Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 10
Acanthocarpous (a.) (Bot.) Having the fruit covered with spines.
Acanthocephala (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.
Acanthocephala (n.) Phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms [syn: Acanthocephala, phylum Acanthocephala].
Acanthocephalous (a.) (Zool.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala. Acanthoid
Acanthophorous (a.) Spine-bearing. -- Gray.
Acanthopodious (a.) (Bot.) Having spinous petioles.
Acanthopteri (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
Acanthopterous (a.) (Zool.) Spiny-winged.
Acanthopterous (a.) (Zool.) Acanthopterygious.
Acanthopterygian (a.) (Zool.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch.
Acanthopterygian (n.) (Zool.) A spiny-finned fish.
Acanthopterygian (n.) A teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays [syn: spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian] [ant: malacopterygian, soft-finned fish].
Acanthopterygii (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch.
Acanthopterygii (n.) 棘鰭魚類 Teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays. [syn: Acanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygii].
Acanthopterygious (a.) (Zool.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.
Acanthuses (n. pl. ) of Acanthus
Acanthi (n. pl. ) of Acanthus
Acanthus (n.) (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.
Acanthus (n.) (Arch.) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
A cappella () (Mus.) 簡單來說，阿卡貝拉的意思就是「無樂器伴奏的純人聲音樂」。 但是它的原意就必須要追朔到中世紀時期。教會在歐洲的藝術歷史中扮演著非常重要的角色。中世紀時期的教堂內唯一的音樂就是純人聲的葛利果聖歌，因為 “人聲” 是唯一一個由上帝所創造出的 “樂器” 。當時為了要區分教堂內的聖歌和世俗音樂，人們就開始稱純人聲音樂為 “在教堂裡的形式” 的音樂，而義大利文就是 “a cappella” 。雖然後來教會開放了，准許在教堂內使用不同的樂器，同時純人聲音樂也慢慢走向世俗，但是人們還是繼續稱這樣子的音樂形式 – a cappella。到了20世紀，科技漸漸發達，音樂類型也不再侷限於古典。慢慢地開始有人使用麥克風，以阿卡貝拉的方式唱一些爵士，流行，搖滾的曲風。由於這些曲風含有一些鼓的節奏以及低音的效果在裡面，所以也有人稱這些團體為 – 人聲樂團。意思就是說觀眾會聽到一些樂器的聲音，但是這些聲音都是由人聲所創造出來的。In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal.
A cappella () A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
A cappella (adv.) Without musical accompaniment; "they performed a cappella".
A cappella (a.) Sung without instrumental accompaniment; "they sang an a cappella Mass".
Acapsular (a.) Having no capsule.
Acardiac (a.) Without a heart; as, an acardiac fetus.
Acaridan (n.) One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.
Acarina (n. pl.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.
Acarine (a.) Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.
Acaroid (a.) Shaped like or resembling a mite.
Acarpellous (a.) Having no carpels.
Acarpous (a.) (Bot.) 【植】無果的，不結果的 Not producing fruit; unfruitful.
Acarpous (a.) Producing no fruit.
Acari (n. pl. ) of Acarus
Acarus (n.) (Zool.) 【動】粉魎屬；恙蟲；壁蝨 A genus including many species of small mites.
Acarus (n.) Any of several mites of the order Acarina [syn: acarus, genus Acarus].
Acatalectic (a.) (Pros.) 詩行音節數完全的 Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse. -- n. A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables.
Acatalectic (a.) (Verse) Metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot [ant: catalectic, hypercatalectic].
Acatalectic (n.) (Prosody) 最末音步音節完全的詩行 A line of verse that has the full number of syllables.
Acatalepsy (n.) 診斷不明，領悟不能，領會不能 Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.
Acatalepsy (n.) (pl. -es) An ancient Skeptic doctrine that human knowledge amounts only to probability and never to certainty
Acatalepsy (n.) Real or apparent impossibility of arriving at certain knowledge or full comprehension.
Acataleptic (a.) Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible.
