Part 108

<h1>Acetabular</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac`e*tab"u*lar</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.</def>

<h1>Acetabulifera</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac`e*tab`u*lif"e*ra</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Acetabuliferous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See <er>Cephalopoda</er>.</def>

<h1>Acetabuliferous</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac`e*tab`u*lif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acetablum</ets> a little cup + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.</def>

<h1>Acetabuliform</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac`e*tab"u*li*form</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acetabulum + -form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Shaped like a shallow; saucer-shaped; <as>as, an <ex>acetabuliform</ex> calyx</as>.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Acetabulum</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac`e*tab"u*lum</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a little saucer for vinegar, fr. <ets>acetum</ets> vinegar, fr. <ets>acere</ets> to be sour.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The large posterior sucker of the leeches.</def> <sd>(e)</sd> <def>One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.</def>

<h1>Acetal</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac"e*tal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Acet</ets>ic + <ets>al</ets>cohol.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.</def>

<h1>Acetaldehyde</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac`et*al"de*hyde</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Acetic aldehyde. See <er>Aldehyde</er>.</def>

<h1>Acetamide</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac`et*am"ide</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Acet</ets>yl + <ets>amide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.</def>

<h1>Acetanilide</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac`et*an"i*lide</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Acet</ets>yl + <ets>anilide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also <altname>antifebrine</altname>.</def>

<h1>Acetarious</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac`e*ta"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acetaria</ets>, n. pl., salad, fr. <ets>acetum</ets> vinegar, fr. <ets>acere</ets> to be sour.]</ety> <def>Used in salads; <as>as, <ex>acetarious</ex> plants</as>.</def>

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<h1>Acetary</h1> <Xpage=15>

<hw>Ac"e*ta*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acetaria</ets> salad plants.]</ety> <def>An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear.</def>

<i>Grew.</i>

<h1>Acetate</h1> <Xpage=15>