1: bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "He charged the man with spousal abuse" [syn: {impeach}, {incriminate}, {criminate}] 2: blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior aga...

1: a defendant in a criminal proceeding

1: someone who imputes guilt or blame

1: containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry; "his accusing glare" [syn: {accusative}, {accusatory}, {a...

1: in an accusing manner; "he looked at her accusingly"

1: containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry; "his accusing glare" [syn: {accusative}, {accusatory}, {a...

1: make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music" [syn: {habituate}]

1: (often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to; "accustomed to doing her own work"; "I've grown accustomed to her face" [ant: {unaccustomed}] 2: commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accu...

1: of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops" [syn: {A-one...

1: antihypertensive drug that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney, leading to relaxation of the arteries; promotes the excretion of salt and water by inhibiting the activity of the angio...

1: the ace in the club suit

1: the ace in the diamond suit

1: the ace in the heart suit

1: the ace of spades; sometimes taken as a portent of death

1: an oral beta blocker (trade name Sectral) used in treating hypertension [syn: {Sectral}]

1: apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: {sloth}, {laziness}]

1: not made up of or divided into cells [syn: {noncellular}] [ant: {cellular}]

1: a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes [syn: {true slime mold}, {plasmodial slime mold}, {myxomycete}]

1: lacking a centromere; "an acentric chromosome fragment" 2: not centered or having no center

1: a chromosome lacking a centromere

1: absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) [syn: {acephaly}, {acephalism}]

1: absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) [syn: {acephalia}, {acephaly}]

1: lacking a head or a clearly defined head; "acephalous worms"

1: absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) [syn: {acephalia}, {acephalism}]

1: type genus of the Aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit [syn: {genus Acer}]

1: small shrubby Japanese plant with leaves having 5 to 7 acuminate lobes; yellow in autumn [syn: {pointed-leaf maple}]

1: shrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge [syn: {hedge maple}, {field maple}]

1: small maple of northwestern North America having prostrate stems that root freely and form dense thickets [syn: {vine maple}]

1: small maple of northwestern North America [syn: {dwarf maple}, {Rocky-mountain maple}]

1: leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn; Japan [syn: {Japanese maple}, {full moon maple}]

1: maple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumn [syn: {Oregon maple}, {big-leaf maple}]

1: common shade tree of eastern and central United States [syn: {box elder}, {ash-leaved maple}]

1: maple of the Pacific coast of the United States; fruits are white when mature [syn: {California box elder}]

1: ornamental shrub or small tree of Japan and Korea with deeply incised leaves; cultivated in many varieties [syn: {Japanese maple}]

1: maple of eastern North America with striped bard and large 2-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn [syn: {moosewood}, {moose-wood}, {striped maple}, {striped dogwood}, {goosefoot maple}]

1: a large Eurasian maple tree naturalized in North America; 5-lobed leaves yellow in autumn; cultivated in many varieties [syn: {Norway maple}]

1: Eurasian maple tree with pale gray bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn [syn: {sycamore}, {great maple}, {scottish maple}]

1: maple of eastern and central America; 5-lobed leaves scarlet and yellow in autumn [syn: {red maple}, {scarlet maple}, {swamp maple}]

1: a common North American maple tree; 5-lobed leaves are light green above and silvery white beneath; source of hard close-grained but brittle light-brown wood [syn: {silver maple}]

1: maple of eastern and central North America having 3- to 5-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup a...

1: small shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn [syn: {mountain maple}, {mountain alder}]

1: a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples [syn: {family Aceraceae}, {maple family}]

1: narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves [syn: {acerose}, {acicular}, {needle-shaped}]

1: as of a conifer [syn: {needle}]

1: sour or bitter in taste [syn: {acerbic}, {astringent}, {sharp}] 2: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks m...

1: cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more" [syn: {embitter}, {envenom}] 2: make sour or bitter

1: sour or bitter in taste [syn: {acerb}, {astringent}, {sharp}] 2: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks mak...

1: a sharp bitterness 2: a sharp sour taste [syn: {tartness}] 3: a sharp and bitter manner [syn: {bitterness}, {acrimony}, {jaundice}]

1: tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries [syn: {barbados cherry}, {Surinam cherry}, {West Indian cherry}, {Malpighia glabra}] 2: acid red or yellow cherry-like frui...

1: narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves [syn: {acerate}, {acicular}, {needle-shaped}]

1: pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass; "acervate fungous sporophores"

1: small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi

{acetabulum}

1: of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone [syn: {cotyloid}, {cotyloidal}]

1: the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint [syn: {cotyloid cavity}] [also: {acetabula} (pl)]

1: any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules

1: a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs [syn: {ethanal}]

1: unsaturated aldol

1: a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds [syn: {ethanamide}]

1: an analgesic for mild pain; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril and Tylenol and Panadol and Phenaphen and Tempra and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets) [syn: {Datril}, {...

