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Meanings of Acaridae:

noun

With plural agreement. a family of arachnids, originally comprising the mites and ticks (equivalent to the current subclass acari), and in later use restricted to certain small mites.

Meanings of Acaridan:

adjective

Acarine.

Meanings of Acarina:

plural noun

A large order (or subclass) of small arachnids which comprises the mites and ticks. they are distinguished by an apparent lack of body divisions.

Usage examples:

Among the 11 extant orders of arachnids, araneae and acari (ticks and mites) are by far the most sp…

Meanings of Acarine:

noun

A small arachnid of the order acari; a mite or tick.

Usage examples:

Mites were very abundant in the leaf rosettes and much less abundant in the stalk material, thus we…

adjective

A small arachnid of the order acari ; a mite or tick.

Meanings of Acarines:

noun

A small arachnid of the order acari ; a mite or tick.

adjective

Relating to or denoting acarines.

Usage examples:

Mites were very abundant in the leaf rosettes and much less abundant in the stalk material, thus we…

Meanings of Acaroid:

noun

A resin obtained in australia from some kinds of grass tree, used in making varnish.

Usage examples:

In this second composition, the acaroid resin is included as a burning rate modifier and the potass…

Meanings of Acarology:

noun

The study of mites and ticks.

Usage examples:

Ronald ochoa, the u.s. department of agriculture's chief expert on mites, is about to transform the…

Meanings of Acarophilous:

adjective

That lives in or is adapted for a symbiotic relationship with mites; specifically (of a plant) pollinated by mites.

Meanings of Acarpous:

adjective

Not producing fruit; unfruitful, sterile; (botany). frequently figurative: failing to achieve the desired results, unproductive; barren.

Meanings of Acarus:

noun

A mite or tick; specifically (in later use) a mite of the genus acarus (family acaridae). also (in form acarus): the genus itself.

Meanings of Acatalectic:

adjective

(of a line of verse) having the full number of syllables.

Usage examples:

When unstressed syllables are not dropped at the beginning or the end of a line, they are said to b…

noun

A line of acatalectic verse.

Usage examples:

In classical terms, the meter is a slightly irregular amphribachic trimeter, alternating acatalecti…

Meanings of Acatalepsy:

noun

Unknowability, incomprehensibility, originally as a characteristic of all things, according to the ancient sceptics. hence also: scepticism, profession of ignorance.

Meanings of Acataleptic:

noun

An adherent of the doctrine of acatalepsy; a sceptic.

adjective

Incomprehensible, unknowable.

Meanings of Acatallactic:

adjective

Not concerned with or involving exchange, especially of money.

Meanings of Acategorical:

adjective

Not belonging to or fitting into a category; not using categories or categorization; unsystematic in reasoning.

Meanings of Acater:

noun

A purchaser of provisions; a provider or preparer of foodstuffs or delicacies; a purveyor, a caterer.

Meanings of Acatery:

noun

(a) provisions bought in rather than made in the house, especially meat and fish. (b) a place of storage of, or staff responsible for, such provisions in a large household, specifically the english royal household.

Meanings of Acatholic:

noun

Non-catholic; especially a non-catholic inhabitant of a catholic state.

adjective

Non-catholic.

Meanings of Acaudal:

adjective

Tailless; acaudate.

Meanings of Acaudate:

adjective

Tailless, acaudal; specifically = "anuran".

Meanings of Acaulescent:

adjective

Apparently stemless; having a very short stem, or a stem concealed in the ground.

Meanings of Acauline:

adjective

= acaulescent .

Meanings of Acaulous:

adjective

= acaulescent .

Meanings of Acca:

noun

A bet placed on a series of sports events, the winnings and stake from each being placed on the next; an accumulator.

Usage examples:

He staked £5 on a 14-team acca that stung the betting company for £39,130

Meanings of Accadian:

noun

An inhabitant of akkad.

Usage examples:

While the sumerians, babylonians, akkadians and other groups were busy creating a mesopotamian civi…

adjective

Relating to akkad or its language.

Usage examples:

She taught him egyptian hieroglyphics; he perfected her akkadian language.