University Vocabulary
367,698 words and 113,531 expressions at the university level.
Alternative form of twenty dollars is twenty dollars.
Alternative form of い-adjective.
plural of -i adjective
Alternative form of な-adjective.
plural of .txt file
plural of 0.5 selfie
plural of 007 knife
A telephone number beginning with 0800; these numbers are free for the caller because the call is paid for by the company or organisation being called.
plural of 0800 number
The first of the two Books of Chronicles and the thirteenth book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
The first book of Corinthians and the seventh book in the New Testament of the Bible, an epistle to the people of Corinth attributed to Paul the Apostle and Sosthenes.
A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
Alternative form of 1000-metre.
A tool used in machining fields, especially milling, to aid in setup. It is a block of steel that is precisely squared and parallel whose sides are 1, 2, and 3 inches long, respectively. May contain arranged holes. Similar, larger blocks are called 2-4-6 blocks.
plural of 1-2-3 block
Alternative spelling of ten-gallon hat.
The geographic region between 10 degrees north and 40 degrees north latitude, especially when considered as a target for Christian missionary work.
US standard spelling of 100 metres, a sporting race event.
A sprint race over 100 metres.
Completely, entirely, wholly.
singular of 1000 meters
US standard spelling of 1000 metres.
singular of 1000 metres
A middle-distance race of 1000 metres.
US standard spelling of 10000 metres.
A long-distance running race over 10,000 metres.
Alternative form of hundreds and thousands.
A note played for 1/1024 of the duration of a whole note.
plural of 1024th note
A taxpayer's deferral of recognition of capital gains and related federal income tax liability on the exchange of certain types of property, under Internal Revenue Code section 1031.
Alternative spelling of tenth grade.
Alternative spelling of tenth grader.
plural of 10th grader
A software developer who is ten times as productive as peers.
plural of 11 Bang-Bang
Alternative spelling of eleventh grade.
Alternative spelling of eleventh grader.
plural of 11th grader
plural of 11th hour
A timekeeping convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem and post meridiem.
Abbreviation of hundred twenty-eighth note.
plural of 128th note
Alternative spelling of twelfth grade.
Alternative spelling of twelfth grader.
plural of 12th grader
Alternative spelling of Thirteen Colonies.
Minor planet designation of Pluto
Alternative spelling of thirteenth grade.
Alternative form of thirteenth grader.
plural of 13th grader
plural of 13th grade
a one-month (or more) bonus paid to employees at the end of the financial year.
plural of 13th month
Alternative form of thirteenth reason.
plural of 13th stepper
Ellipsis of 15 minutes of fame.
plural of 15 puzzle
US standard spelling of 1500 metres.
A middle-distance running race over 1500 metres.
A one-game playoff between two teams for a playoff spot.
plural of 163rd game
plural of 16th note
penalty box
plural of 18-yard box
The line on the pitch, 18 yards from the goal line, marking the outside of the penalty box
plural of 18-yard line
Alternative form of First Amendment.
Alternative spelling of first grader.
plural of 1st grader
plural of 1st grade
Abbreviation of first person.
The second of the two Books of Chronicles and the fourteenth book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
The second book of Corinthians and the eighth book in the New Testament of the Bible, an epistle to the people of Corinth attributed to Paul the Apostle and Timothy.
A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
A tree data structure whose every node with children (internal node) has either two, three or four child nodes: a 2-node has one data element, and if internal has two child nodes; a 3-node has two data elements, and if internal has three child nodes; and a 4-node has three data elements, and if internal has four child nodes.
A tool used in machining fields, especially milling, to aid in setup. It is a block of steel that is precisely squared and parallel whose sides are 2, 4, and 6 inches long, respectively. 2-4-6 blocks are a larger version of the more common 1-2-3 block.
plural of 2-4-6 block
A subgenre of UK garage characterized by its lack of the typical kick drum beat pattern.
A stereotypical characteristic of normal family life; frequently used ironically.
A type of modern Japanese musical theater production which adapts stories originally presented in a two-dimensional medium (anime, manga, or video games).
plural of 2.5D musical
Synonym of Pareto principle.
US standard spelling of 200 metres.
A sprint race over 200 metres.
