acerbic
— Adjective
– English
~ sour or bitter in taste
acerbic
— Adjective
– English
~ harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"
acerola
— Noun
– English
~ acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
acerola
— Noun
– English
~ tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
acerose
— Adjective
– English
~ narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves
acervate
— Adjective
– English
~ pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass; "acervate fungous sporophores"
acervulus
— Noun
– English
~ small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
acetabular
— Adjective
– English
~ of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone
acetabulum
— Noun
– English
~ the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint
acetal
— Noun
– English
~ any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules
acetaldehyde
— Noun
– English
~ a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs
acetamide
— Noun
– English
~ a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds
acetaminophen
— Noun
– English
~ an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets)
acetanilid
— Noun
– English
~ a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic
acetanilide
— Noun
– English
~ a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic