Vocabulary : Academist to Acalephs
Academist : An Academic philosopher. ;; An academician.Academy : A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head. ;; An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school. ;; A place of training; a school. ;; A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology. ;; A school or place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.
Acadian : Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. ;; A native of Acadie.
Acajou : The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See Cashew. ;; The mahogany tree; also, its timber.
Acaleph : Alt. of Acalephan
