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1. abfrontal, adj. View full entry 1903
...Designating the surface of an organ or structure which faces away from the front, or is on the opposite side from the surface designated as frontal; of or relating to such a...
2. abomasum, n. View full entry 1678
...The fourth stomach of a ruminant, which secretes acid and digestive enzymes, and corresponds to the stomach of other mammals....
3. abscissa, n. View full entry 1694
...The portion of a conic section lying between its points of intersection with two parallel chords; (also) the portion of the axis of symmetry of a conic section lying between its vertex...
4. absorbable, adj. View full entry 1779
...Capable of being absorbed or assimilated....
5. acaulose, adj. View full entry 1687
...= acaulescent...
6. acetogen, n. View full entry 1982
...Any anaerobic autotrophic bacterium that produces acetates by metabolism of simple carbon compounds....
7. achromaticity, n. View full entry 1821
...The quality of being achromatic (in any sense)....
8. acoustics, n. View full entry 1684
...With sing. concord. The branch of physics concerned with the properties and phenomena of sound, sometimes esp. in relation to hearing or speech....
9. actinometric, adj. View full entry 1842
...Of or relating to the use of an actinometer (actinometer1); obtained by means of an actinometer....
10. ageometrical, adj. View full entry 1668
...Not geometrical; = non-geometricalnon-3a....
11. air cell, n. View full entry 1774
...Zool. and Anat. A specialized air-filled cavity within the body. Cf. air sacair2....
12. alhagi, n. View full entry 1745
...Any of various spiny desert shrubs constituting the Eurasian genus Alhagi (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)); esp. camel thorn, A. maurorum, which exudes a...
13. alluvium, n. View full entry 1665
...A deposit of earth, sand, and other transported matter left by water flowing over land not permanently submerged, esp. in a river valley or a delta. Cf. alluvion4....
14. alouatte, n. View full entry 1779
...A howler monkey (genus Alouatta)....
15. alula, n. View full entry 1772
...Ornithol. A group of three or four small quill feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing; the bastard wing....
16. alumino-, comb. form View full entry 1668
...Forming adjectives relating to alum, as alumino-chalybeate, alumino-nitrous. Now rare....
17. amnion, n. View full entry 1667
...The innermost membrane enclosing the fœtus before birth....
18. † angle-taster, n. View full entry 1744
...App.: the long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis....
19. anguilliform, adj. View full entry 1693
...Eel-shaped....
20. ansa, n. View full entry 1666
...A name applied to the apparent ends of Saturn's ring seen projecting like two handles beyond the disk of the planet....
