Accessory

Definitions: Accessory

Accessory

Adjective

1. Relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other".

Noun

1. Clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing.

2. A supplementary component.

3. Someone who helps another person commit a crime.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "accessory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Electrical Engineering

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Medicine

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Science

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Accessory

Accompaniment

Concomitant, accessory, coefficient; companion, buddy, attendant, fellow, associate, friend, colleague; consort, spouse, mate; partner, co-partner; satellite, hanger on, fellow-traveller, shadow; escort, cortege; attribute.

Adjective: accompanying; Verb: concomitant, fellow, twin, joint; associated with, coupled with; accessory, attendant, obbligato.

Addition

Adjective: added; Verb: additional; supplemental, supplementary; suppletory, subjunctive; adjectitious, adscititious, ascititious; additive, extra, accessory.

Adjunct

Noun: adjunct; addition, additament; additum, affix, appelidage, annexe, annex; augment, augmentation; increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item; garnish, sauce; accompaniment; adjective, addendum; complement, supplement; continuation.

Aid

Adjective: aiding; Verb: auxiliary, adjuvant, helpful; coadjuvant; subservient, ministrant, ancillary, accessory, subsidiary.

Auxiliary

Confederate; accomplice; complice; accessory, accessory after the fact; particeps criminis; socius criminis.

Crosswords: Accessory

We're not gonna blame you, even if you are an accessory But we will not except your natural order. (The Way of the Gun; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie)

You had your suspicions, and if you suspected then you're sort of an accessory aren't ya? (Rambo: First Blood Part II; writing credit: Kevin Jarre; Sylvester Stallone)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2000-2005 Outlook for Apparel and Accessory Stores in North America & the Caribbean (reference)

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Books

• Book of Challenges: Dungeon Rooms, Puzzles, and Traps (Dungeons & Dragons Accessory) (reference)

• Character Sheets (Dungeons & Dragons Accessory) (reference)

• Defenders of the Faith: A Guidebook to Clerics and Paladins (Dungeons & Dragons Accessory) (reference)

• Faiths and Pantheons (Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms, Campaign Accessory) (reference)

• Masters of the Wild: A Guidebook to Barbarians, Druids, and Rangers (Dungeons & Dragons Accessory) (reference)

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Periodicals

• Accessory Merchandising (reference)

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Music

• Accessory After the Fact [IMPORT] (reference)

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High Tech

• Midnight Blue Special Edition Accessory Pak (reference)

• Fuji FP-A1 Digital Camera Accessory Kit for Fuji A101, A200, A201, A203, A303, 2600, 2650, 2800, 3800, and 30i Digital Cameras (reference)

• Case Logic CBV-3 Camcorder Bag with Detachable Accessory Pack (reference)

• Nikon Coolpix 2500 Accessory Kit (Camera Case, EN-EL2 Rechargeable Battery and Lens Cloth) (reference)

• Canon SLR Custom Accessory Pack S1 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Hitachi M12V 3-1/4 HP Super Duty Electronic Variable Speed 1/2" Plunge Router with Accessory Package and Height Adjustment Knob over an $84.00 Value (reference)

• Porter-Cable CFFN250S 2-1/2" 16 Gauge Finish Nailer/Compressor Combo Pack--Includes 17-Piece Accessory Kit. A $19.99 Value! (reference)

• Mag Instrument ASXX376 D Cell MagLite Accessory Pack (reference)

• Bosch 83039 4-Hinge Conversion Accessory Kit (reference)

• Sjobergs SJ0042 Drawers and Cupboard Accessory Kit (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

When a B cell encounters its triggering antigen (along with various accessory cells), it gives rise to many large plasma cells. (references)

They include the olfactory (I), optic (II), oculomotor (III), trochlear (IV), trigeminal (V), abducens (VI), facial (VII), vestibulocochlear (VIII), glossopharyngeal (IX), vagus (X), accessory (XI), and hypoglossal (XII) nerves. (references)

When a person breathes in (inspiration), air is brought into the alveoli by the action of the respiratory muscles�the diaphragm, the muscles between the ribs, and the accessory muscles (those between the neck and the chest wall). (references)

Business

In addition, the definition of auto accessory changes with trends. (references)

In general the market is open to the latest useful or prestigious accessory. (references)

The youth market appears to have the greatest potential for accessory market growth. (references)

Economic History

Argentina

It can also perform work or render services that are supplementary or accessory to its main purpose. (references)

Haiti

The rise in imports was fueled primarily by an increase in imports of passenger vehicles, while imports of trucks, tractors and accessory parts declined somewhat. (references)

Bulgaria

Best sales prospects include consumables, including oil and air filters, wiper blades, rubber blades, hoses, gaskets and rings; engine parts and brake parts, exhaust system parts including mufflers; car body parts; accessories such as wheel covers, car/truck bed covers, car batteries, exterior accessory lights; auto security products such as alarms, steering wheel locks; service equipment for electronic diagnosis, monitoring, testing and analyzing, wheel balancing, tire changing, oil changing, battery chargers and quick repair kits and tools, paints and auto cosmetics. (references)

Human Rights

South Africa

He was pardoned for: The abduction and murder of Jameson Mngomezulu; the murders of KP Shabangu, Thabo Mohale, and Derik Mashobane; the death of Xolile Samson; being an accessory in the killing of Johannes Sambo; and for supplying weapons to the IFP. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

