n. [ L. ab + E. articulation : cf. F. abarticulation. See Article. ] (Anat.) Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To take one's self off; to decamp. [ A jocular word. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + capsular. ] (Bot.) Having no capsule. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accumulated p. pr. & vb. n. Accumulating. ] [ L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare; ad + cumulare to heap. See Cumulate. ] To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To collect; pile up; store; amass; gather; aggregate; heap together; hoard. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare. ] Collected; accumulated. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 brought together into a group or crowd the accumulated letters in my office
Syn. -- assembled, collected, congregate, massed [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. accumulatio; cf. F. accumulation. ] 1. The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accumulation of energy or
power, the storing of energy by means of weights lifted or masses put in motion; electricity stored. --
An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.), the taking of several together, or at smaller intervals than usual or than is allowed by the rules. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional. -- Ac*cu"mu*la*tive*ly, adv. -- Ac*cu"mu*la*tive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] 1. One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored, such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 not containing cells cellular
Syn. -- cell-free [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. not made up of or divided into cells cellular
Syn. -- noncellular [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. occurring outside of cells or without the participation of cells. Opposite of cellular. [ PJC ]

a. Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Aciculæ [ L., a small needle, dimin. of acus needle. ] (Nat. Hist.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needles. [ 1913 Webster ]

A*cic"u*lar*ly, adv.. [1913 Webster]

{ a. (Nat. Hist.) (a) Furnished with aciculæ. (b) Acicular. (c) Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Acidulated p. pr. & vb. n. Acidulating ] [ Cf. F. aciduler. See Acidulous. ] To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. made slightly acidic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a ray. ] (Zool.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Acute-angled. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ad + E. ambulacral. ] (Zool.) Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as, adminicular evidence. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Adminicular. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adosculari, adosculatum, to kiss. See Osculate. ] (Biol.) Impregnation by external contact, without intromission. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ From Adula, a mountain peak in Switzerland, where fine specimens are found. ] (Min.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. adulatus, p. p. of adulari. ] To flatter in a servile way. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. adulation, fr. L. adulatio, fr. adulari, adulatum, to flatter. ] Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited. [ 1913 Webster ]

Think'st thou the fiery fever will go out
With titles blown from adulation? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Sycophancy; cringing; fawning; obsequiousness; blandishment. -- Adulation, Flattery, Compliment. Men deal in compliments from a desire to please; they use flattery either from undue admiration, or a wish to gratify vanity; they practice adulation from sordid motives, and with a mingled spirit of falsehood and hypocrisy. Compliment may be a sincere expression of due respect and esteem, or it may be unmeaning; flattery is apt to become gross; adulation is always servile, and usually fulsome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. adulari: cf. F. adulateur. ] A servile or hypocritical flatterer. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adulatorius, fr. adulari: cf. OF. adulatoire. ] Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mere rant of adulatory freedom. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who flatters with servility. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to Æsculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Aesculapius, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Myth.) The god of medicine. Hence, a physician. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of fish, the type and sole genus of the family Albulidae.
Syn. -- genus Albula. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., dim. of L. ala a wing. ] (Zool.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the alula. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ambulacrum + -form ] (Zool.) Having the form of ambulacra. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Ambulacra [ L., an alley or covered way. ] (Zool.) (a) One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the under side of the rays. (b) One of the suckers on the feet of mites. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ambulance, hôpital ambulant, fr. L. ambulare to walk. See Amble. ] (Mil.) (a) A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps. (b) An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ambulans, p. pr. of ambulare to walk: cf. F. ambulant. ] Walking; moving from place to place. Gayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. ambulare to walk. See Amble. ] To walk; to move about. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ambulatio. ] The act of walking. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Walking. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who walks about; a walker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) A beetle of the genus Lamia. (b) A genus of birds, or one of this genus. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ambulatory; fitted for walking. Verrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ambulatorius. ] 1. Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places. [ 1913 Webster ]

The priesthood . . . before was very ambulatory, and dispersed into all families. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pertaining to a walk. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Ambulatories [ Cf. LL. ambulatorium. ] (Arch.) A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + E. angular. ] Containing no angle. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. angularis, fr. angulus angle, corner. See Angle. ] 1. Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Measured by an angle; as, angular distance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angular aperture,
Angular distance. See Aperture, Distance. --
Angular motion, the motion of a body about a fixed point or fixed axis, as of a planet or pendulum. It is equal to the angle passed over at the point or axis by a line drawn to the body. --
Angular point, the point at which the sides of the angle meet; the vertex. --
Angular velocity, the ratio of anuglar motion to the time employed in describing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being angular; angularness. [ 1913 Webster ]