A timekeeping convention in which the 24 hours of the day are treated as a single period rather than two sets of 12 hours, with the result that midnight is indicated as 00:00 (or sometimes 24:00), and the hours from 1:00 to 11:00 p.m. as 13:00 to 23:00.
Synonym of nychthemeron.
plural of 24-hour day
Alternative form of two hundred fifty-sixth note.
plural of 256th note
plural of 2d party
Alternative form of Second Amendment.
Alternative spelling of second grader.
plural of 2nd grader
plural of 2nd party
Abbreviation of second person.
Alternative spelling of three-card monte.
plural of 3 card monte
The observation that a person can survive approximately 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water, and 3 weeks without food.
Alternative spelling of three-card monte.
Alternative form of 3D printer
plural of 3-D printer
German measles, rubella.
Synonym of thick space.
plural of 3-em space
Alternative form of three-revert rule.
Alternative spelling of three-quarter brother.
plural of 3/4 brother
Alternative spelling of three-quarter sibling.
plural of 3/4 sibling
Alternative spelling of three-quarter sister.
plural of 3/4 sister
plural of 32nd note
A maneuver in various sports (such as skateboarding) in which the player flips backwards, rotates a full turn, and finishes travelling in the original direction.
plural of 360 backflip
Alternative spelling of 360 noscope.
plural of 360 no scope
Alternative spelling of 360 noscope.
plural of 360 no-scope
simple past and past participle of 360 noscope
plural of 360 noscope
present participle and gerund of 360 noscope
craniocerebellocardiac dysplasia: a rare condition whose symptoms include heart defects, cerebellar hypoplasia, and cranial dysmorphism.
plural of 3d party
Created by using a 3D printer.
A device for making three-dimensional solid objects from a digital model.
plural of 3D printer
The manufacture of three-dimensional solid objects from digital models.
A device that analyzes a real-world object or environment to collect data on its shape and possibly its color.
plural of 3D scanner
A medical ultrasound technique, used, for example, during pregnancy, providing three-dimensional-looking flat images.
Alternative spelling of third grader.
plural of 3rd grader
plural of 3rd grade
plural of 3rd party
Abbreviation of third person.
plural of 3rd wheel
A breathing exercise for relaxation that involves a repeated cycle of inhaling through the nose for four counts, holding the breath for seven counts, and exhaling forcefully through the mouth for eight counts.
Alternative form of 4H disease.
A rule of thumb for setting up a ladder safely by positioning the legs of the ladder one foot away from the base of the wall for every four feet of height.
plural of 40 burger
plural of 40 mike-mike
A compact computer keyboard that improves ergonomics by omitting the numeric keypad, function keys, etc. and relying on additional modifier keys to access certain functions.
plural of 40% keyboard
US standard spelling of 400 metres.
A sprint race over 400 metres.
Synonym of anniversary clock.
plural of 419 fraud
A person who carries out a Nigerian scam.
plural of 419 scammer
A sprint race over 440 yards (402.336 m), corresponding to a quarter mile.
A breathing exercise for relaxation that involves a repeated cycle of inhaling for four counts, holding the breath for four counts, and exhaling for four counts.
Synonym of glucagonoma.
A medical ultrasound technique that produces a sequence of 3D images over time.
AIDS.
Alternative spelling of fourth grader.
plural of 4th grader
Alternative spelling of Fourth of July.
Abbreviation of fourth person.
Alternative form of fourth wall joke.
A member of the Five-Percent Nation, a cultural movement influenced by Islam, founded in 1964 in New York City.
plural of 5 percenter
A rule of thumb when presenting slideshows, suggesting that each slide should contain no more than five lines of text and no more than five words per line, and should take no more than five minutes to present.
Synonym of thin space.
plural of 5-em space
Alternative spelling of five-piece door.
plural of 50 burger
Alleged Internet users who are paid by the authorities of the People's Republic of China to spread propaganda and disinformation on their behalf.
Alternative form of 50/30/20 rule.
Alternative form of 50 cent army.
An informal budgeting rule in which 50% of one's income goes toward necessities, 30% toward things one wants, and the remaining 20% into savings.
US standard spelling of 5000 metres.
A long-distance running race over 5000 metres.
