| Acrosporous |
| Having acrospores. |
| Across |
| From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction
opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river. |
| Across |
| From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded
across. |
| Across |
| Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. |
| Acrostic |
| A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or
the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in
order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto. |
| Acrostic |
| A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with
the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See
Abecedarian. |
| Acrostic |
| Alt. of Acrostical |
| Acrostical |
| Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics. |
| Acrostically |
| After the manner of an acrostic. |
| Acrotarsium |
| The instep or front of the tarsus. |