Acclamation :: Acclamation (n.) A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause..
Acclamation :: Acclamation (n.) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy..
Acclamatory :: Acclamatory (a.) Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation..
Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword..
Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A brace used to join two or more staves.
Accumulate :: Accumulate (v. t.) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money..
Accumulate :: Accumulate (v. i.) To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
Accumulation :: Accumulation (n.) The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors..
Accumulation :: Accumulation (n.) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
Accumulative :: Accumulative (a.) Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional.
Accumulator :: Accumulator (n.) One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses..
Accumulator :: Accumulator (n.) An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored, such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc..
Accumulator :: Accumulator (n.) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging..
Acephala :: Acephala (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca..