vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of
different origin.
Acephalocystic
(A*ceph`a*lo*cys"tic) a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts.
Acephalous
(A*ceph"a*lous) a. [See Acephal.]
1. Headless.
2. (Zoöl.) Without a distinct head; — a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
3. (Bot.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain
ovaries.
4. Without a leader or chief.
5. Wanting the beginning.
A false or acephalous structure of sentence.
De Quincey.
6. (Pros.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry. Brande.
Acerate
(Ac"er*ate) n. [See Aceric.] (Chem.) A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.
Acerate
(Ac"er*ate), a. Acerose; needle- shaped.
Acerb
(A*cerb") a. [L. acerbus, fr. acer sharp: cf. F. acerbe. See Acrid.] Sour, bitter, and harsh to
the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.
Acerbate
(A*cerb"ate) v. t. [L. acerbatus, p. p. of acerbare, fr. acerbus.] To sour; to imbitter; to
irritate.
Acerbic
(A*cerb"ic) a. Sour or severe.
Acerbitude
(A*cerb"i*tude) n. [L. acerbitudo, fr. acerbus.] Sourness and harshness. [Obs.] Bailey.
Acerbity
(A*cerb"i*ty) n. [F. acerbité, L. acerbitas, fr. acerbus. See Acerb.]
1. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
2. Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain. Barrow.
Aceric
(A*cer"ic) a. [L. acer maple.] Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple; as, aceric acid. Ure.
Acerose
(Ac"er*ose`) a. [(a) L. acerosus chaffy, fr. acus, gen. aceris, chaff; (b) as if fr. L. acus needle: cf.
F. acéreux.] (Bot.) (a) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy. (b) Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid
point, as the leaf of the pine.
Acerous
(Ac"er*ous) a. Same as Acerose.
Acerous
(Ac"er*ous), a. [Gr. &alpha priv. + ke`ras a horn.] (Zoöl.) (a) Destitute of tentacles, as certain
mollusks. (b) Without antennæ, as some insects.
Acerval
(A*cer"val) a. [L. acervalis, fr. acervus heap.] Pertaining to a heap. [Obs.]
Acervate
(A*cer"vate) v. t. [L. acervatus, p. p. of acervare to heap up, fr. acervus heap.] To heap
up. [Obs.]
