ACTAEON

Name Report For First Name ACTAEON:

First name ACTAEON's origin is Other. ACTAEON means "myth name (a hunter torn apart by his own dogs)". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ACTAEON below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of actaeon.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with ACTAEON and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with ACTAEON - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ACTAEON

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ACTAEON AS A WHOLE:

NAMES RHYMING WITH ACTAEON (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 6 Letters (ctaeon) - Names That Ends with ctaeon:

Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (taeon) - Names That Ends with taeon:

Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (aeon) - Names That Ends with aeon:

alcmaeon

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (eon) - Names That Ends with eon:

acteon creon cleon dameon daveon dayveon deveon gideon jamarreon keon keveon napoleon simeon symeon taveon theon traveon gedeon leon teon caerleon deon

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (on) - Names That Ends with on:

afton carnation aedon solon strephon sidon cihuaton nijlon sokanon odion sion accalon dudon hebron pendragon antton erromon gotzon txanton zorion celyddon eburacon mabon bendision alston alton benton burton carelton fenton hamilton harrison histion kenton pierson preston ralston rawson remington rexton sexton stanton weston aymon ganelon vernon glendon lon anton acheron aeson agamemnon amphion amphitryon andraemon arion bellerophon biton cadmon cenon cercyon charon chiron corydon daemon demogorgon demophon deucalion echion endymion erysichthon euryton geryon haemon hyperion iasion iason

NAMES RHYMING WITH ACTAEON (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 6 Letters (actaeo) - Names That Begins with actaeo:

Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (actae) - Names That Begins with actae:

Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (acta) - Names That Begins with acta:

actassi

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (act) - Names That Begins with act:

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ac) - Names That Begins with ac:

acacia academia acair acaiseid acantha acastus acca ace acel aceline acennan acestes acey achaius achak achan acharya achates achcauhtli acheflour acheflow achelous achilles achir acim acima acis acker ackerley ackerman ackley acolmixtli aconteus acrisius acwel acwellen

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ACTAEON:

First Names which starts with 'act' and ends with 'eon':

First Names which starts with 'ac' and ends with 'on':

First Names which starts with 'a' and ends with 'n':

aahan aaralyn aaron aban abarron abban abbotson abbudin abdalrahman abdiraxman abdul-muhaimin abdul-rahman abedabun abeodan abhainn ablendan abooksigun abran abrecan adalson adalwen adalwin adalyn adamnan adamson adan addilynn addisen addison addyson adeben adeen adelynn aden adetoun adin adiran adken adkyn adnan adon adoracion adorjan adriaan adrian adrien adrion adron adwin aekerman aesclin aesctun aescwyn aeshan aethelbeorn aethelisdun aethelstan aethelstun aetheston aethretun agiefan agoston agravain agrican aguistin agustin agyfen ahearn aheawan ahebban aherin ahern ahreddan ahren ahriman aibhlin aidan aidann aideen aiden aidrian aiekin aiken aikin ailean aileen ailein ailen ailin ailison ain airrin aislin aislinn aislynn aiston aitan akhenaten akin al-asfan

English Words Rhyming ACTAEON

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ACTAEON AS A WHOLE:

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ACTAEON (According to last letters):

Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (ctaeon) - English Words That Ends with ctaeon:

Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (taeon) - English Words That Ends with taeon:

Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (aeon) - English Words That Ends with aeon:

aeon	noun (n.) A period of immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of the Deity. See Eon.
	noun (n.) An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a long space of time; an age.
	noun (n.) One of the embodiments of the divine attributes of the Eternal Being.

paeon

noun (n.) A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable.

Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (eon) - English Words That Ends with eon:

badigeon	noun (n.) A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.
	noun (n.) A cement or distemper paste (as of plaster and powdered freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, etc.

bludgeon

noun (n.) A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.

cameleon

noun (n.) See Chaceleon.

chameleon

noun (n.) A lizardlike reptile of the genus Chamaeleo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back.

chirurgeon

noun (n.) A surgeon.

clergeon

noun (n.) A chorister boy.

curmudgeon

noun (n.) An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.

dudgeon	noun (n.) The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made.
	noun (n.) The haft of a dagger.
	noun (n.) A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger.
	noun (n.) Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.
	adjective (a.) Homely; rude; coarse.

dungeon	noun (n.) A close, dark prison, common/, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.
	verb (v. t.) To shut up in a dungeon.

eon

noun (n.) Alt. of Aeon

escocheon

noun (n.) Escutcheon.

escutcheon	noun (n.) The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister.
	noun (n.) A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities.
	noun (n.) That part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written.
	noun (n.) A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole.
	noun (n.) The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.

galleon

noun (n.) A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel.

goodgeon

noun (n.) Same as Gudgeon, 5.

gudgeon	noun (n.) A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons.
	noun (n.) What may be got without skill or merit.
	noun (n.) A person easily duped or cheated.
	noun (n.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.
	noun (n.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder.
	verb (v. t.) To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon.

gyropigeon

noun (n.) A flying object simulating a pigeon in flight, when projected from a spring trap. It is used as a flying target in shooting matches.

habergeon

noun (n.) Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk.

