| Acrocarpous |
| Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as
in certain mosses. |
| Acrocephalic |
| Characterized by a high skull. |
| Acrocephaly |
| Loftiness of skull. |
| Acroceraunian |
| Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of
"thunder-smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia. |
| Acrodactylum |
| The upper surface of the toes, individually. |
| Acrodont |
| One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably
united to the top of the alveolar ridge. |
| Acrodont |
| Of or pertaining to the acrodonts. |
| Acrogen |
| A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the
ferns, etc. See Cryptogamia. |
| Acrogenous |
| Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an
acrogenous plant. |
| Acrolein |
| A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by
the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral
fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating. |
