All English words - page 50

Meanings of Acephalist:

noun

= acephalian .

Meanings of Acephalite:

noun

= acephalian .

Meanings of Acephalous:

adjective

Not having a head.

Usage examples:

An acephalous skeleton

Meanings of Acephalus:

noun

A fetus affected with acephaly.

Meanings of Acequia:

noun

Chiefly in mexico and the south-western united states: an irrigation channel.

Meanings of Acequias:

noun

Chiefly in mexico and the south-western united states: an irrigation channel.

Meanings of Acer:

noun

A eurasian or north american deciduous tree or shrub of a genus which includes the maples and the european sycamore.

Usage examples:

The beds are planted with a wide range of trees and shrubs, including acers, camellias, rhododendro…

Meanings of Acerb:

adjective

Another term for acerbic.

Usage examples:

Dry, acerb, literate satire

Meanings of Acerbate:

adjective

Embittered; severe.

verb

To exacerbate (a negative feeling or problem); (occasionally) †to sour or embitter (a person) (obsolete).

Meanings of Acerbated:

adjective

Embittered; severe.

verb

To exacerbate (a negative feeling or problem); (occasionally) †to sour or embitter (a person) (obsolete).

Meanings of Acerbates:

adjective

Embittered; severe.

verb

To exacerbate (a negative feeling or problem); (occasionally) †to sour or embitter (a person) (obsolete).

Meanings of Acerbating:

adjective

Embittered; severe.

verb

To exacerbate (a negative feeling or problem); (occasionally) †to sour or embitter (a person) (obsolete).

Meanings of Acerbic:

adjective

(especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.

Usage examples:

His acerbic wit

Meanings of Acerbity:

noun

Sharpness and directness in speech.

Usage examples:

Their relationship was built on a certain mutual acerbity

Meanings of Acerbly:

adverb

In early use: with a sour, bitter, or astringent flavour. now chiefly: in a sharp or cutting manner; acerbically.

Meanings of Acerola:

noun

The barbados cherry, malpighia glabra (family malpighiaceae); the edible fruit of this tree, rich in vitamin c and used to make syrups, vitamin supplements, etc.

Meanings of Acerolas:

noun

The barbados cherry, malpighia glabra (family malpighiaceae); the edible fruit of this tree, rich in vitamin c and used to make syrups, vitamin supplements, etc.

Meanings of Acerose:

adjective

Full of or resembling chaff.

Meanings of Acerval:

adjective

Relating to a heap; resembling a pile.

Meanings of Acervate:

adjective

Heaped; growing in heaps or closely compacted clusters.

Meanings of Acervation:

noun

The action of forming something into a mass or of piling something up in a heap or heaps; accumulation.

Meanings of Acervative:

adjective

Forming or resulting in a heap or mass.

Meanings of Acervulus:

noun

More fully "acervulus cerebri": a collection of small calcified concretions situated within or near the pineal body; = brain sand . in later use also: an individual concretion of this kind.

Meanings of Aces:

noun

A playing card with a single spot on it, ranked as the highest card in its suit in most card games.

Usage examples:

The ace of diamonds

verb

(in tennis and similar games) serve an ace against (an opponent).

Usage examples:

He can ace opponents with serves of no more than 62 mph

adjective

Very good.

Usage examples:

An ace swimmer

Meanings of Acescence:

noun

The action of becoming acid or sour; a tendency to become acid or sour; the process of acetous fermentation. also: acidity, sourness. in later use chiefly with reference to the volatile acidity of wine.