haubergeon

noun (n.) See Habergeon.

inescutcheon

noun (n.) A small escutcheon borne within a shield.

leon

noun (n.) A lion.

letheon

noun (n.) Sulphuric ether used as an anaesthetic agent.

lophosteon

noun (n.) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.

luncheon	noun (n.) A lump of food.
	noun (n.) A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast, as between breakfast and dinner.
	verb (v. i.) To take luncheon.

magdaleon

noun (n.) A medicine in the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster.

malacosteon

noun (n.) A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking.

melodeon	noun (n.) A kind of small reed organ; -- a portable form of the seraphine.
	noun (n.) A music hall.

metosteon

noun (n.) The postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of birds; also, the part resulting from such ossification.

mezereon

noun (n.) A small European shrub (Daphne Mezereum), whose acrid bark is used in medicine.

melungeon

noun (n.) One of a mixed white and Indian people living in parts of Tennessee and the Carolinas. They are descendants of early intermixtures of white settlers with natives. In North Carolina the Croatan Indians, regarded as descended from Raleigh's lost colony of Croatan, formerly classed with negroes, are now legally recognized as distinct.

napoleon	noun (n.) A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86.
	noun (n.) A game in which each player holds five cards, the eldest hand stating the number of tricks he will bid to take, any subsequent player having the right to overbid him or a previous bidder, the highest bidder naming the trump and winning a number of points equal to his bid if he makes so many tricks, or losing the same number of points if he fails to make them.
	noun (n.) A bid to take five tricks at napoleon. It is ordinarily the highest bid; but sometimes bids are allowed of wellington, or of blucher, to take five tricks, or pay double, or treble, if unsuccessful.
	noun (n.) A Napoleon gun.
	noun (n.) A kind of top boot of the middle of the 19th century.
	noun (n.) A shape and size of cigar. It is about seven inches long.

nickelodeon

noun (n.) A place of entertainment, as for moving picture exhibition, charging a fee or admission price of five cents.

odeon

noun (n.) A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.

pantheon	noun (n.) A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the building so called at Rome.
	noun (n.) The collective gods of a people, or a work treating of them; as, a divinity of the Greek pantheon.

peon	noun (n.) See Poon.
	noun (n.) A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger.
	noun (n.) A day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the Spanish American countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified servitude, to work out a debt.
	noun (n.) See 2d Pawn.

pheon

noun (n.) A bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge.

pigeon	noun (n.) Any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.
	noun (n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.
	verb (v. t.) To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling.

pigwidgeon

noun (n.) A cant word for anything petty or small. It is used by Drayton as the name of a fairy.

pleurosteon

noun (n.) The antero-lateral piece which articulates the sternum of birds.

pompoleon

noun (n.) See Pompelmous.

puncheon	noun (n.) A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
	noun (n.) A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud.
	noun (n.) A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons.
	noun (n.) A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons.

sconcheon

noun (n.) A squinch.

scutcheon	noun (n.) An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.
	noun (n.) A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4.

sturgeon

noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder.

surgeon	noun (n.) One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment.
	noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of chaetodont fishes of the family Teuthidae, or Acanthuridae, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon.

tampeon

noun (n.) See Tampion.

truncheon	noun (n.) A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.
	noun (n.) A baton, or military staff of command.
	noun (n.) A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.
	verb (v. t.) To beat with a truncheon.

urosteon

noun (n.) A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.

widgeon

noun (n.) Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon (A. Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and whitebelly.

wigeon

noun (n.) A widgeon.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ACTAEON (According to first letters):

Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (actaeo) - Words That Begins with actaeo:

Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (actae) - Words That Begins with actae:

Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (acta) - Words That Begins with acta:

actable

adjective (a.) Capable of being acted.

Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (act) - Words That Begins with act:

act	noun (n.) That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
	noun (n.) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.
	noun (n.) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done.
	noun (n.) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.
	noun (n.) A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
	noun (n.) A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence.
	noun (n.) Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing).
	verb (v. t.) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
	verb (v. t.) To perform; to execute; to do.
	verb (v. t.) To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.
	verb (v. t.) To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.
	verb (v. t.) To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
	verb (v. i.) To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.
	verb (v. i.) To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will.
	verb (v. i.) To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so.
	verb (v. i.) To perform on the stage; to represent a character.

acting	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Act
	adjective (a.) Operating in any way.
	adjective (a.) Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting superintendent.

actinal

adjective (a.) Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth.

actinaria

noun (n. pl.) A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.

actinia	noun (n.) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.].
	noun (n.) A genus in the family Actinidae.

actinic

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to actinism; as, actinic rays.

actiniform

adjective (a.) Having a radiated form, like a sea anemone.

actinism

noun (n.) The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography.

actinium

noun (n.) A supposed metal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened by exposure to light.

actinograph

noun (n.) An instrument for measuring and recording the variations in the actinic or chemical force of rays of light.

actinoid

adjective (a.) Having the form of rays; radiated, as an actinia.

actinolite

noun (n.) A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.

actinolitic

adjective (a.) Of the nature of, or containing, actinolite.