A barangay of Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental, Philippines.
A narrow or bare majority.
A note played for 1/512 of the duration of a whole note.
Alternative form of fifty-first state.
Alternative form of Fifth Amendment.
Alternative form of fifth column.
plural of 5th column
Alternative form of fifth-day fits
Alternative spelling of fifth grader.
plural of 5th grader
plural of 5th wheel
Alternative form of fifth-day fits
plural of 64th note
Alternative spelling of sixth grader.
plural of 6th grader
plural of 7 Up cake
A split where the farthest-left and farthest-right pins are the only pins left standing.
plural of 7-10 split
The theory that 7% of communication is from spoken words, 38% from tone of voice and 55% from body language and gestures.
An FCC regulation stating that no single entity could own more than seven AM radio stations, seven FM radio stations, and seven television stations nationwide at the same time.
leptospirosis
Measles, rubeola, 10-day measles.
plural of 7-Up cake
Alternative spelling of seventh grader.
plural of 7th grader
Synonym of Pareto principle.
US standard spelling of 800 metres.
A middle-distance running race over 800 metres.
A toll-free telephone number.
plural of 800 number
A saturated solution of ammonia in water; ammonium hydroxide 28% (w/w as ammonia).
Alternative spelling of eighth grader.
plural of 8th grader
A telephone number for which an extra charge is assessed, part of which is returned to the owner of the number.
plural of 900 number
Almost all.
Synonym of 99 percent
Synonym of 99 percent
Alternative spelling of ninth grader.
plural of 9th grader
plural of A battery
Entirely different from the average within a group; sharply diverging from the norm; in a league of one's own.
A vocal performance with no instrumental accompaniment.
plural of a cappella
At whatever tempo and with whatever expression the conductor or performer desires.
Alternative form of a-double-s.
An indefinite and somewhat large number; more than a few; a fair number of.
A great distance from something or somewhere.
A municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
The effort of the attempt was admirable, even though the attempted action failed.
A variation of the single-wing formation, differing in placing the quarterback further back from the line and closer to the center, and placing the backfield opposite the "strong" side of the unbalanced line.
Misspelling of a fortiori.
With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim; even more so; all the more so; so much the more.
Obsolete form of in God's name.
Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots.
A number of, more than a bare few.
Something that gives a positive impression.
A substantial number of
Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots.
A substantial number of
An area and village in Shau Kei Wan, Eastern district, Hong Kong.
Alternative form of à la carte.
Prepared to order, not prepared in advance.
A translator's or interpreter's mother tongue, i.e. their main active language, into which they are able to translate or interpret from their other working languages.
plural of A language
To a very small extent or degree.
Of a blood type within the ABO and Rh blood grouping system. Blood type A negative has a phenotype of "A" and a Rhesus system classification of negative.
Describing a disposition of property granted by a party who has no title to it.
superior to; of a higher quality than
Several.
A municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
Of a blood type within the ABO and Rh blood grouping system. Blood type A positive has a phenotype of "A" and a Rhesus system classification of positive.
Involving induction of theories from facts.
Alternative form of apriorism.
Alternative spelling of a smidgen.
plural of A Special
plural of A student
Alternative form of one thousand, the number 1000 = 10³.
Transportation for ordinary purposes, as opposed to that by a professional driver for business purposes.
A lot of, a mountain of.
Obsolete form of in God's name.
Synonym of T-power.
Synonym of Hiroshima maiden.
The major key with A-flat as its tonic, with the notes A♭, B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, and G, the key signature of which has four flats.
a minor key with the notes A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, and G♭
The theoretical major key with A-sharp as its tonic and the notes A#, B#, C𝄪, D#, E#, F𝄪, and G𝄪.
a minor key with the notes A♯, B♯, C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯
Alternative form of a-double-s.
A formulaic name that is substituted for that of a person whose name or identity is not known, or not relevant; typically used when exhibiting an example.
A barangay of San Jose, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
Alternative form of A. N. Other.
The use of a randomized experiment with two variants (termed A and B) which differ in a single particular.
A municipality of Drenthe, Netherlands.
An expression of enjoyment of a pleasant aroma; a general expression of relaxed satisfaction.
A study of infinite Hankel matrices and associated approximation problems.
