Part 131

<hw>Ac"ro*bat*ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.</def>

<h1>Acrocarpous</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac`ro*car"pous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ extreme, highest + <?/ fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.</def>

<h1>Acrocephalic</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac`ro*ce*phal"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ highest + <?/. See <er>Cephalic</er>.]</ety> <def>Characterized by a high skull.</def>

<h1>Acrocephaly</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac`ro*ceph"a*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Loftiness of skull.</def>

<h1>Acroceraunian</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac`ro*ce*rau"ni*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acroceraunius</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ high, n. pl. <?/ heights + <?/ thunderbolt.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder-smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia.</def>

<i>Shelley.</i>

<h1>Acrodactylum</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac`ro*dac"tyl*um</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ topmost + <?/ finger.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The upper surface of the toes, individually.</def>

<h1>Acrodont</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac"ro*dont</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ summit + <?/, <?/, a tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge. -- <i>a</i>. Of or pertaining to the acrodonts.</def>

<h1>Acrogen</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac"ro*gen</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ extreme, high + <ets>-gen</ets>.]</ety>

<h1>Acrogen</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac"ro*gen</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ extreme, high + <ets>-gen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the highest class of cryptograms, including the ferns, etc. See <er>Cryptogamia</er>.</def>

<cs><col>The Age of Acrogens</col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>the age of coal plants, or the carboniferous era.</cd></cs>

<h1>Acrogenous</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac*rog"e*nous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Increasing by growth from the extremity; <as>as, an <ex>acrogenous</ex> plant</as>.</def>

<h1>Acrolein</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>A*cro"le*in</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acer</ets> sharp + <ets>ol\'c7re</ets> to smell.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating.</def>

<i>Watts.</i>

<h1>Acrolith</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac"ro*lith</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acrolthus</ets>, Gr. <ets><?/</ets> with the ends made of stone; <?/ extreme + <?/ stone.]</ety> <fld>(Arch. & Sculp.)</fld> <def>A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood.</def>

<i>Elmes.</i>

<h1>Acrolithan, Acrolithic</h1> <Xpage=16>