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Acescence
n.
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Alt. of Acescency
Acescency
n.
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The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.
Acescent
a.
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Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.
Acetable
n.
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An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint.
Acetabular
a.
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Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.
Acetabulifera
n. pl.
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The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda.
Acetabuliferous
a.
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Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
Acetabuliform
a.
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Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx.
Acetabulum
n.
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The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
Acetabulum
n.
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The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
Acetabulum
n.
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A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
Acetabulum
n.
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The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
Acetabulum
n.
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One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
Acetal
n.
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A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.
Acetaldehyde
n.
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Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde.
Acetamide
n.
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A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.
Acetanilide
n.
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A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine.
Acetarious
a.
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Used in salads; as, acetarious plants.
Acetary
n.
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An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear.
Acetated
a.
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Combined with acetic acid.
Acetic
a.
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Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.
Acetic
a.
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Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due.
Acetification
n.
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The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.
Acetifier
n.
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An apparatus for hastening acetification.
Acetified
imp. & p. p.
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of Acetify
Acetifying
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Acetify
Acetify
v. t.
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To convert into acid or vinegar.
Acetify
v. i.
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To turn acid.
Acetimeter
n.
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An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid.
Acetimetry
n.
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The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it.