Cymbalaria muralis (ivy-leaved toadflax, Kenilworth ivy).
plural of Aaron's rod
A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A rare inherited disorder characterized by anemia with joint and skeletal deformities, caused by underdevelopment of the bone marrow.
From absurdity.
From time immemorial; from an infinitely remote point in the past.
Alternative form of av beit din.
From an intestate (someone who dies with no legal will).
A village and civil parish in Melton district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7223).
A variety of Middle English found in the Corpus manuscript and characterized by French and Norse loanwords, colloquial expressions, conservative spelling, and similarities to Old English syntax.
From the origin; from the beginning.
plural of ab roller
In multithreaded computing, a case in which a program erroneously considers the equality of a variable at two times to mean it has never changed in between.
An archipelago in the north of the Bahamas.
A language of Malaysia.
To leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom.
third-person singular simple present indicative of abandon ship
present participle and gerund of abate of
A village in Abbas and Templecombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST7022).
A number that represents the reciprocal of the dispersive power of a substance with transparent qualities.
plural of Abbe number
A medal presented to a pilgrim visiting a shrine.
A village and civil parish (served by Abbeydore and Bacton Group Parish Council) in south-west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3830).
A hamlet in Axminster parish, East Devon district, Devon, England, south of the town (OS grid ref SY2997).
Synonym of abbey counter.
plural of abbey token
A suburban area in the borough of Greenwich and borough of Bexley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4779).
present participle and gerund of ab off
The leader of a monastic order.
An abbot who is exempt from diocesan control, and acts with papal authority.
The representative leader of all Benedictine congregations.
A small village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2378).
plural of ABC guide
Any of the three islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea off the Venezuelan coast.
Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, the three westernmost islands of the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean.
plural of ABC party
plural of ABC store
A genetic disorder characterized by albinism, a black lock of hair, cell migration disorder of the neurocytes of the gut, and sensorineural deafness.
A transliteration of the Arabic male given name عَبْد الْمَسِيح (ʕabd al-masīḥ)
Alternative form of Abdulkadir.
plural of Abd al-Qadir
One of the posterior paired fins of fishes; pelvic fin; ventral fin.
Any of the riblike structures that cross the abdomen in lizards.
Alternative form of Abdulkadir.
plural of Abdul Qadir
plural of Abe Lincoln
A rule in chemistry that states that the sum of the hydrogen valence and the maximum oxygen valence is equal to eight.
plural of Abel test
A group in which the group operation is commutative.
A language of the Philippines.
A community (civil parish) in Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales.
A community (civil parish) in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales, which includes the town of Aberdare.
A simple J-shaped hook used in fishing.
thiamine
Synonym of Abert's towhee
A grammatical case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition without or the affix -less.
present participle and gerund of abide by
Alternative form of abiding-place.
A yellowish resin acid isolated from rosin and used in varnishes and esters for plasticizers; C₁₉H₂₉COOH.
A unit for upgrading a character's abilities or skills.
Synonym of Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
A noun case used in some languages to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation. In English grammar, it corresponds roughly to the use in English of prepositions "of", "from", "away from", and "concerning". In Latin grammar, the ablative case (cāsus ablātīvus) includes functions derived from the Indo-European ablative, instrumental, comitative, associative and locative cases; these cases express concepts similar to those of the English prepositions "of"/"from", "by", "with", "to"/"with", and "at"/"in", respectively. Here/hence/hither, there/thence/thither, and where/whence/whither are the only English words with separate forms for the ablative (motion away from) and lative (motion towards) cases.
Alternative spelling of able-bodied.
A rating who is qualified to perform certain duties of seamanship.
plural of able rating
Synonym of able-bodied seaman.
plural of able seaman
The perceived hue shift that occurs when white light is added to a monochromatic light source
plural of Abney effect
A clinometer used to measure tree heights.
plural of Abney level
Synonym of abortion clinic.
A drug, such as mifepristone (Mifegyne), used to terminate a pregnancy in its earliest stage.
An instance of abortion tourism; a trip made for the purpose of obtaining an abortion where it is legal.
A kind of brucellosis, Brucella abortus, and the only one endemic to North America.
