accented

bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'" ; used of syllables; "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word" ;

accentual

(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" ; of or pertaining to accent or stress ;

acceptable

worthy of acceptance or satisfactory; "acceptable levels of radiation"; "performances varied from acceptable to excellent" ; adequate for the purpose; "the water was acceptable for drinking" ; meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat" ; judged to be in conformity with approved usage; "acceptable English usage" ;

acceptant

accepting willingly; "acceptive of every new idea"; "an acceptant type of mind" ;

accepted

generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work" ; generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the accepted interpretation of the poem"; "an accepted theory"; "the undisputed fact" ; widely accepted as true or worthy; "the accepted wisdom about old age"; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist ; widely or permanently accepted; "an accepted precedent" ; generally accepted or used; "accepted methods of harmony and melody"; "three accepted types of pump" ; judged to be in conformity with approved usage; "acceptable English usage" ;

accepting

tolerating without protest; "always more accepting of coaching suggestion than her teammates"; "the atmosphere was judged to be more supporting and accepting" ;

acceptive

inclined to accept rather than reject; "she was seldom acceptive of my suggestions" ; accepting willingly; "acceptive of every new idea"; "an acceptant type of mind" ;

accessible

capable of being reached; "a town accessible by rail" ; easy to get along with or talk to; friendly; "an accessible and genial man" ; easily obtained; "most students now have computers accessible"; "accessible money" ; capable of being read with comprehension; "readily accessible to the nonprofessional reader"; "the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels" ;

accessional

of or constituting an accession ;

accessorial

nonessential but helpful; "accessorial services included sorting and packing" ;

accessory

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" ;

accident-prone

having more than the average number of accidents ;

accidental

without intention (especially resulting from heedless action); "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting" ; associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character" ; occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence" ;

accipitrine

of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks) ;

acclivitous

sloping upward ;

accommodating

helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating" ; obliging; willing to do favors; "made a special effort to be accommodating" ;

accommodational

of or relating to the accommodation of the lens of the eye; "accommodational strain" ;

accommodative

helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating" ; tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony ; willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement ;

accompanied

having accompaniment or companions or escort; "there were lone gentlemen and gentlemen accompanied by their wives" ;

accompanying

following as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management" ;

accomplishable

capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do ;

accomplished

successfully completed or brought to an end; "his mission accomplished he took a vacation"; "the completed project"; "the joy of a realized ambition overcame him" ; settled securely and unconditionally; "that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact" ; highly skilled; "an accomplished pianist"; "a complete musician" ;

accordant

being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with'; "a place perfectly accordant with man's nature"-Thomas Hardy ; in keeping; "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant with his background" ;

according

(followed by `to') as reported or stated by; "according to historians" ; (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with; "according to instructions" ;

accountable

liable to account for one's actions; "governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves"; "fully accountable for what they did"; "the court held the parents answerable for their minor child's acts of vandalism"; "he was answerable to no one" ;

accoutered

provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military); "troops accoutered for battle"; "properly accoutered for the trip" ;

accoutred

provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military); "troops accoutered for battle"; "properly accoutered for the trip" ;

accredited

given official approval to act; "an accredited college"; "commissioned broker"; "licensed pharmacist"; "authorized representative" ;

accretionary

marked or produced by accretion ;

accretive

growing by accretion ;

accrued

periodically accumulated over time; "accrued interest"; "accrued leave" ;

acculturational

of or relating to acculturation ;

acculturative

of or relating to acculturation ;

accumbent

lying down; in a position of comfort or rest ;

accumulated

brought together into a group or crowd; "the accumulated letters in my office" ; periodically accumulated over time; "accrued interest"; "accrued leave" ;

accumulative

marked by acquiring or amassing; "we live in an accumulative society" ; increasing by successive addition; "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances" ;

accurate

conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" ; (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" ;

accursed

under a curse ;

accurst

under a curse ;

accusative

containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry; "his accusing glare" ; serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accusative endings" ;