| ACCELERANT | • accelerant n. (Chemistry) Any substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase… • accelerant n. (Figurative) Something that speeds up a process or the uptake of something else. • accelerant adj. Causing acceleration or speeding up; accelerating. |
| ACCELERATE | • accelerate v. (Transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of. • accelerate v. (Transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of. • accelerate v. (Transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity. |
| ACCENTUATE | • accentuate v. (Transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress. • accentuate v. (Transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize. • accentuate v. (Transitive) To mark with a written accent. |
| ACCEPTABLE | • acceptable adj. Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure. • acceptable adj. Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable. • ACCEPTABLE adj. that can be accepted. |
| ACCEPTANCE | • acceptance n. (Uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation… • acceptance n. (Countable) An instance of that act. • acceptance n. Belief in something; agreement, assent. |
| ACERACEOUS | • aceraceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Aceraceae of maples and close relatives, now subsumed in family Sapindaceae… • ACERACEOUS adj. relating to a plant of the maple family. |
| ADJACENCES | • adjacences n. Plural of adjacence. • ADJACENCE n. the state of being adjacent or contiguous, also ADJACENCY. |
| ASCENDANCE | • ascendance n. Ascendancy, superiority; the act of ascending. • ASCENDANCE n. the state of being ascendant, also ASCENDANCY, ASCENDENCE, ASCENDENCY. |
| CALCEOLATE | • calceolate adj. Slipper-shaped. • CALCEOLATE adj. slipper-shaped. |
| CANCELABLE | • cancelable adj. (US) Alternative spelling of cancellable. • CANCELABLE adj. that can be cancelled, also CANCELLABLE. |
| CANCELLATE | • cancellate adj. (Botany) Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma; lattice-like. • cancellate adj. (Zoology) Having the surface covered with raised lines, crossing at right angles. • cancellate adj. (Anatomy) Cancellated. |
| CANCERATED | • cancerated v. Simple past tense and past participle of cancerate. • CANCERATE v. to grow into a cancer; to become cancerous. |
| CANCERATES | • cancerates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cancerate. • CANCERATE v. to grow into a cancer; to become cancerous. |
| CLEARANCES | • clearances n. Plural of clearance. • CLEARANCE n. the act of clearing. |
| COACERVATE | • coacervate adj. (Obsolete) Clumped together, clustered. • coacervate n. (Chemistry) The microsphere droplet that results from coacervation. • COACERVATE v. to heap; to cause to mass together. |
| ECHINACEAS | • echinaceas n. Plural of echinacea. • ECHINACEA n. a plant of the genus Echinaceae. |
| REACTANCES | • reactances n. Plural of reactance. • REACTANCE n. the component of impedance due to inductance or capacitance. |
| SCAPEGRACE | • scapegrace n. A wild and reckless person (especially a boy); a scoundrel. • SCAPEGRACE n. an incorrigible rascal. |
| SUCCEDANEA | • succedanea n. Plural of succedaneum. • SUCCEDANEUM n. (Latin) a substitute; a remedy. |