| ACCELERANDO | • accelerando n. (Music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed. • accelerando n. (Music) A passage having this mark. • accelerando n. (By extension) Accelerating or exponential advancement or development (of a thing). |
| ACCORDANCES | • accordances n. Plural of accordance. • ACCORDANCE n. agreement, also ACCORDANCY. |
| ACCORDANTLY | • accordantly adv. In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably. • ACCORDANT adv. agreeing; consonant. |
| ADHOCRACIES | • adhocracies n. Plural of adhocracy. • ad-hocracies n. Plural of ad-hocracy (alternative form of adhocracies). • ad␣hocracies n. Plural of ad hocracy (alternative form of adhocracies). |
| ARACHIDONIC | • arachidonic adj. Of or pertaining to arachidonic acid or its derivatives. • ARACHIDONIC adj. as in arachidonic acid, an unsaturated fatty acid occurring in animal cells. |
| ARCHDEACONS | • archdeacons n. Plural of archdeacon. • ARCHDEACON n. a clergyman having the duty of assisting a diocesan bishop in ceremonial functions or administrative work. |
| CARDUACEOUS | • carduaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the Carduaceae of plants. • CARDUACEOUS adj. belonging to the thistle family. |
| CHANCROIDAL | • chancroidal adj. Relating to chancroid. • CHANCROIDAL adj. of or like a chancroid, a type of venereal sore. |
| CHARACINOID | • CHARACINOID adj. of or like a characin. |
| CLADOCERANS | • cladocerans n. Plural of cladoceran. • CLADOCERAN n. a small crustacean, aka water flea. |
| COACERVATED | • coacervated adj. That has undergone coacervation. • COACERVATE v. to heap; to cause to mass together. |
| CONTRADANCE | • contradance n. Alternative spelling of contra dance. • contra␣dance n. (Dance) A type of folk dance style in which couples dance in two facing lines of indefinite length. • contra␣dance v. To participate in a contra dance. |
| ENDOCARDIAC | • endocardiac adj. Relating to the endocardium. • endocardiac adj. (Medicine) Seated or generated within the heart. • ENDOCARDIAC adj. relating to the endocardium, a membrane lining the heart cavities, also ENDOCARDIAL. |
| MACRODACTYL | • macrodactyl n. One of a group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes. • MACRODACTYL n. one of a group of wading birds. |
| OCTACHORDAL | • OCTACHORDAL adj. relating to an octachord. |
| SACCHAROIDS | • saccharoids n. Plural of saccharoid. • SACCHAROID n. a marble or quartzite of fine to medium grain. |
| ZYGOCARDIAC | • zygocardiac adj. (Anatomy) Yoke-like and cardiac; applied to an ossicle of the stomach of some crustaceans. • ZYGOCARDIAC adj. denoting certain paired lateral ossicles in the gastric mill of Crustacea. |