus</ets>. See <er>Acephal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A Christian sect without a leader.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.</def>

<h1>Acephalist</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>A*ceph"a*list</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who acknowledges no head or superior.</def>

<i>Dr. Gauden.</i>

<h1>Acephalocyst</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>A*ceph"a*lo*cyst</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ without a head + <?/ bladder.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A larval entozo\'94n in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hy datid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.</def>

<h1>Acephalocystic</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>A*ceph`a*lo*cys"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts.</def>

<h1>Acephalous</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>A*ceph"a*lous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Acephal</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Headless.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Without a leader or chief.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Wanting the beginning.</def>