Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accrue
accruing
accruing
noun
An amount that is accrued.
verb
present participle of accrue
accultural
acculturate
acculturate
verb
(intransitive) To be changed by acculturation.
(transitive) To cause (a person) to acquire the culture of society, starting at birth.
(transitive) To change the culture of (a person) by the influence of another culture, especially a more dominant culture.
acculturated
acculturated
adj
accustomed to; familiar with
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acculturate
acculturates
acculturates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acculturate
acculturating
acculturating
verb
present participle of acculturate
acculturation
acculturation
noun
A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth.
A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one.
acculturational
acculturational
adj
Of or pertaining to acculturation
acculturationist
acculturationist
noun
A specialist in the study of acculturation.
acculturative
acculturative
adj
That which produces acculturation.
acculturize
acculturize
verb
Synonym of acculturate
acculturized
acculturized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acculturize
acculturizing
acculturizing
verb
present participle of acculturize
accumber
accumber
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm.
accumulator
accumulator
noun
(Britain) A wet-cell storage battery.
(UK, education, historical) One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.
(cryptography) A one way membership function.
(engineering, hydraulics) A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).
(finance) A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy.
(gambling) A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
(literally) One who, or that which, accumulates.
(manufacturing) A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
(mechanics) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
(programming) A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
accumulators
accumulators
noun
plural of accumulator
accur
accuracies
accuracies
noun
plural of accuracy
accuracy
accuracy
noun
Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.
The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness
accurate
accurate
adj
(obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty
accurately
accurately
adv
In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.
accurateness
accurateness
noun
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy
accuratenesses
accurre
accurse
accurse
verb
To damn; to wish misery or evil upon
accursed
accursed
adj
(archaic, theology) Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.
(prenominal) Hateful; detestable, loathsome.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accurse
accursedly
accursedly
adv
(degree, somewhat dated) Damnably; extremely.
In an accursed manner.
accursedness
accursedness
noun
The quality of being accursed.
accursing
accursing
verb
present participle of accurse
accurst
accurst
adj
Archaic spelling of accursed.
verb
past participle of accurse
accurtation
accusator
accusator
noun
(archaic) A male accuser;
accusatorial
accusatorial
adj
(law) Of or pertaining to the system of a public trial in which the facts are ascertained by the judge or jury from evidence presented by the prosecution and the defence.
Containing or implying accusation.
accusatorially
accusatorially
adv
By way of accusation; in an accusatorial manner.
accusatory
accusatory
adj
Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation.
accusatrix
accusatrix
noun
A female accusator.
accusatrixes
accuser
accuser
noun
One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
accusers
accusers
noun
plural of accuser
accusor
accusor
noun
Alternative spelling of accuser
accutron
aceanthrenequinone
acellular
acellular
adj
Not composed of cells; not cellular
acensuador
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
acequiador
aceraceous
aceraceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Aceraceae of maples and close relatives, now subsumed in family Sapindaceae, especially its subfamily Hippocastanoideae.
aceratherium
acerbitude
acerbitude
noun
(archaic) Sourness and harshness; acerbity.
acerous
acerous
adj
(zoology) Destitute of tentacles.
(zoology) Without antennae.
Alternative spelling of acerose
acervuli
acervuli
noun
plural of acervulus
acervuline
acervuline
adj
Resembling little heaps.
acervulus
acervulus
noun
Synonym of corpora arenacea (calcified concretions near the pineal gland)
acetabular
acetabular
adj
Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped.
Related to the acetabulum.
acetabularia
acetabuliferous
acetabuliferous
adj
Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
acetarious
acetarious
adj
(archaic) Used in salads or as salad
acetonuria
acetonuria
noun
(pathology) A form of ketonuria characterized by the presence of acetone in the urine
acetonurometer
aceturic
acetylbiuret
acetylenediurein
acetylfluoride
acetylurea
achariaceous
achatour
achatour
noun
(historical) A purveyor of provisions; a provedore. [14th–18th c.]
acheirous
acheirous
adj
Of or pertaining to acheiria (lacking one or both hands)
acheirus
achillobursitis
achillobursitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a bursa near the Achilles tendon
achlorophyllous
achlorophyllous
adj
(botany) not having chlorophyll and, hence, unable to engage in photosynthesis
acholuria
acholuria
noun
(pathology) A lack of bile pigments in the urine
acholuric
acholuric
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to acholuria
achromatium
achromatous
achromatous
adj
Lacking normal colour; colourless
achromaturia
achromaturia
noun
(pathology) The lack of pigments (especially bile pigments) in the urine
achromophilous
achromophilous
adj
Not chromophilous.
achromous
achromous
adj
colorless; achromatic
achronychous
achroous
achroous
adj
Colorless; achromatic.
acicular
acicular
adj
(botany) Of a leaf, slender and pointed, needle-like.
