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10-letter words (1 found)

ACCIDENTAL,

9-letter words (2 found)

ANALECTIC,CADENTIAL,

8-letter words (8 found)

ACCIDENT,ANALCITE,CALCANEI,CALCINED,CANTICLE,DANCICAL,DENTALIA,LAITANCE,

7-letter words (22 found)

ACCITED,ACTINAL,AIDANCE,ALCAIDE,ALICANT,ANTACID,ANTICAL,ANTLIAE,CALCINE,CALCITE,CANALED,CANDELA,CANTLED,CICADAE,CITADEL,DECANAL,DELTAIC,DIALECT,EDICTAL,INLACED,LACTEAN,LANATED,

6-letter words (73 found)

ACCEND,ACCENT,ACCITE,ACEDIA,ACETAL,ACETIC,ACETIN,ADNATE,AECIAL,AIDANT,ALATED,ALCADE,ALCAIC,ALINED,ANCILE,ANETIC,ANICCA,ANLACE,ANTLIA,ATELIC,CADENT,CAECAL,CALCED,CANCEL,CANDIE,CANDLE,CANTAL,CANTED,CANTIC,CANTLE,CATENA,CATLIN,CELIAC,CENTAI,CENTAL,CICADA,CICALA,CICALE,CLIENT,CNIDAE,DACITE,DECANI,DECANT,DELICT,DELTIC,DENIAL,DENTAL,DENTIL,DETAIL,DETAIN,DILATE,ENATIC,ENTAIL,IDEATA,INLACE,LACTIC,LANATE,LANCED,LANCET,LATINA,LECTIN,LENTIC,LINTED,NAILED,NIDATE,TAENIA,TAILED,TALCED,TENAIL,TICCED,TINCAL,TINDAL,TINEAL,

5-letter words (105 found)

ACETA,ACNED,ACTED,ACTIN,AECIA,AILED,ALAND,ALANE,ALANT,ALATE,ALCID,ALDEA,ALIEN,ALINE,ANCLE,ANILE,ANTAE,ANTED,ANTIC,CAAED,CACTI,CADET,CADIE,CAECA,CALID,CANAL,CANED,CANID,CECAL,CINCT,CITAL,CITED,CLADE,CLEAN,CLEAT,CLIED,CLINE,CLINT,CNIDA,DAINE,DAINT,DANCE,DATAL,DEALT,DECAL,DECAN,DELTA,DIACT,DIANE,DICTA,DITAL,ECLAT,EDICT,ELAIN,ELAND,ELDIN,ELIAD,ELINT,ENACT,ENIAC,ENLIT,ENTIA,ICTAL,IDANT,IDEAL,IDENT,ILEAC,INCEL,INCLE,INLET,INTEL,LACED,LACET,LADEN,LANAI,LANCE,LANDE,LATED,LATEN,LEANT,LENTI,LIANA,LIANE,LINAC,LINED,LITED,NAIAD,NALED,NATAL,NICAD,NIDAL,TACAN,TALEA,TEIND,TELIA,TELIC,TENIA,TICAL,TICCA,TICED,TIDAL,TILDE,TILED,TINEA,TINED,

4-letter words (135 found)

ACAI,ACCA,ACED,ACID,ACNE,ACTA,ADIT,AIDA,AIDE,AINE,ALAE,ALAN,ALEC,ALIT,ANAL,ANCE,ANIL,ANTA,ANTE,ANTI,CACA,CADE,CADI,CAID,CAIN,CANE,CANT,CATE,CECA,CEDI,CEIL,CELT,CENT,CIDE,CIEL,CINE,CITE,CLAD,CLAN,CLAT,CLIT,DAAL,DACE,DALE,DALI,DALT,DANT,DATA,DATE,DEAL,DEAN,DEIL,DELI,DELT,DENI,DENT,DIAL,DICE,DICT,DIEL,DIET,DINE,DINT,DITA,DITE,ECAD,EDIT,EILD,EINA,ELAN,ETIC,ETNA,ICED,IDEA,IDLE,ILEA,LACE,LADE,LAIC,LAID,LAIN,LANA,LAND,LANE,LANT,LATE,LATI,LEAD,LEAN,LEAT,LEND,LENT,LICE,LIED,LIEN,LIND,LINE,LINT,LITE,NADA,NAIL,NALA,NEAL,NEAT,NICE,NIDE,NIED,NITE,TAAL,TACE,TAED,TAEL,TAIL,TAIN,TALA,TALC,TALE,TALI,TANA,TANE,TEAD,TEAL,TEIL,TEIN,TELA,TELD,TEND,TIAN,TICE,TIDE,TIED,TILE,TINA,TIND,TINE,

3-letter words (76 found)

AAL,ACE,ACT,AIA,AID,AIL,AIN,AIT,ALA,ALE,ALT,ANA,AND,ANE,ANI,ANT,ATE,CAA,CAD,CAL,CAN,CAT,CEL,CID,CIT,DAE,DAL,DAN,DEI,DEL,DEN,DIE,DIN,DIT,EAN,EAT,ELD,ELT,END,ETA,ICE,IDE,ITA,LAC,LAD,LAT,LEA,LED,LEI,LET,LID,LIE,LIN,LIT,NAE,NAT,NED,NET,NID,NIE,NIL,NIT,TAD,TAE,TAI,TAN,TEA,TEC,TED,TEL,TEN,TIC,TID,TIE,TIL,TIN,

2-letter words (25 found)

AA,AD,AE,AI,AL,AN,AT,DA,DE,DI,EA,ED,EL,EN,ET,ID,IN,IT,LA,LI,NA,NE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 448 words from accidental according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of accidental

accidental

Alternative forms

  • accidentall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English accidental, from Anglo-Norman accidentel, Middle French accidentel, accidental, and their source, Late Latin accidēntālis; corresponding to accident +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌæk.sɪ.ˈdɛn.tl̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

accidental (comparative more accidental, superlative most accidental)

  2. Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary. [from 14th c.]
    Hyponym: instantial
    1. (philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought). [from 14th c.]
  4. (music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature. [from 16th c.]
  6. Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional. [from 16th c.]
  8. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional. [from 16th c.]
  10. (geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.

Synonyms

  • (not essential): circumstantial, incidental; See also Thesaurus:circumstantial
  • (nonessential to something's inherent nature): See also Thesaurus:extrinsic
  • (happening by chance): adventitious, casual, contingent, fortuitous, incidental, occasional, serendipitous; See also Thesaurus:accidental

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

accidental (plural accidentals)

  1. A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
  2. (painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
  3. (music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
  4. Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
    Coordinate term: substantive

Translations

Anagrams

  • calcinated

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin accidentālis.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

accidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural accidentals)

  1. accidental

Derived terms

  • accidentalment

Related terms

  • accident

Further reading

  • “accidental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “accidental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “accidental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “accidental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Fala

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akθidenˈtal/

Etymology 1

From accidenti +‎ -al.

Adjective

accidental (plural accidentais)

  1. accidental

Etymology 2

From accidenti +‎ -al.

Verb

accidental

  1. to have an accident
Conjugation

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French accidentel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ak.t͡ʃi.denˈtal/

Adjective

accidental m or n (feminine singular accidentală, masculine plural accidentali, feminine and neuter plural accidentale)

  1. accidental

Declension

Related terms

  • accident

Scots

Adjective

accidental (comparative mair accidental, superlative maist accidental)

  1. accidental

References

  • Eagle, Andy, editor (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin accidēntālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aɡθidenˈtal/ [aɣ̞.θi.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /aɡsidenˈtal/ [aɣ̞.si.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ac‧ci‧den‧tal

Adjective

accidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural accidentales)

  1. accidental
  2. nonessential

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

accidental m (plural accidentales)

  1. (music) accidental
    Synonym: accidente

Further reading

  • “accidental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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