Phrase Hound found 18 phrases and 9 compound words that contain accidental. The most common are listed below. Open accidental in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 18
- accidental deathA death caused by involvement in an accident, defined in particular as a verdict in an inquest or inquiry into the death.
- accidental gapA potential word, word sense, morpheme, or other form that does not exist in some language despite the fact that it would be permissible by the grammatical rules of that language.
- accidental pointA point on the horizon at which two parallel lines appear to meet.
- accidental propertiesplural of accidental property: A characteristic of something that is unnecessary to its essence, and in which a deviation of that characteristic has no effect on its essence.
- accidental propertyA characteristic of something that is unnecessary to its essence, and in which a deviation of that characteristic has no effect on its essence.
- accidental chordA chord containing one or more tones foreign to its proper harmony.
- accidental lightA secondary light; an effect of light other than ordinary daylight, such as the rays of the sun darting through a cloud, or between the leaves of trees; the effect of moonlight, candlelight, or burning bodies.
- accidental abortionA spontaneous abortion.
- accidental chordsplural of accidental chord: A chord containing one or more tones foreign to its proper harmony.
- accidental colorAlternative form of accidental colour: A colour depending on the hypersensibility of the retina of the eye for complementary colours. They are purely subjective sensations of colour which often result from the contemplation of actually …
- accidental colorsplural of accidental color: A colour depending on the hypersensibility of the retina of the eye for complementary colours. They are purely subjective sensations of colour which often result from the contemplation of actually coloured …
- accidental colourA colour depending on the hypersensibility of the retina of the eye for complementary colours. They are purely subjective sensations of colour which often result from the contemplation of actually coloured bodies.
- accidental coloursplural of accidental colour: A colour depending on the hypersensibility of the retina of the eye for complementary colours. They are purely subjective sensations of colour which often result from the contemplation of actually coloured …
- accidental deathsplural of accidental death: A death caused by involvement in an accident, defined in particular as a verdict in an inquest or inquiry into the death.
- accidental gapsplural of accidental gap: A potential word, word sense, morpheme, or other form that does not exist in some language despite the fact that it would be permissible by the grammatical rules of that language.
- accidental lightsplural of accidental light: A secondary light; an effect of light other than ordinary daylight, such as the rays of the sun darting through a cloud, or between the leaves of trees; the effect of moonlight, candlelight, or burning bodies.
- accidental pointsplural of accidental point: A point on the horizon at which two parallel lines appear to meet.
- accidental abortionsplural of accidental abortion: A spontaneous abortion.
Compound words 9
- accidentalityThe quality of being accidental; accidentalness.
- pseudoaccidentalApparently, but not actually, accidental.
- nonaccidentalNot accidental.
- unaccidentalNot accidental.
- accidentalismAccidental character or effect.
- accidentalistSomeone who believes in accidentalism.
- accidentalistsplural of accidentalist: Someone who believes in accidentalism.
- accidentalnessThe quality of being accidental; casualness.
- semiaccidental