Having sharp points like needles.
Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle.
acicularity
acicularity
noun
Quality or degree of being acicular.
acicularly
acicularly
adj
In an acicular way.
acidiferous
acidiferous
adj
Containing or yielding an acid.
aciduria
aciduria
noun
(medicine) The presence of an acid in the urine
acidurias
acidurias
noun
plural of aciduria
aciduric
aciduric
adj
(biology) (of bacteria) growing in acidic medium, but preferring an alkaline medium
acinarious
acinarious
adj
(botany) Having acini
acinotubular
acinotubular
adj
(anatomy) Having both acini and tubules
aciurgy
aciurgy
noun
Operative surgery.
aconuresis
aconuresis
noun
(pathology) urinary incontinence (inability to control urination)
acorus
acoumeter
acoumeter
noun
(physics) An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.
acoumetry
acoumetry
noun
The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
acounter
acouometer
acousticolateral
acousticolateral
adj
Relating to, or connecting the inner ear and the lateral line of fish
acoustoelectric
acoustoelectric
adj
Of or pertaining to electroacoustics
acquereur
acquiescer
acquiescer
noun
One who acquiesces.
acquirability
acquirability
noun
(rare) The quality of being acquirable; attainableness.
acquirable
acquirable
adj
Capable of being acquired.
acquire
acquire
verb
(computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
(medicine) To contract.
(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own
(transitive) To get.
acquired
acquired
adj
(medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquire
acquirement
acquirement
noun
(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquirenda
acquirenda
noun
plural of acquirendum
acquirer
acquirer
noun
A bank or financial institution that processes credit card or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant.
One who acquires.
acquirers
acquirers
noun
plural of acquirer
acquires
acquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquire
acquiring
acquiring
verb
present participle and gerund of acquire
acquisitor
acquisitor
noun
one who acquires
acquisitors
acquisitors
noun
plural of acquisitor
acquitter
acquitter
noun
One who acquits or releases.
acraturesis
acredula
acridinium
acridinium
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any cation produced by protonation of an acridine.
acridium
acridonium
acridonium
noun
Alternative form of acridinium
acridophagus
acridophagus
noun
(rare) One who eats grasshoppers and locusts
acrimonious
acrimonious
adj
(archaic) Harsh and sharp, or bitter and not pleasant to the taste; acrid, pungent.
(figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone.
acrimoniously
acrimoniously
adv
In an acrimonious manner; with acrimony.
acrimoniousness
acrimoniousness
noun
The quality of being acrimonious.
acrisius
acritude
acritude
noun
acridity; pungency combined with heat.
acrobryous
acrocarpous
acrocarpous
adj
(botany) Developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses.
acrocephalous
acrocephalous
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to acrocephaly
acroceraunian
acroceraunian
Adjective
Of or relating to the high mountain range of "thunder-smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Albania and Macedonia.
acroclinium
acroclinium
noun
Any Australian plant of the former genus Acroclinium (now named Rhodanthe)
acroconidium
acrocontracture
acrocontracture
noun
(pathology) contracture of the joints of the hands or feet
acrodactylum
acrodactylum
noun
The upper surface of a toe
acrodromous
acrodromous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of acrodrome
acrodus
acrogamous
acrogenous
acrogenous
adj
(botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
acrogenously
acrogenously
adv
In an acrogenous manner.
acrogynous
acrogynous
adj
(botany) Producing archegonia from the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
acrologue
acromioclavicular
acromioclavicular
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle.
acromiohumeral
acromiohumeral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the acromion and the humerus
acromioscapular
acromioscapular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the acromion and the scapula
acromphalus
acromphalus
noun
(pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia
acromyodous
acromyodous
adj
Synonym of acromyodic
acromyotonus
acromyotonus
noun
Synonym of acromyotonia
acroneurosis
acronychous
acronyctous
acronyctous
adj
(astronomy) acronycal
acronymous
acronymous
adj
Pertaining to the use of acronyms.
acropodium
acropodium
noun
(anatomy) The upper surface of the foot
(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
acrorhagus
acrorhagus
noun
Any of a set of marginal tubercles of sea anemones containing specialized nematocysts