| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| academicals | noun pl. | The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities. |
| academician | noun | A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts., A collegian. |
| academicism | noun | A tenet of the Academic philosophy., A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy. |
| acalysinous | adjective | Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope. |
| acarpellous | adjective | Having no carpels. |
| acatalectic | adjective | Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse., A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables. |
| acataleptic | adjective | Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible. |
| acaulescent | adjective | Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. |
| accelerando | adjective | Gradually accelerating the movement. |
| accelerated | imp. & past participle | of Accelerate |
| accelerator | noun | One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves. |
| accentuable | adjective | Capable of being accented. |
| accentually | adverb | In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent. |
| accentuated | imp. & past participle | of Accentuate |
| acceptation | noun | Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable., The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation. |
| accessarily | adverb | In the manner of an accessary. |
| accessaries | plural | of Accessary |
| accessional | adjective | Pertaining to accession; additional. |
| accessorial | adjective | Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt. |
| accessorily | adverb | In the manner of an accessory; auxiliary. |
| accessories | plural | of Accessory |
| accipitrine | adjective | Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike. |
| acclamation | noun | A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause., A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy. |
| acclamatory | adjective | Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation. |
| acclimating | present participle & vb. noun | of Acclimate |
| acclimation | noun | The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization. |
| acclimatize | verb t. | To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants. |
| acclimature | noun | The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated. |
| acclivitous | adjective | Acclivous. |
| acclivities | plural | of Acclivity |
| accommodate | verb t. | To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances., To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc., To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings., To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events., To adapt one’s self; to be conformable or adapted., Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end. |
| accompanier | noun | He who, or that which, accompanies. |
| accompanist | noun | The performer in music who takes the accompanying part. |
| accompanied | imp. & past participle | of Accompany |
| accomptable | adjective | See Accountable. |
| accordantly | adverb | In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; — followed by with or to. |
| accordingly | adverb | Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable., In natural sequence; consequently; so. |
| accorporate | verb t. | To unite; to attach; to incorporate. |
| accoucheuse | noun | A midwife. |
| accountable | adjective | Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct., Capable of being accounted for; explicable. |
| accountably | adverb | In an accountable manner. |
| accountancy | noun | The art or employment of an accountant. |
| accoutering | present participle & vb. noun | of Accoutre |
| accrediting | present participle & vb. noun | of Accredit |
| accrescence | noun | Continuous growth; an accretion. |
| accriminate | verb t. | To accuse of a crime. |
| accumulated | imp. & past participle | of Accumulate |
| accumulator | noun | One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses., An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored, such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc., A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging. |
| accusatival | adjective | Pertaining to the accusative case. |
| accustoming | present participle & vb. noun | of Accustom |
| accustomary | adjective | Usual; customary. |
| acetanilide | noun | A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; — called also antifebrine. |
| acharnement | noun | Savage fierceness; ferocity. |
| achievement | noun | The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object., A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat., An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment. |
| achlamydate | adjective | Not possessing a mantle; — said of certain gastropods. |
| achromatism | noun | The state or quality of being achromatic; as, the achromatism of a lens; achromaticity. |
| achromatize | verb t. | To deprive of color; to make achromatic. |
| aciculiform | adjective | Needle-shaped; acicular. |
| acidiferous | adjective | Containing or yielding an acid. |
| acidifiable | adjective | Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid. |
| acidulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Acidulate |
| acinaciform | adjective | Scimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf. |
| acinetiform | adjective | Resembling the Acinetae. |
| acknowledge | verb t. | To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one’s belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God., To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to., To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter., To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledgea deed. |
| aconddylose | adjective | Alt. of Acondylous |
| acorn-shell | noun | One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle. |
| acoustician | noun | One versed in acoustics. |
| acquainting | present participle & vb. noun | of Acquaint |
| acquaintant | noun | An acquaintance. |
| acquiescing | present participle & vb. noun | of Acquiesce |
| acquiescent | adjective | Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy. |
| acquirement | noun | The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. |
| acquisition | noun | The act or process of acquiring., The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition. |
| acquisitive | adjective | Acquired., Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition. |
| acquittance | noun | The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability., A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand., To acquit. |
| acrimonious | adjective | Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall., Caustic; bitter-tempered’ sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper. |
| acrocarpous | adjective | Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk., Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses. |
| acrocephaly | noun | Loftiness of skull. |
| acronycally | adverb | In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vice versa. |
| acronyctous | adjective | Acronycal. |
| acropolitan | adjective | Pertaining to an acropolis. |
| acrosporous | adjective | Having acrospores. |
| acrotarsium | noun | The instep or front of the tarsus. |
| actinograph | noun | An instrument for measuring and recording the variations in the actinic or chemical force of rays of light. |
| actinolitic | adjective | Of the nature of, or containing, actinolite. |
| actinometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun’s rays., An instrument for measuring the actinic effect of rays of light. |
| actinometry | noun | The measurement of the force of solar radiation., The measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light. |
| actinostome | noun | The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal. |
| actualities | plural | of Actuality |
| acumination | noun | A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. |
| acupressure | noun | A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. |
| acupuncture | noun | Pricking with a needle; a needle prick., The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes., To treat with acupuncture. |
| acutangular | adjective | Acute-angled. |
| acutilobate | adjective | Having acute lobes, as some leaves. |