actinology

noun (n.) The science which treats of rays of light, especially of the actinic or chemical rays.

actinomere

noun (n.) One of the radial segments composing the body of one of the Coelenterata.

actinometer	noun (n.) An instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun's rays.
	noun (n.) An instrument for measuring the actinic effect of rays of light.

actinometric

adjective (a.) Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic.

actinometry	noun (n.) The measurement of the force of solar radiation.
	noun (n.) The measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light.

actinophorous

adjective (a.) Having straight projecting spines.

actinosome

noun (n.) The entire body of a coelenterate.

actinost

noun (n.) One of the bones at the base of a paired fin of a fish.

actinostome

noun (n.) The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.

actinotrocha

noun (n. pl.) A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.

actinozoa

noun (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example.

actinozoal

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa.

actinozoon

noun (n.) One of the Actinozoa.

actinula

noun (n. pl.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form.

action	noun (n.) A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action.
	noun (n.) An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.): Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor.
	noun (n.) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
	noun (n.) Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.
	noun (n.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.
	noun (n.) Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice.
	noun (n.) Gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings.
	noun (n.) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
	noun (n.) A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.
	noun (n.) A right of action; as, the law gives an action for every claim.
	noun (n.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks.
	noun (n.) An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.
	noun (n.) The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe.

actionable

adjective (a.) That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.

actionary

noun (n.) Alt. of Actionist

actionist

noun (n.) A shareholder in joint-stock company.

actionless

adjective (a.) Void of action.

active	adjective (a.) Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
	adjective (a.) Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
	adjective (a.) In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
	adjective (a.) Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.
	adjective (a.) Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
	adjective (a.) Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
	adjective (a.) Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
	adjective (a.) Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
	adjective (a.) Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
	adjective (a.) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
	adjective (a.) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.

activeness

noun (n.) The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.

activity

noun (n.) The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.

actless

adjective (a.) Without action or spirit.

acton

noun (n.) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.

actor	noun (n.) One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
	noun (n.) A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.
	noun (n.) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
	noun (n.) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.

actress	noun (n.) A female actor or doer.
	noun (n.) A female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.

actual	noun (n.) Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.
	adjective (a.) Involving or comprising action; active.
	adjective (a.) Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.
	adjective (a.) In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.

actualist

noun (n.) One who deals with or considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; -- opposed to idealist.

actuality

noun (n.) The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature.

actualization

noun (n.) A making actual or really existent.

actualness

noun (n.) Quality of being actual; actuality.

actuarial

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity.

actuary	noun (n.) A registrar or clerk; -- used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk or registrar generally.
	noun (n.) The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances.

actuating

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Actuate

actuate	adjective (a.) Put in action; actuated.
	verb (v. t.) To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.
	verb (v. t.) To carry out in practice; to perform.

actuation

noun (n.) A bringing into action; movement.

actuator

noun (n.) One who actuates, or puts into action.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ACTAEON:

English Words which starts with 'act' and ends with 'eon':

English Words which starts with 'ac' and ends with 'on':

acceleration

noun (n.) 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.

accension

noun (n.) The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.

accentuation	noun (n.) Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
	noun (n.) pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

acceptation	noun (n.) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.
	noun (n.) The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.

acceptilation

noun (n.) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.

acception

noun (n.) Acceptation; the received meaning.

accession	noun (n.) A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
	noun (n.) Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.
	noun (n.) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.
	noun (n.) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
	noun (n.) The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.
	noun (n.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.

acclamation	noun (n.) A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.
	noun (n.) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy.
	noun (n.) In parliamentary usage, the act or method of voting orally and by groups rather than by ballot, esp. in elections;
	noun (n.) the election of a pope or other ecclesiastic by unanimous consent of the electors, without a ballot.

acclimatation

noun (n.) Acclimatization.

acclimation

noun (n.) The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.

acclimatization

noun (n.) The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.

accombination

noun (n.) A combining together.

accommodation	noun (n.) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.
	noun (n.) Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
	noun (n.) Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn.
	noun (n.) An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
	noun (n.) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
	noun (n.) A loan of money.
	noun (n.) An accommodation bill or note.

accordion

noun (n.) A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.

accreditation

noun (n.) The act of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation.

accrementition

noun (n.) The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.

accretion	noun (n.) The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
	noun (n.) The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.
	noun (n.) Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
	noun (n.) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.
	noun (n.) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
	noun (n.) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.

accubation

noun (n.) The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.

accumulation	noun (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.
	noun (n.) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.

accusation	noun (n.) The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.
	noun (n.) That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge.

acervation

noun (n.) A heaping up; accumulation.

acetification

noun (n.) The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.

acheron

noun (n.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.

achilles' tendon

noun (n.) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx.

achromatization

noun (n.) The act or process of achromatizing.

acidification

noun (n.) The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.

acotyledon

noun (n.) A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.

acquisition	noun (n.) The act or process of acquiring.
	noun (n.) The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.

acromion

noun (n.) The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.

acuation

noun (n.) Act of sharpening.

acuition

noun (n.) The act of sharpening.

acumination

noun (n.) A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.

acupuncturation

noun (n.) See Acupuncture.

acutorsion

noun (n.) The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.