acceleratory | (adjective) tending to increase velocity | Synonyms: accelerative |
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accented | (adjective) bearing a stress or accent | Synonyms: stressed |
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(adjective) (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch | Synonyms: tonic |
accentual | (adjective) (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity | - |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to accent or stress | - |
acceptable | (adjective) worthy of acceptance or satisfactory | - |
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(adjective) adequate for the purpose | - |
(adjective) meeting requirements | Synonyms: decent, satisfactory |
(adjective) judged to be in conformity with approved usage | - |
acceptant | (adjective) accepting willingly | Synonyms: acceptive |
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accepted | (adjective) generally approved or compelling recognition | Synonyms: recognised, recognized |
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accepting | (adjective) tolerating without protest | - |
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acceptive | (adjective) inclined to accept rather than reject | - |
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(adjective) accepting willingly | Synonyms: acceptant |
accessary | (adjective) aiding and abetting in a crime | Synonyms: accessory |
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accessible | (adjective) capable of being reached | - |
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(adjective) easy to get along with or talk to; friendly | - |
(adjective) easily obtained | - |
(adjective) capable of being read with comprehension | Synonyms: approachable |
accessional | (adjective) of or constituting an accession | - |
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accessorial | (adjective) nonessential but helpful | - |
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accessory | (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary |
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(adjective) aiding and abetting in a crime | Synonyms: accessary |
accidental | (adjective) not of prime or central importance | Synonyms: incidental, nonessential |
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(adjective) happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally | Synonyms: inadvertent |
accipitrine | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks) | - |
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acclivitous | (adjective) sloping upward | Synonyms: rising, uphill |
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accommodating | (adjective) helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation | Synonyms: accommodative |
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(adjective) obliging; willing to do favors | - |
accommodational | (adjective) of or relating to the accommodation of the lens of the eye | - |
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accommodative | (adjective) helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation | Synonyms: accommodating |
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(adjective) tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony | Synonyms: reconciling |
(adjective) willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement | Synonyms: cooperative |
accompanied | (adjective) having companions or an escort | - |
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(adjective) playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment | Synonyms: attended |
accompanying | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
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accomplishable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: achievable, doable, manageable, realizable |
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accomplished | (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end | Synonyms: completed, realised, realized |
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(adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: effected, established |
(adjective) highly skilled | Synonyms: complete |
accordant | (adjective) being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with' | - |
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(adjective) in keeping | Synonyms: agreeable, concordant, conformable, consonant |
according | (adjective) (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with | - |
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(adjective) (followed by `to') as reported or stated by | - |
accountable | (adjective) liable to account for one's actions | Synonyms: answerable |
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accoutered | (adjective) provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military) | Synonyms: accoutred |
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accoutred | (adjective) provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military) | Synonyms: accoutered |
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accredited | (adjective) given official approval to act | Synonyms: commissioned, licenced, licensed |
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accretionary | (adjective) marked or produced by accretion | - |
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accretive | (adjective) growing by accretion | - |
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accrued | (adjective) periodically accumulated over time | Synonyms: accumulated |
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acculturational | (adjective) of or relating to acculturation | Synonyms: acculturative |
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acculturative | (adjective) of or relating to acculturation | Synonyms: acculturational |
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accumbent | (adjective) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest | Synonyms: decumbent, recumbent |
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accumulated | (adjective) periodically accumulated over time | Synonyms: accrued |
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accumulative | (adjective) marked by acquiring or amassing | - |
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(adjective) increasing by successive addition | Synonyms: cumulative |
accurate | (adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy | - |
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(adjective) (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct | Synonyms: exact, precise |
accursed | (adjective) under a curse | Synonyms: accurst, maledict |
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accurst | (adjective) under a curse | Synonyms: accursed, maledict |
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accusative | (adjective) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes | Synonyms: objective |
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(adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusatory, accusing, accusive |
accusatorial | (adjective) 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 | - |
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accusatory | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusing, accusive |
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accusing | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusatory, accusive |
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accusive | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusatory, accusing |
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accustomed | (adjective) commonly used or practiced; usual | Synonyms: customary, habitual, wonted |
