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adrenocortical
  • a  of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands
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acatalectic
  • n  (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables
  • a  (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot
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acaulescent
  • a  (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground
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accelerando
  • n  a gradually increasing tempo of music
    my ear will not accept such violent accelerandos
  • s  gradually increasing in tempo
  • r  with increasing speed
    here you must play accelerando
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accelerated
  • v  move faster
    The car accelerated
  • v  cause to move faster
    He accelerated the car
  • s  speeded up, as of an academic course
    in an accelerated program in school
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accented
  • v  to stress, single out as important
  • v  put stress on; utter with an accent
  • a  used of syllables
  • a  bearing a stress or accent
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accentual
  • a  of or pertaining to accent or stress
  • a  (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity
    accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line
    accentual rhythm
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acceptable
  • a  worthy of acceptance or satisfactory
    acceptable levels of radiation
    performances varied from acceptable to excellent
  • s  judged to be in conformity with approved usage
    acceptable English usage
  • s  meeting requirements
  • s  adequate for the purpose
    the water was acceptable for drinking
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