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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.