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ace | (adjective) of the highest quality | Synonyms: A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, top-notch, topnotch, tops |
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acellular | (adjective) not made up of or divided into cells | Synonyms: noncellular |
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acentric | (adjective) lacking a centromere | - |
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(adjective) not centered or having no center | - |
acephalous | (adjective) lacking a head or a clearly defined head | - |
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acerate | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerose, acicular, needle-shaped |
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acerb | (adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerbic, astringent |
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(adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
acerbic | (adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerb, astringent |
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(adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
acerose | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerate, acicular, needle-shaped |
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acervate | (adjective) pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass | - |
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acetabular | (adjective) of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone | Synonyms: cotyloid, cotyloidal |
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acetic | (adjective) relating to or containing acetic acid | - |
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acetonic | (adjective) of or relating to acetone | - |
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acetose | (adjective) tasting or smelling like vinegar | Synonyms: acetous, vinegarish, vinegary |
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acetous | (adjective) tasting or smelling like vinegar | Synonyms: acetose, vinegarish, vinegary |
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acetylenic | (adjective) of or related to acetylene | - |
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acetylic | (adjective) of or related to acetic acid | - |
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achenial | (adjective) pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit | - |
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achievable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: accomplishable, doable, manageable, realizable |
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aching | (adjective) causing a dull and steady pain | Synonyms: achy |
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achlamydeous | (adjective) not having a floral envelope or perianth | - |
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achlorhydric | (adjective) lacking hydrochloric acid | - |
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achondritic | (adjective) not having a granular structure | - |
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(adjective) of or related to an achondrite | - |
achondroplastic | (adjective) of or relating to achondroplasia | - |
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achromatic | (adjective) having no hue | Synonyms: neutral |
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achromatinic | (adjective) (of substance of a cell nucleus) not readily colored by stains | - |
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achromatous | (adjective) having little or inadequate color | - |
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achromic | (adjective) having no color | Synonyms: achromous |
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achromous | (adjective) having no color | Synonyms: achromic |
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achy | (adjective) causing a dull and steady pain | Synonyms: aching |
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acicular | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerate, acerose, needle-shaped |
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aciculate | (adjective) related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts | - |
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acid | (adjective) having the characteristics of an acid | - |
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(adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acidic, acidulent, acidulous |
(adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
acidic | (adjective) being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7) | - |
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(adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidulent, acidulous |
acidimetric | (adjective) involving or related to acidimetry | - |
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acidophilic | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilous, aciduric |
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acidophilous | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilic, aciduric |
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acidotic | (adjective) having or being characterized by acidosis | - |
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acidulent | (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidic, acidulous |
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acidulous | (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidic, acidulent |
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aciduric | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilic, acidophilous |
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acinar | (adjective) pertaining to the individual parts making up an aggregate fruit like a blackberry | - |
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(adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinic, acinose, acinous |
acinic | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinose, acinous |
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acinose | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinic, acinous |
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acinous | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinic, acinose |
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acknowledgeable | (adjective) capable of being acknowledged | - |
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acknowledged | (adjective) recognized or made known or admitted | - |
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(adjective) generally accepted | - |
acned | (adjective) (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin | Synonyms: pimpled, pimply, pustulate |
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acneiform | (adjective) resembling acne | - |
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acold | (adjective) of persons; feeling cold | - |
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acoustic | (adjective) of or relating to the science of acoustics | Synonyms: acoustical |
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acoustical | (adjective) of or relating to the science of acoustics | Synonyms: acoustic |
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acquainted | (adjective) having fair knowledge of | - |
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acquiescent | (adjective) willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest | Synonyms: biddable |
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acquirable | (adjective) capable of being acquired | - |
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