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acataleptic
incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible.
acater
see caterer.
acates
see cates.
acaudate
tailless.
acaulescent
having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.
acauline
same as acaulescent.
acaulose
alt. of acaulous
acaulous
same as acaulescent.
accadian
pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in babylonia before the assyrian conquest.
accede
to approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede.-to enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.-to become a party by associating one's self with others; to give one's adhesion. hence, to agree or assent to a proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request.
acceded
of accede
accedence
the act of acceding.
acceder
one who accedes.
acceding
of accede
accelerando
gradually accelerating the movement.
accelerate
to cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.-to quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.-to hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure.
accelerated
of accelerate
accelerating
of accelerate
acceleration
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
relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.
accelerator
one who, or that which, accelerates. also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.
acceleratory
accelerative.
accelerograph
an apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.
accelerometer
an apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.
accend
to set on fire; to kindle.
accendibility
capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.
accendible
capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable.
accension
the act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.
accensor
one of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
accent
a superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.-a mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the french accents.-modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a french or a german accent.-a word; a significant tone-expressions in general; speech.-stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.-a regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.-a special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.-the rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.-the expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.-a mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.-a mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.-a mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.-to express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.-to mark emphatically; to emphasize.
accented
of accent
accenting
of accent
accentless
without accent.
accentor
one who sings the leading part; the director or leader.-a genus of european birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. in america sometimes applied to the water thrushes.
accentuable
capable of being accented.
accentual
of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.
accentuality
the quality of being accentual.
accentually
in an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.
accentuate
to pronounce with an accent or with accents.-to bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.-to mark with the written accent.
accentuated
of accentuate
accentuating
of accentuate
accentuation
act of accentuating; applications of accent.-pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
accept
to receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.-to receive with favor; to approve.-to receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, i accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.-to take by the mind; to understand; as, how are these words to be accepted?-to receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.-in a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [this makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]-accepted.
acceptability
the quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
acceptable
capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.
acceptableness
the quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.
acceptably
in an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
acceptance
the act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.-state of being accepted; acceptableness.-an assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance.-the bill itself when accepted.-an agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.-an agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.-meaning; acceptation.
acceptancy
acceptance.
acceptant
accepting; receiving.-an accepter.
acceptation
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.
accepted
of accept
acceptedly
in a accepted manner; admittedly.
accepter
a person who accepts; a taker.-a respecter; a viewer with partiality.-an acceptor.
acceptilation
gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.
accepting
of accept
acception
acceptation; the received meaning.
acceptive
fit for acceptance.-ready to accept.
acceptor
one who accepts-one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
access
a coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.-the means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land.-admission to sexual intercourse.-increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [in this sense accession is more generally used.]-an onset, attack, or fit of disease.-a paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury.
accessaries
of accessary
accessarily
in the manner of an accessary.
accessariness
the state of being accessary.
accessary
accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. see accessory.-one who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
accessibility
the quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility.
accessible
easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person.-open to the influence of; -- with to.-obtainable; to be got at.
accessibly
in an accessible manner.
accession
a coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.-increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.-a mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.-the act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.-the act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.-the invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
accessional
pertaining to accession; additional.
accessive
additional.
accessorial
of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt.
accessories
of accessory
accessorily
in the manner of an accessory; auxiliary.
accessoriness
the state of being accessory, or connected subordinately.
accessory
accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.-that which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate.-same as accessary, n.-anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts.
acciaccatura
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.
accidence
the accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.-the rudiments of any subject.
accident
literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident.-a property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.-a point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.-a property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.-a quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.-any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.-unusual appearance or effect.
accidental
happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.-nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play.-a property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.-those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.-a sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
accidentalism
accidental character or effect.
accidentality
the quality of being accidental; accidentalness.
accidentally
in an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
accidentalness
the quality of being accidental; casualness.
accidie
sloth; torpor.
accipenser
see acipenser.
accipient
a receiver.
accipiter
a genus of rapacious birds; one of the accipitres or raptores.-a bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
accipiters
of accipiter
accipitral
pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike.
accipitres
of accipiter-the order that includes rapacious birds. they have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. there are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.
accipitrine
like or belonging to the accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.
accismus
affected refusal; coyness.
accite
to cite; to summon.
acclaim
to applaud.-to declare by acclamations.-to shout; as, to acclaim my joy.-to shout applause.-acclamation.
acclaimer
one who acclaims.
acclamation
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
pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation.
acclimatable
capable of being acclimated.
acclimatation
acclimatization.
acclimate
to habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.