| accelerando | (adjective) (music) gradually increasing in tempo | - |
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| (noun) a gradually increasing tempo of music | - |
| (adverb) with increasing speed | - |
| accelerate | (verb) move faster | Synonyms: quicken, speed, speed up |
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| (verb) cause to move faster | Synonyms: speed, speed up |
| accelerated | (adjective) speeded up, as of an academic course | - |
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| acceleration | (noun) the act of accelerating; increasing the speed | Synonyms: quickening, speedup |
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| (noun) an increase in rate of change | - |
| (noun) (physics) a rate of increase of velocity | - |
| accelerative | (adjective) tending to increase velocity | Synonyms: acceleratory |
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| accelerator | (noun) a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine | Synonyms: throttle, throttle valve |
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| (noun) a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles | Synonyms: atom smasher, particle accelerator |
| (noun) a pedal that controls the throttle valve | Synonyms: accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun, throttle |
| (noun) (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected | Synonyms: catalyst |
| acceleratory | (adjective) tending to increase velocity | Synonyms: accelerative |
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| cholera | (noun) an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food | Synonyms: Asiatic cholera, epidemic cholera, Indian cholera |
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| choleraic | (adjective) relating to or resulting from or resembling cholera | - |
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| decelerate | (verb) lose velocity; move more slowly | Synonyms: retard, slow, slow down, slow up |
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| (verb) reduce the speed of | Synonyms: slow down |
| deceleration | (noun) the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed | - |
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| (noun) a decrease in rate of change | Synonyms: retardation, slowing |
| (noun) (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity | - |
| intolerable | (adjective) incapable of being tolerated or endured | Synonyms: unbearable, unendurable |
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| intolerably | (adverb) to an unacceptable degree | Synonyms: unacceptably |
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| intolerance | (noun) impatience with annoyances | - |
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| (noun) unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs | - |
| intolerant | (adjective) unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion | - |
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| (adjective) narrow-minded about cherished opinions | Synonyms: illiberal |
| intolerantly | (adverb) in a manner that isn't broad-minded | Synonyms: illiberally |
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| (adverb) in an intolerant manner | - |
| overtolerance | (noun) too much permissiveness | - |
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| saleratus | (noun) a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid | Synonyms: baking soda, bicarbonate of soda, sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate |
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| sclera | (noun) the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball | Synonyms: sclerotic coat |
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| tolerable | (adjective) capable of being borne or endured | - |
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| (adjective) about average; acceptable | Synonyms: adequate, fair to middling, passable |
| tolerably | (adverb) in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner | Synonyms: acceptably, so-so |
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| tolerance | (noun) the act of tolerating something | - |
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| (noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | Synonyms: allowance, leeway, margin |
| (noun) the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions | - |
| (noun) a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior | Synonyms: permissiveness |
| (noun) willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others | - |
| tolerant | (adjective) showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others | - |
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| (adjective) showing or characterized by broad-mindedness | Synonyms: broad, large-minded, liberal |
| (adjective) tolerant and forgiving under provocation | Synonyms: kind |
| (adjective) showing the capacity for endurance | Synonyms: patient of |
| (adjective) able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress | Synonyms: resistant |
| tolerantly | (adverb) in a tolerant manner | - |
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| tolerate | (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support |
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| (verb) allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting | Synonyms: allow, permit |
| (verb) have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition | - |
| (verb) recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others) | - |
| toleration | (noun) official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion) | - |
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| (noun) a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations | Synonyms: acceptance, sufferance |