Acephalocyst: Definition and part of speech

Acephalocyst

  1. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Acephalous: Definition and part of speech

Acephalous

  1. a. Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry.
  2. a. Headless.
  3. a. Without a distinct head; — a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
  4. a. Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.
  5. a. Without a leader or chief.
  6. a. Wanting the beginning.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Acescency: Definition and part of speech

Acescency

  1. n. The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.