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2,610 words match “CENT”

Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. Gray.

ACCENT n. 12 definitions

late the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.

Without accent.

ACCENTOR n. 2 definitions

One who sings the leading part; the director or leader. [Obs.]

Capable of being accented.

Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.

ACCENTUALITY n.

The quality of being accentual.

ACCENTUALLY adv.

In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.

ACCENTUATE v. 3 definitions

To pronounce with an accent or with accents.

ACCENTUATION n. 2 definitions

Act of accentuating; applications of accent. Specifically (Eccles. Mus.),

ACCRESCENT a. 2 definitions

Growing; increasing. Shuckford.

Not centered; without a center.

ACESCENT a. 2 definitions

Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour. Faraday.

Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.

ACQUIESCENTLY adv.

In an acquiescent manner.

applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

Becoming fatty.

ADJACENT a. 2 definitions

Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." B. Jonson. Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle.

ADJACENTLY adv.

So as to be adjacent.

Growing to or on something else. "An adnascent plant." Evelyn.