1: a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic [syn: {acetanilide}, {phenylacetamide}]

1: a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic [syn: {acetanilid}, {phenylacetamide}]

1: a salt or ester of acetic acid [syn: {ethanoate}] 2: a fabric made from cellulose acetate fibers [syn: {acetate rayon}]

1: a disk coated with cellulose acetate [syn: {phonograph recording disk}]

1: a fabric made from cellulose acetate fibers [syn: {acetate}]

1: relating to or containing acetic acid

1: a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals [syn: {ethanoic acid}]

1: a compound that is needed in order to refine opium into heroin

{acetify}

1: make sour or more sour [syn: {sour}, {acidify}, {acidulate}] [ant: {sweeten}] 2: turn acidic; "the solution acetified" [syn: {acidify}] [ant: {alkalize}] [also: {acetified}]

1: unstable acid found in abnormal amounts in the blood and urine n some cases of impaired metabolism (as diabetes mellitus or starvation)

1: the simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics [syn: {propanone}, {dimethyl ketone}]

1: a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/or beta-hydroxybutyric acid) found in excess in blood and urine...

1: an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus [syn: {ketonemia}, {ketosis}]

1: of or relating to acetone

1: excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation [syn: {ketonuria}, {ketoaciduria}]

1: a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic [syn: {acetphenetidin}, {phenacetin}]

1: tasting like vinegar [syn: {acetous}, {vinegary}]

1: tasting like vinegar [syn: {acetose}, {vinegary}]

1: a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic [syn: {acetophenetidin}, {phenacetin}]

1: a dilute solution of acetic acid that is used as a solvent (e.g. for a drug) 2: sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food pre...

1: the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-) [syn: {acetyl group}, {acetyl radical}, {ethanoyl group}, {ethanoyl radical}]

1: colorless liquid acyl chloride (CH3COCl) that has a pungent odor [syn: {ethanoyl chloride}]

1: the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-) [syn: {acetyl}, {acetyl radical}, {ethanoyl group}, {ethanoyl radical}]

1: the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-) [syn: {acetyl}, {acetyl group}, {ethanoyl group}, {ethanoyl radical}]

1: receive substitution of an acetyl group; "the compounds acetylated" [syn: {acetylize}, {acetylise}] 2: introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) [syn: {acetylize}, {acetylise}]

1: the process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound; "the acetylation of cyclooxygenase-2 by aspirin"

1: a neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems

1: a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis [syn: {ethyne}, {alkyne}]

1: of or related to acetylene

1: of or related to acetic acid

1: receive substitution of an acetyl group; "the compounds acetylated" [syn: {acetylate}, {acetylize}] 2: introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) [syn: {acetylate}, {acetylize}]

1: receive substitution of an acetyl group; "the compounds acetylated" [syn: {acetylate}, {acetylise}] 2: introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) [syn: {acetylate}, {acetylise}]

1: the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer and Empirin) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the ...

1: a member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks [syn: {Achaian}]

{achaemenid}

{achaemenid}

1: a member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks [syn: {Achaean}]

1: a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain [syn: {aching}] v 1: feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?" [syn: {hurt}, {suffer}] 2: have a desire for something or someone...

1: small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall

1: pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit

1: (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon [syn: {River Acheron}]

1: dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades; "in the depths of an Acheronian forest"; "upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth [syn: {Acherontic}, {Stygian}]

1: death's-head moth [syn: {genus Acherontia}]

1: European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull [syn: {death's-head moth}]

1: dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades; "in the depths of an Acheronian forest"; "upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth [syn: {Acheronian}, {Stygian}]

1: United States statesman who promoted the Marshall Plan and helped establish NATO (1893-1971) [syn: {Dean Acheson}, {Dean Gooderham Acheson}]

1: an industrial process for making graphite by heating a mixture of coke and clay

1: common house and field crickets [syn: {genus Acheta}]

1: common American black cricket; attacks crops and also enters dwellings [syn: {field cricket}]

1: lives in human dwellings; naturalized in parts of America [syn: {European house cricket}]

1: the state of being achievable [syn: {attainability}, {attainableness}]

1: capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do [syn: {accomplishable}, {doable}, {realizable}]

1: to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks" [syn: {accomplish}, {attain}, {reach}]

1: the action of accomplishing something [syn: {accomplishment}]

1: a person with a record of successes; "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success" [syn: {winn...

1: pope who signed a treaty with Mussolini recognizing the Vatican City as an independent state (1857-1939) [syn: {Pius XI}, {Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti}]

1: any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads

1: ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets; widely naturalized in North America [syn: {yarrow...

1: Eurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long gray-green leaves that cause sneezing when powdered [syn: {sneezeweed yarrow}, {sneezewort}]