Index of English words, starting with "ac"

(1) - Accelerometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.

(1) - Accension (n.) The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.

(1) - Accent (v. t.) To mark emphatically; to emphasize.
(2) - Accent (v. t.) To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.
(3) - Accent (n.) A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.
(4) - Accent (n.) 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.
(5) - Accent (n.) 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''.
(6) - Accent (n.) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
(7) - Accent (n.) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
(8) - Accent (n.) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
(9) - Accent (n.) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
(10) - Accent (n.) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
(11) - Accent (n.) expressions in general; speech.
(12) - Accent (n.) A word; a significant tone
(13) - 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.
(14) - Accent (n.) A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate 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.
(15) - Accent (n.) A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

(1) - Accentor (n.) A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.
(2) - Accentor (n.) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.

(1) - Accentual (a.) Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.