Acataleptic (a.) Relating to or characterized by acatalepsy.
Acataleptic (a.) (pl. -s) One that suspends judgment as a matter of principle believing certainty is impossible.
Acater
(n.) See
Caterer. [Obs.]
Compare: Caterer
Caterer (n.) 承辦酒席、宴會的人；籌備人；招待人 One who caters.
The little fowls in the air have God for Their provider and caterer. -- Shelton.
Caterer (n.) Someone who provides food and service (as for a party).
Acates (n. pl.) See Cates.
[Obs.]
Compare: Cates
Cates (n. pl.) （常複數）【古】佳餚，美食 Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties. -- Shak.
Cates for which Apicius could not pay. -- Shurchill.
Choicest cates and the fiagon's best spilth. -- R. Browning.
Acaudate (a.) 【動】無尾的 Tailless.
Acaudate (a.) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage [syn: acaudate, acaudal] [ant: caudate, caudated].
Acaulescent (a.) (Bot.) 【植】無莖的 Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. -- Gray.
Acaulescent (a.) (Of plants) Having no apparent stem above ground [syn: acaulescent, stemless] [ant: caulescent, cauline, stemmed].
Acaulescent (a.) (Botany.) Not caulescent; stemless; without visible stem.
Compare: Caulescent
Caulescent (a.) 【植】有莖的；有顯著之地上莖的 Having a stem evident above ground -- opposed to Acaulescent.
Compare: Evident
Evident (a.) 明顯的；明白的 [（+to）] [+that] Clearly seen or understood; obvious.
‘She ate the biscuits with evident enjoyment.’
Acauline (a.) (Bot.) 【植】無莖的 Same as {Acaulescent}. Acaulose.
Compare: Acaulescent
Acaulescent (a.) 【植】無莖的 (Bot.) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. -- Gray.
Acaulescent (a.) (plants) Having no apparent stem above ground [syn: acaulescent, stemless] [ant: caulescent, cauline, stemmed].
Acauline (I n British) or A caulose (a.) (Biology) Having no stem.
Acaulose (a.) Alt. of Acaulous
Acaulous (a.) (Bot.) Same as Acaulescent.
Accadian (a.) Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest. -- {Ac*ca"di*an}, n., {Ac"cad}, n. -- Sayce.
Acceded (imp. & p. p.) of Accede
Acceding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accede
Accede (v. i.) 答應，同意；繼承，加入 To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede. [Obs.] -- T. Gale.
Accede (v. i.) To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.
Edward IV., who had acceded to the throne in the year 1461. -- T. Warton.
If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power. -- Morley.
Accede (v. i.) To become a party by associating one's self with others; to give one's adhesion. Hence, to agree or assent to a proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request.
The treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the Dutch afterwards acceded. -- Chesterfield.
Syn: To agree; assent; consent; comply; acquiesce; concur.
Accede (v.) Yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer, accede, give in].
Accede (v.) Take on duties or office; "accede to the throne" [syn: accede, enter].
Accede (v.) To agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" [syn: assent, accede, acquiesce] [ant: dissent].
Accedence (n.) The act of acceding.
Acceder (n.) One who accedes.
Accelerando (a.) [It.] (Mus.) 【義】【音】漸快的 Gradually accelerating the movement.
Accelerando (adv.) 漸快地 With increasing speed; "here you must play accelerando".
Accelerando (a.) Gradually increasing in tempo.
Accelerando (n.) A gradually increasing tempo of music; "my ear will not accept such violent accelerandos".
Accelerated (imp. & p. p.) of Accelerate
Accelerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accelerate
Accelerate (v. t.) 使增速；促進；促使……早日發生 To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
Accelerate (v. t.) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
Accelerate (v. t.) To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure.
Accelerated motion (Mech.), Motion with a continually increasing velocity.
Accelerating force, The force which causes accelerated motion. -- Nichol.
Syn: To hasten; expedite; quicken; dispatch; forward; advance; further.
