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acaulescent | (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground |
accelerando | a gradually increasing tempo of music |
accelerated | move faster |
accelerative | tending to increase velocity |
acceleratory | tending to increase velocity |
accented | to stress, single out as important |
accentual | of or pertaining to accent or stress |
acceptable | worthy of acceptance or satisfactory |
acceptant | accepting willingly |
accepted | consider or hold as true |
accepting | consider or hold as true |
acceptive | inclined to accept rather than reject |
accessary | someone who helps another person commit a crime |
accessible | capable of being reached |
accessional | of or constituting an accession |
accessorial | nonessential but helpful |
accessory | clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing |
accidental | a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature |
accipitrine | of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks) |
acclivitous | sloping upward |
accommodating | be agreeable or acceptable to |
accommodational | of or relating to the accommodation of the lens of the eye |
accommodative | helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation |
accompanied | be present or associated with an event or entity |
accompanying | be present or associated with an event or entity |
accomplishable | capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do |
accomplished | put in effect |
accordant | being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with'; -Thomas Hardy |
according | go together |
accountable | liable to account for one's actions |
accoutered | provide with military equipment |
accoutred | provide with military equipment |
accredited | grant credentials to |
accretionary | marked or produced by accretion |
accretive | growing by accretion |
accrued | grow by addition |
acculturational | of or relating to acculturation |
acculturative | of or relating to acculturation |
accumbent | lying down; in a position of comfort or rest |
accumulated | get or gather together |
accumulative | increasing by successive addition |
accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy |
accursed | curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment |
accurst | under a curse |
accusative | the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb |
accusatorial | specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor |
accusatory | containing or expressing accusation; ; ; - O.Henry |
accusing | bring an accusation against; level a charge against |
accusive | containing or expressing accusation; ; ; - O.Henry |
accustomed | make psychologically or physically used (to something) |
ace | the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number |
acellular | not made up of or divided into cells |
acentric | lacking a centromere |
acephalous | lacking a head or a clearly defined head |
acerate | narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves |
acerb | sour or bitter in taste |
acerbic | sour or bitter in taste |
acerose | narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves |
acervate | pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass |
acetabular | of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone |
acetic | relating to or containing acetic acid |
acetonic | of or relating to acetone |
acetose | tasting or smelling like vinegar |
acetous | tasting or smelling like vinegar |
acetylenic | of or related to acetylene |
acetylic | of or related to acetic acid |
achaean | a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks |
achenial | pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit |
acheronian | dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades; ; -Wordsworth |
acherontic | dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades; ; -Wordsworth |
achievable | capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do |
aching | a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain |
achlamydeous | not having a floral envelope or perianth |
achlorhydric | lacking hydrochloric acid |
achondritic | of or related to an achondrite |
achondroplastic | of or relating to achondroplasia |
achromatic | having no hue |
achromatinic | (of substance of a cell nucleus) not readily colored by stains |
achromatous | having little or inadequate color |
achromic | having no color |
achromous | having no color |
achy | causing a dull and steady pain |
acicular | narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves |
aciculate | related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts |
acid | any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt |
acidic | being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7) |
acidimetric | involving or related to acidimetry |
acidophilic | especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium |
acidophilous | especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium |
acidotic | having or being characterized by acidosis |
acidulent | being sour to the taste |
acidulous | being sour to the taste |
aciduric | especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium |
acinar | pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) |
acinic | pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) |
acinose | pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) |
acinous | pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) |
acknowledgeable | capable of being acknowledged |
acknowledged | declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of |
acned | (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin |