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- English Word Acaulose Definition Alt. of Acaulous
- English Word Acaulous Definition Same as Acaulescent.
- English Word Accadian Definition Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest.
- English Word Accede Definition To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede.
- English Word Accede Definition To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.
- English Word Accede Definition 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.
- English Word Acceded Definition of Accede
- English Word Accedence Definition The act of acceding.
- English Word Acceder Definition One who accedes.
- English Word Acceding Definition of Accede
- English Word Accelerando Definition Gradually accelerating the movement.
- English Word Accelerate Definition To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
- English Word Accelerate Definition To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
- English Word Accelerate Definition To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure.
- English Word Accelerated Definition of Accelerate
- English Word Accelerating Definition of Accelerate
- English Word Acceleration Definition 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.
- English Word Accelerative Definition Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.
- English Word Accelerator Definition One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.
- English Word Acceleratory Definition Accelerative.
- English Word Accelerograph Definition An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.
- English Word Accelerometer Definition An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.
- English Word Accend Definition To set on fire; to kindle.
- English Word Accendibility Definition Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.
- English Word Accendible Definition Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable.
- English Word Accension Definition The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.
- English Word Accensor Definition One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
- English Word Accent Definition A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.
- English Word Accent Definition 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.
- English Word Accent Definition 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.