Accelerate (v.) (v. i.) 加快；增長；增加 Move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken] [ant: decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up].
Accelerate (v.) Cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" [syn: accelerate, speed, speed up] [ant: decelerate, slow
down].
Acceleration (n.) 加速；促進；【物】加速度 The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation.
A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration. -- I. Taylor. (Astr. & Physics.)
Acceleration of the moon, The increase of the moon's mean motion in its orbit, in consequence of which its period of revolution is now shorter than in ancient times.
Acceleration and retardation of the tides. See Priming of the tides, under Priming.
Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars, The amount by which their apparent diurnal motion exceeds that of the sun, in consequence of which they daily come to the meridian of any place about three minutes fifty-six seconds of solar time earlier than on the day preceding.
Acceleration of the planets, The increasing velocity of their motion, in proceeding from the apogee to the perigee of their orbits.
Acceleration (n.) An increase in rate of change; "modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change" [ant: deceleration, retardation, slowing].
Acceleration (n.) The act of accelerating; increasing the speed [syn: acceleration, quickening, speedup] [ant: deceleration].
Acceleration (n.) (Physics) A rate of increase of velocity [ant: deceleration].
Acceleration (n.) [ U ] 增速，加快；加速性能 The increase in something's speed, or its ability to go faster.
// An older car will have poor acceleration.
// High winds significantly hampered the plane's acceleration.
Acceleration (n.) [ S or U ] 加速 The increase in the speed at which something happens.
// The acceleration in the decline of manufacturing industry began several years ago.
Accelerative (a.) 加速的 Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening. -- Reid.
Accelerative (a.) Tending to increase velocity [syn: accelerative, acceleratory].
Accelerator (n.) 加速器；油門；加速者 One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.
Accelerator (n.) A pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" [syn: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun].
Accelerator (n.) A valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine [syn: accelerator, throttle, throttle valve].
Accelerator (n.) (Chemistry) A substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected [syn: catalyst, accelerator] [ant: anticatalyst].
Accelerator (n.) A scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles [syn: accelerator, particle accelerator, atom smasher]
Accelerator () Additional hardware to perform some function faster than is possible in software running on the normal CPU. Examples include graphics accelerators and floating-point accelerators. (1994-11-08)
Acceleratory (a.) 加速的 Accelerative.
Acceleratory (a.) Tending to increase velocity [syn: accelerative, acceleratory].
Accelerograph (n.) (Mil.) 發射爆炸測量計 An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.
Accelerometer (n.) 加速度計，加速度儀 An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.
Accelerometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets.
Accend (v. t.) 使燒著…，把…燒起來 To set on fire; to kindle. [Obs.] -- Fotherby.
Accendibility (n.) 可燃性 Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.
Accendible (a.) 易燃的，易怒的 Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable. -- Ure.
Accension (n.) 著火；燃燒 The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition. -- Locke.
Accensor (n.) (pl. Accensors) (Roman Catholic Church) 負責點燃及修剪燭芯的人 One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
Accent (n.) 腔調，地方口音；重音 A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.
Note: Many English words have two accents, the primary and the secondary; the primary being uttered with a greater stress of voice than the secondary; as in as'pira[bprime]tion, where the chief stress is on the third syllable, and a slighter stress on the first. Some words, as an'tiap'o-plec[bprime]tic, in-com'pre-hen'si-bil[bprime]i-ty, have two secondary accents. See Guide to Pron., [sect][sect] 30-46.
Accent (n.) A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.
Accent (n.) A mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent.
Accent (n.) A mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.
Note: In the ancient Greek the acute accent (') meant a raised tone or pitch, the grave (`), the level tone or simply the negation of accent, the circumflex ( ~ or ^) a tone raised and then depressed. In works on elocution, the first is often used to denote the rising inflection of the voice; the second, the falling inflection; and the third (^), the compound or waving inflection. In dictionaries, spelling books, and the like, the acute accent is used to designate the syllable which receives the chief stress of voice.
Accent (n.) Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent. "Beguiled you in a plain accent." -- Shak.
