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acrophony [acrophony 词源字典]: "The use of a graphic symbol originally representing a word (or the object to which it refers) to denote the initial syllable or sound of that word", Late 19th cent. From acro- + -phony. Compare earlier acrophonetic, acrophonic.[acrophony etymology, acrophony origin, 英语词源]
affixture: "The action of affixing something; the state of being affixed; attachment", Mid 18th cent.; earliest use found in Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser. Irregularly from affix + -ture.
auriscope: "Another term for otoscope", Mid 19th century: from Latin auris 'ear' + -scope.
Arachnida: "A class of chelicerate arthropods that includes spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks. They have become adapted for a terrestrial life and possess both lungs and tracheae, and many have silk or poison glands", Modern Latin (plural), from Greek arakhnē 'spider'.
Actinozoa: "With plural concord. A class of coelenterates including sea anemones and coral polyps (now more usually called Anthozoa)", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Penny Cyclopaedia. From scientific Latin Actinozoa ( H.-M. D. de Blainville Man. d'actinologie 186) from actino- + -zoa.
acrospore: "Originally: †a stalked antheridium of a moss, liverwort, or other cryptogam ( obsolete rare ). In later use: a spore produced at the apex of a hypha or other cellular filament forming the structural element of a fungus; a basidiospore", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in William Henry Harvey (1811–1866), botanist. From acro- + spore, probably after French acrospore. Compare German Akrospore.
aluminate (1): "A compound or salt in which alumina or aluminium hydroxide is combined with an alkali or base. Also: any of various oxyanions or hydroxy anions of aluminium; a compound containing such an anion", Early 19th cent. From alumina + -ate, apparently after Swedish aluminiat.
aluminate (2): "To coat or cover with aluminium; to treat or cause to react with aluminium; to introduce aluminium into", 1930s; earliest use found in Science News. From alumin- + -ate, probably after aluminated.
aglyphous: "Of a snake's tooth: solid and unspecialized, without a groove for venom. Of a snake: having such teeth; specifically belonging to the former division Aglypha (approximating to the large subfamily Colubrinae of harmless colubrids)", Late 19th cent. From either French aglyphe or scientific Latin Aglypha + -ous.
appetency: "A longing or desire", Early 17th century: from Latin appetentia, from appetere 'seek after' (see appetite).
arctician: "A specialist in matters related to the Arctic; an Arctic explorer", Mid 19th cent. From Arctic + -ian; compare -ician.
alumine: "= alumina", Late 18th cent. From French alumine from classical Latin alūmin-, alūmen, after French -ine. With later use compare -ine.
appendant: "Attached or added, especially in a subordinate capacity", Late Middle English (in legal contexts): from Old French apendant, from apendre 'depend on, belong to', from Latin appendere (see append).
algaecide: "= algicide", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in Journal Massachusetts Association Boards Health. In some forms from alga + -cide; in some forms apparently originally from algae, plural of alga + -cide.
aftermost: "Nearest the stern of a ship or tail of an aircraft", Late 18th century: from after (as an adjective) + -most.
adscript: " Geometry . A circumscribed or inscribed line, especially a tangent of a curve. Now rare and historical", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in William Bedwell (bap. 1563, d. 1632), Arabist and mathematician. From classical Latin adscrīptus (also ascrīptus), past participle (in post-classical Latin also used as adjective and noun: see note) of adscrībere.
allophane: "An amorphous clay mineral, typically pale blue, consisting essentially of hydrated aluminium silicate", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in Annals of Philosophy. From allo- + -phane, after German Allophan, itself apparently after Byzantine Greek ἀλλοϕανής, the mineral being so named on account of its unusual appearance.
accounter: "A person who accounts, reckons, or calculates", Late Middle English; earliest use found in Robert Mannyng (d. c1338), poet and historian. Partly from account + -er, and partly from Anglo-Norman acontur, acuntur, acountour accountant, auditor from aconter, acunter, acounter + -ur, -our.
ademonist: "A person who denies the existence of the Devil", Mid 19th cent. From post-classical Latin adaemonista from a- + ancient Greek δαίμον-, δαίμων + classical Latin -ista.
anthurium: "A tropical American plant which is widely grown for its ornamental foliage or brightly coloured flowering spathes", Modern Latin, from Greek anthos 'flower' + oura 'tail'.