Absinthate :: Absinthate (n.) A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.
Acalephae :: Acalephae (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusae or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called sea nettles..
Acephala :: Acephala (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca..
Acephalan :: Acephalan (a.) Belonging to the Acephala.
Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.
Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) A Christian sect without a leader.
Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.
Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.
Acephalist :: Acephalist (n.) One who acknowledges no head or superior.
Acephalocyst :: Acephalocyst (n.) A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin..
Acephalocystic :: Acephalocystic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts..