| 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. |
| ACCOUTERED | • accoutered v. Simple past tense and past participle of accouter. • ACCOUTER v. (US) to dress or equip, esp. a warrior, also ACCOUTRE. |
| ACCRUEMENT | • accruement n. The act of accruing. • ACCRUEMENT n. the act of accruing. |
| ACCUSEMENT | • accusement n. (Now rare) An accusation. • ACCUSEMENT n. (Spenser) an accusation. |
| CATECHUMEN | • catechumen n. A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation. • CATECHUMEN n. one who is receiving religious instruction in preparation for baptism. |
| CAULESCENT | • caulescent adj. (Botany) having a well-developed stem above ground; with a trunk. • CAULESCENT adj. having a leafy stem. |
| CRETACEOUS | • cretaceous adj. Of or relating to chalk. • cretaceous adj. Consisting of chalk. • Cretaceous prop.n. (Geology) The geologic period within the Mesozoic era that comprises lower and upper epochs from about… |
| EXCRUCIATE | • excruciate v. (Transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture. • excruciate adj. (Obsolete) Excruciated; tortured. • EXCRUCIATE v. to inflict intense pain on. |
| EXECUTANCY | • executancy n. Execution; performance. • EXECUTANCY n. technique in music. |
| RELUCTANCE | • reluctance n. Unwillingness to do something. • reluctance n. Hesitancy in taking some action. • reluctance n. (Physics) That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit. |
| UNACCENTED | • unaccented adj. Of a word, having no diacritical mark; accentless. • unaccented adj. Of a vowel or syllable, pronounced with no, or little stress. • unaccented adj. Not pronounced with a distinctive accent. |
| UNACCEPTED | • unaccepted adj. Not accepted; unacceptable. • unaccepted v. Simple past tense and past participle of unaccept. • UNACCEPTED adj. not accepted. |