A barangay of Umingan, Pangasinan, Philippines.
simple past and past participle of abound in
simple past and past participle of abound with
present participle and gerund of abound in
third-person singular simple present indicative of abound in
third-person singular simple present indicative of abound with
plural of About box
Alternative spelling of about-face.
simple past and past participle of about face
plural of about face
present participle and gerund of about face
a type of web page commonly seen on websites, containing general information about the person or organization that is responsible for the website in question, usually a description of the site's history and mission or purpose.
plural of about page
Tack; to cause to turn into the wind and through the other side ending with a full 180 degree turn.
simple past and past participle of about ship
third-person singular simple present indicative of about ship
The largest hammer used by smiths.
plural of about sledge
Far past the desired time.
Alternative spelling of about-turn.
simple past and past participle of about turn
present participle and gerund of about turn
plural of about turn
greatly, very much
Better than average.
Openly, without deceit.
A civil parish in Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough.
Above ground; on the surface.
On or above the surface of the ground.
Beyond measure.
Acting with an undue opinion of one's own importance or abilities.
Overproof; containing more alcohol than proof spirit.
Upstairs; in or on an upper floor.
Exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else.
[handing the ball] higher than the rim of the basket (such as during a slam dunk or alley oop)
Out of difficulty, especially financially.
The dance costume prescribed for females performing the Scottish National dances in competitions at Highland games gatherings. It consists of a dark bodice or elaborate waistcoat, decorative blouse, full tartan skirt and sometimes a petticoat and apron, or a tartan sash.
Synonym of Abraham man.
plural of Abraham cove
A mentally ill beggar.
plural of Abraham man
Synonym of Abraham man.
plural of Abram cove
A gem engraved with the word Abrasax or Abraxas.
An oil from the tung tree that is used in paints and varnishes; tung oil.
plural of abrasin oil
A disc of abrasive material that rotates in a tool such as a sander.
a mixture of carnallite, kieserite and sylvite found in Prussia; chemically, mixed sulphates and chlorides of potassium, sodium and calcium
Of or belonging to the prehistoric culture between the late Mousterian and Aurignacian.
Ornate Italian pottery from the 15th century.
plural of ABS brake
A perennial, blue-flowered herb from the eastern United States, Polemonium reptans.
A terpenoid best known as a plant hormone that inhibits seed germination and was once thought to be important in abscission.
Alternative form of abscission layer
Alternative form of absentee voter.
plural of absent voter
The defendant being absent.
A vote cast by a voter by mail because of absence from the precinct during the election, typically military members.
An ABC book; abecedary; a primer.
plural of absey book
A dark green narcotic oil derived from wormwood and used in liqueurs; wormwood oil.
Literally, "may envy be lacking (from my words)".
May what is said not come true.
Code which uses only absolute addresses.
The Fichtean ego that posits its own existence and through the opposition of subject and object thus created dialectically evolves the universe.
plural of absolute ego
The Platonic form of the supreme idea in which all other ideas participate.
In Hegelianism, the spiritual principle of which the reality is the expression.
The mean of the absolute magnitude of a function that has both positive and negative values.
A path or address that identifies a file or web page which includes all the information necessary to find the file or web page with no assumptions based on local context.
A pin in which moving away the pinned piece would illegally expose the king to check.
plural of absolute pin
The constant in a polynomial.
The Newtonian concept of an unchanging and unchangeable reference system of time (and spatial) coordinates that is the same for all observers.
A unit of measurement that can be defined in terms of mass, length, and time.
The amount of energy imparted by nuclear (or ionizing) radiation to unit mass of absorbing material. Units of measure include the gray, the rad, and their derivatives (e.g., centigray, millirad).
Without doubt; used in pleadings where a statement needs no proof.
The technical words of denial used in denying what has been alleged.
Art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses color and form in a non-representational way.
An idea separated from a complex object, or from other ideas which naturally accompany it; as the solidity of marble when contemplated apart from its color or figure.
A noun that denotes an idea, emotion, feeling, quality, generalization, representation or other abstract or intangible concept, as opposed to a concrete item, or a physical object.
A term expressing an abstract idea, such as beauty, whiteness, or roundness, without indicating any object in which it exists.
a type in a nominative type system that cannot be instantiated.
