| Acetabulum |
| A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related
animals. |
| Acetabulum |
| The large posterior sucker of the leeches. |
| Acetabulum |
| One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals. |
| Acetal |
| A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow
oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black. |
| Acetaldehyde |
| Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde. |
| Acetamide |
| A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement
of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl. |
| Acetanilide |
| A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever
or pain; -- called also antifebrine. |
| Acetarious |
| Used in salads; as, acetarious plants. |
| Acetary |
| An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear. |
| Acetate |
| A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or
positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash. |
