| ACCIACCATURA | • acciaccatura n. (Music) A short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by… • ACCIACCATURA n. (Italian) a grace-note performed quickly before an essential note of a melody. |
| ACCIACCATURE | • acciaccature n. Plural of acciaccatura. • ACCIACCATURA n. (Italian) a grace-note performed quickly before an essential note of a melody. |
| ACCUSATORIAL | • accusatorial adj. Containing or implying accusation. • accusatorial adj. (Law) Of or pertaining to the system of a public trial in which the facts are ascertained by the judge… • ACCUSATORIAL adj. denoting a judicial procedure in which the judge is not the same person as the prosecutor. |
| AERONAUTICAL | • aeronautical adj. Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight. • AERONAUTICAL adj. relating to aeronautics. |
| ANTIBARBARUS | • antibarbarus n. A dictionary of linguistic barbarisms; a book describing how not to write in a given language. • ANTIBARBARUS n. a list of words and sayings to be avoided in the classical usage of a language. |
| ANTIQUARIANS | • antiquarians n. Plural of antiquarian. • ANTIQUARIAN n. one who collects or studies antiquities. |
| APPOGGIATURA | • appoggiatura n. (Music) A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts… • APPOGGIATURA n. (Italian) a short note placed before a longer one. |
| AUTOCRATICAL | • autocratical adj. Autocratic. • AUTOCRATICAL adj. of, relating to, or being an autocracy, also AUTOCRATIC. |
| AVASCULARITY | • avascularity n. (Anatomy) The condition of being avascular. • AVASCULARITY n. the state of being avascular. |
| EQUALITARIAN | • equalitarian adj. (Dated) Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people. • equalitarian n. (Dated) A person who accepts or promotes the view of equalitarianism. • EQUALITARIAN n. an egalitarian. |
| HUMANITARIAN | • humanitarian adj. Concerned with people’s welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; compassionate, humane. • humanitarian adj. (Christianity, rare) Of or pertaining to the belief that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine. • humanitarian adj. (Philosophy, historical) Synonym of humanist (“relating to humanism”). |
| MATURATIONAL | • maturational adj. (Biology) Of, pertaining to, or promoting maturation. • MATURATIONAL adj. relating to maturation. |
| SALUTATORIAN | • salutatorian n. (US, education) The person who graduates high school with the second-highest GPA and thus gets to give… • SALUTATORIAN n. the second best student in a graduating class, whose job it is to give an introductory speech. |
| TAUROMACHIAN | • tauromachian adj. Of or pertaining to bullfighting. • tauromachian n. A bullfighter. • TAUROMACHIAN adj. pertaining to bullfights. |
| TRANSURANIAN | • TRANSURANIAN adj. of an element, having an atomic number greater than that of uranium, also TRANSURANIUM. |
| TRUSTAFARIAN | • trustafarian n. (Slang) A young person with the fashion sensibilities of a hippie, or any other countercultural trend… • TRUSTAFARIAN n. an affluent young person who adopts a bohemian lifestyle and unkempt appearance. |
| ULTRARADICAL | • ultraradical n. (Algebra) A root of the polynomial x5 + x + a, where a is a complex number. • ultraradical n. An extreme political radical. • ULTRARADICAL adj. extremely radical. |