Of Slavic languages, a verb of motion whose motion is multidirectional (as opposed to unidirectional) or indirect, or whose action is repeated or in a series (iterative), instead of being a single completed action; always imperfective in aspect, even with prefixes that are normally associated with the perfective aspect (eg. Polish przybiegać).
A rail system used in mountainous terrain with multiple cograils.
plural of Abt system
Someone from Abu Dhabi.
plural of Abu Dhabian
A village, in the Aswan area of Egypt, that is the site of several ancient temples.
A city in Ismailia governorate, north-eastern Egypt.
A language of Papua New Guinea.
In the Jewish calendar, a year of 355 days or a leap year of 385 days; perfect year.
plural of abuse excuse
simple past and past participle of abut on
present participle and gerund of abut on
A dark shade of blue.
Any fish that lives below a depth of 2000 meters.
A large expanse of very flat and smooth ocean floor, usually found at depths of 4,600 to 5,500 meters (15,000 to 18,000 feet).
An igneous rock that crystallized at considerable depth in the crust; plutonic rock.
plural of abyssal rock
The oceanic realm consisting of the deep ocean, typified by a dearth of plant life, and plentiful carnivorous animals that are able to withstand extreme pressure.
An adapter for alternating current.
plural of AC adapter
A placeholder name for a residential street.
A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
The sticky congealed sap of the acacia tree, used as a food additive and in adhesives.
A locality in Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
Melaniparus thruppi, a small bird of the tit family Paridae
plural of acacia tit
Flat grassland in Africa interspersed with acacia.
plural of acacia veld
A naturally produced triterpenoid carboxylic acid with formal name (3S,4aR,5R,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,10S,12aR,14bS)-3,5,10-trihydroxy-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid
A style of art influenced by European art academies, especially one which lacks innovation or individualism; academism.
The annual period during which a student attends school, college or university.
An award in any of various fields related to moviemaking, most prominently acting, generally awarded at a televised gala to winners who then speak; commonly used to indicate a person has been lying with great skill.
A moderate greenish blue.
A heavy card used for oil painting.
Synonym of multi-academy trust.
One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Parish seat: Crowley.
The west coast of the Bay of Fundy that was settled by French colonists to the colony of Acadia in New France of French North America; now part of the east coast of the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
A very small North American owl, a northern back-up owl (Aegolius acadicus).
plural of Acadian owl
plural of acai berry
A fruit that grows on the Brazilian wild palmberry tree, Euterpe olearacea, used for nutritive support as an antioxidant. It is similar in size to a grape.
A type of marijuana originating from Acapulco, Mexico.
Alternative form of acaroid resin.
A resin used mainly in varnishes and lacquer, obtained from plants in the genus Xanthorrhoea.
Abbreviation of accusative cognate.
An acute accent.
A grave accent.
A diacritical mark or character used in writing to indicate the place of stress (spoken accent), or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked (such as long vowel versus short vowel).
plural of accent mark
plural of accent tag
A wall in a room which has a style distinctly different from the other walls.
plural of accent wall
One who provides access to other potential agents by providing offender profiling information that can help lead to recruitment into an intelligence service.
A typically alphanumeric sequence that permits access to a secure service or network.
plural of access code
An academic course intended to equip students with the skills they need in order to take further courses.
A day on which an institution (such as a farm or a university) hosts visitors who come to learn about it.
plural of access day
A method or means, usually a software or hardware component of a mainframe, to access data on an external storage device.
A device, such as an Internet modem, that permits wireless devices to connect to a network.
plural of access point
A road giving entry to a region or, especially, to a motorway.
plural of access road
A standardized test of English language proficiency administered to English language learners in U.S. schools.
The time interval between the issuing of a request to read data from or write data to a storage device and the completion of this action.
plural of access time
An object that describes the security context of a process or thread, such as the user's identity and privileges.
plural of access token
Frequency or rate of accidents.
Precisely as; the same as; just as; corresponding to the way in which. (Now often expressing accordance with two or more alternatives.)
Based on what is said or stated by; on the authority of; by the order of.
A book in which accounts are kept; ledger.
plural of account book
An account designator, especially one that is not purely numeric.
plural of account code