Index of English words, starting with "ac"

(1) - Acrospire (v. i.) To put forth the first sprout.
(2) - Acrospire (n.) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form.

(1) - Acrospore (n.) A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.

(1) - Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
(2) - Across (adv.) From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.
(3) - Across (n.) From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.

(1) - Acrostic (n.) Alt. of Acrostical
(2) - Acrostic (n.) A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.
(3) - Acrostic (n.) 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.