Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
accelerating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Accelerate |
acceleration |
noun |
The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; — opposed to retardation. |
accelerative |
adjective |
Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening. |
acceleratory |
adjective |
Accelerative. |
accentuality |
noun |
The quality of being accentual. |
accentuating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Accentuate |
accentuation |
noun |
Act of accentuating; applications of accent., pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy. |
acciaccatura |
noun |
A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; — used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura. |
accidentally |
adverb |
In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially. |
acclimatable |
adjective |
Capable of being acclimated. |
acclimatized |
imp. & past participle |
of Acclimatize |
accommodable |
adjective |
That may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree. |
accommodated |
imp. & past participle |
of Accommodate |
accommodator |
noun |
He who, or that which, accommodates. |
accompanable |
adjective |
Sociable. |
accompanying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Accompany |
accompletive |
adjective |
Tending to accomplish. |
accomplicity |
noun |
The act or state of being an accomplice. |
accomplished |
imp. & past participle |
of Accomplish, Completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact., Complete in acquirements as the result usually of training; — commonly in a good sense; as, an accomplished scholar, an accomplished villain. |
accomplisher |
noun |
One who accomplishes. |
accordionist |
noun |
A player on the accordion. |
accouchement |
noun |
Delivery in childbed |
account book |
|
A book in which accounts are kept. |
accouplement |
noun |
The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union., That which couples, as a tie or brace. |
accroachment |
noun |
An encroachment; usurpation. |
accumulating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Accumulate |
accumulation |
noun |
The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors., The concurrence of several titles to the same proof. |
accumulative |
adjective |
Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional. |
accurateness |
noun |
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision. |
accusatively |
adverb |
In an accusative manner., In relation to the accusative case in grammar. |
accusatorial |
adjective |
Accusatory. |
accustomable |
adjective |
Habitual; customary; wonted. |
accustomably |
adverb |
According to custom; ordinarily; customarily. |
accustomance |
noun |
Custom; habitual use. |