| acidulate | (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidify, sour |
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| adulate | (verb) flatter in an obsequious manner | - |
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| adulation | (noun) servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise | - |
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| adulator | (noun) a person who uses flattery | Synonyms: flatterer |
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| adulatory | (adjective) obsequiously complimentary | Synonyms: flattering |
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| calendula | (noun) any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes | - |
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| demodulate | (verb) extract information from a modulated carrier wave | - |
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| demodulation | (noun) (electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave | - |
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| demodulator | (noun) rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave | Synonyms: detector |
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| glandular | (adjective) relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland | - |
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| modular | (adjective) constructed with standardized units or dimensions allowing flexibility and variety in use | - |
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| modulate | (verb) adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of | - |
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| (verb) fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of | Synonyms: regulate |
| (verb) vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves) | - |
| (verb) vary the pitch of one's speech | Synonyms: inflect, tone |
| (verb) change the key of, in music | - |
| modulated | (adjective) changed or adjusted in pitch, tone, or volume | - |
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| (adjective) altered in volume as well as tone or pitch | - |
| modulation | (noun) the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect) | - |
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| (noun) (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase | - |
| (noun) a musical passage moving from one key to another | Synonyms: transition |
| (noun) rise and fall of the voice pitch | Synonyms: intonation, pitch contour |
| (noun) a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified | Synonyms: inflection |
| nodular | (adjective) relating to or characterized by or having nodules | - |
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| (adjective) having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules | Synonyms: nodulated, noduled |
| nodulated | (adjective) having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules | Synonyms: nodular, noduled |
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| roridula | (noun) either of 2 species of the genus Roridula; South African viscid perennial low-growing woody shrubs | - |
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| stridulate | (verb) make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures | Synonyms: clitter |
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| stridulation | (noun) a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together | - |
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| undulant | (adjective) resembling waves in form or outline or motion | Synonyms: undulatory |
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| undulate | (adjective) having a wavy margin and rippled surface | - |
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| (verb) increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves | - |
| (verb) move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion | Synonyms: flap, roll, wave |
| (verb) stir up (water) so as to form ripples | Synonyms: cockle, riffle, ripple, ruffle |
| (verb) occur in soft rounded shapes | Synonyms: roll |
| undulation | (noun) (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth | Synonyms: wave |
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| (noun) wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves | - |
| (noun) an undulating curve | Synonyms: wave |
| undulatory | (adjective) resembling waves in form or outline or motion | Synonyms: undulant |
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| unmodulated | (adjective) characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume | - |
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