"A perfect accent." -- Thackeray.
The tender accent of a woman's cry. -- Prior.
Accent (n.) A word; a significant tone ; (pl.) expressions in general; speech.
Winds! on your wings to Heaven her accents bear, Such words as Heaven alone is fit to hear. -- Dryden.
Accent (n.) (Pros.) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
Accent (n.) (Mus.) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
Accent (n.) (Mus.) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
Accent (n.) (Mus.) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
Accent (n.) (Mus.) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
Accent (n.) (Math.) A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.
Accent (n.) (Math.) (Trigon.) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.
Accent (n.) (Math.) (Engin.) A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.
Accented (imp. & p. p.) of Accent
Accenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accent
Accent (v. t.) 著重，強調 To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.
Accent (v. t.) To mark emphatically; to emphasize.
Accent (n.) Distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern" [syn: accent, speech pattern].
Accent (n.) Special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents" [syn: emphasis, accent].
Accent (n.) The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy" [syn: dialect, idiom, accent].
Accent (n.) The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: stress, emphasis, accent].
Accent (n.) A diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation [syn: accent, accent mark].
Accent (v.) To stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate].
Accent (v.) Put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" [syn: stress, accent, accentuate].
Accent () A very high level interpreted language from CaseWare, Inc. with strings and tables. It is strongly typed and has remote function calls. (1994-11-08)
Accentless (a.) 無重音的，無抑揚的，沒有重音的 Without accent.
Accentor (n.) (Mus.) 領唱者 One who sings the leading part; the director or leader. [Obs.]
Accentor (n.) (Zool.) 籬雀屬；鳴禽 A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.
Accentor (n.) Small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia
Accentor (n.) 岩鷚屬 The accentors are a genus of birds in the family Prunellidae, which is the only bird family endemic to the Palearctic. This small group of closely related passerines are all in the genus Prunella. All but the dunnock and the Japanese accentor are inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia; these two also occur in lowland areas, as does the Siberian accentor in the far north of Siberia. These birds are not strongly migratory, but they will leave the coldest parts of their range in winter and make altitudinal movements. [1]
Accentuable (a.) Capable of being accented.
Accentual (a.) 重音的；揚音的；（詩歌）根據重音定節奏的 Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.
Accentual (a.) Of or pertaining to accent or stress
Accentual (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" [ant: quantitative, syllabic].
Accentuality (n.) The quality of being accentual.
Accentuality (n.) The quality of being characterized by accent or stress.
Accentually (adv.) In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.
Accentually (adv.) In an accentual manner; with syllables given accent or stress; with regard to accent or stress.
Multiaccentuality, () 多重詮釋；多重重音 The openness of words to more than one interpretation.
Accentuated (imp. & p. p.) of Accentuate
Accentuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accentuate
Accentuate (v. t.) 以重音念，強調，重讀 To pronounce with an accent or with accents.
Accentuate (v. t.) To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. -- London Times.
Accentuate (v. t.) To mark with the written accent.
Accentuate (v.) To stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate].
Accentuate (v.) Put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" [syn: stress, accent, accentuate].
Accentuation (n.) 重讀，加重音符號，強調 Act of accentuating; applications of accent. Specifically
Accentuation (n.) (Eccles. Mus.) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
Accentuation (n.) The use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance.
Accentuation (n.) The act of giving special importance or significance to something [syn: {emphasizing}, {accenting}, {accentuation}].
Accepted (imp. & p. p.) of Accept
Accepting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accept
Accept (v. t.) 接受，領受；答應，同意；承認，認可 [（+as）] [O2] [+that] ；相信 [+that] To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
If you accept them, then their worth is great. -- Shak.
To accept of ransom for my son. -- Milton.
She accepted of a treat. -- Addison.
Accept (v. t.) To receive with favor; to approve.
The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice. -- Ps. xx. 3.
Peradventure he will accept of me. -- Gen. xxxii. 20.
Accept (v. t.) To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.