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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