In January legal proceedings against Feliks Kulov, the opposition Ar-Namys Party leader, and former parliamentary and presidential candidate, resumed in a closed military court, on charges of instigation of, and accessory to, fraud and abuse of power for personal interests. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "accessory": accessory after the fact ♦ accessory before the fact ♦ accessory cephalic vein ♦ accessory during the fact ♦ accessory element ♦ accessory fruit ♦ accessory growth substances ♦ accessory hemiazygos vein ♦ accessory hemiazygous vein ♦ Accessory Nerve ♦ Accessory Nerve Diseases ♦ accessory shaft ♦ accessory unit ♦ accessory vertebral vein ♦ auto accessory ♦ computer accessory ♦ spinal accessory ♦ spinal accessory nerves. Additional references.

Beginning with "accessory": accessory-cooling.

Ending with "accessory": car-accessory.

Afrikaan

handlanger (abetter, abettor, accomplice). (various references)

Albanian

pjesëmarrës (confederate, member, partaker, participant, participator, party), pajisje shtesë (accessories), ndihmës (accessary, acolyte, adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, aid, aide, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutant, coadjutor, first mate, gillie, help, helper, henchman, mate, paramedical, second, secondary, servo, sidekick, subsidiary, tutor), dytësor (fringe, secondary, side), dekor (decoration, flat, scene), bashkëfajtor (abettor, accomplice). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملحق (addendum, addition, ancillary, annexe, appendage, appendix, extension, rider, supplement), ‏مساعد (accomplice, advantageous, aid, ancillary, assistance, auxiliary, backing, beneficial, conducive, contributory, favorable, favourable, help, helpful, helpmate, propitious, serviceable, subsidiary, supplementary, support, useful), ‏أدوات زينة, ‏شىء كمالي, ‏شىء ثانوي. (various references)

Bulgarian 

съучастнически (accessary), съучастник (abettor, accessary, associate, bonnet, companion, confederate, co-participant, fellow, participator, partner, party), спомагателен (accessary, accidental, adjunct, ancillary, auxiliary, helping, pilot, servo-, subsidiary, supporting, tributary), второстепенен (accessary, accidental, by, bye, collateral, inessential, lesser, minor, off, second, secondary, side, subordinate, tributary, two bit), аксесоар (accessary), акцесорен (accessary), помагач (assistant, helper), добавъчен (accessary, additional, additive, extra, fresh, further, odd, plus, supplemental, supplementary, surplus), добавка (accessary, accession, make-weight, supplement), допълнителна част (accessary), детайл от общ план (accessary). (various references)

Chinese 

辅助部件 (Accessories), 幫凶 (accomplice). (various references)

Czech

vedlejší (accidental, adjoining, ancillary, by, collateral, extraneous, immaterial, incidental, minor, next, next door, off, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary, supporting, ulterior), spoluviník (accessary, accomplice, confederate), prùvodní (concomitant), připojený (attached), přídatný (plus). (various references)

Danish

accessorius, accessorisk (accessory blood-vessel), udstyr (additional attachment, appliance, attachment, equipment, get-up, plant, presentation, tackle), tilbehør (accessories, additional attachment, attachment), overtallig, fitting (fitting, line fittings, pipe fitting, special). (various references)

Dutch

accessorisch (adventitious, secondary). (various references)

Esperanto

aneksa, akcesoraĵo (side-issue), akcesora (secondary), negravaĵo, kunkulpulo (abetter, accomplice), kunkulpa, komplico (abetter, accomplice), flankafero. (various references)

Farsi 

فروع وضماءم , فرعی (Adjunct, Ancillary, By, Bye, Derivative, Extraneous, Inferior, Petty, Secondary, Sideway, Subordinate, Subsidiary, Tributary), منضمات , معین (Adjutant, Ally, Ancillary, Auxiliary, Definite, Given, Positive, Precise, Punctual, Regular, Specific, Standard, Subsidiary), معاون (Adjunct, Assistant, Helpmeet, Secondbest, Vicar), لوازم یدکی , لوازم فرعی , لاحق (Subsequent), تابع (Adjective, Ancillary, Citizen, Function, Incident, Passive, Sub, Submission, Subsidiary, Suffragan, Tributary), دعوای فرعی . (various references)

Finnish

lisälaite (accessories, add-on, ancillary attachment, attachment, auxiliary attachment, special attachment). (various references)

French

accessoire, secondaire, auxiliaire, appendice. (various references)

Frisian

oanhingsel (addition, side-issue). (various references)

German

Zubehörteil (accessory part, attachment, fitment, fixture), Zubehör (accessories, additional attachment, attachment, attachments, equipment, fittings, fixtures, gadgetry, garniture, paraphernalia, pertinents, set up, setup, supplies). (various references)

Greek 

αξεσουάρ. (various references)

Hebrew 

משמש ככלי, אביזר (fixture), אבזר (fixing, spare part), צ�"�"י (incidental, lateral, side, sidelong, sideways, subsidiary), � לו�" (accompanying, dependant, escort). (various references)

Hungarian

járulékos (adjunct, appurtenant, circumstantial, collateral, incremental). (various references)

Indonesian

asesori (accessories), alat ekstra, pembantu (aide, assistant, auxiliary, helper, stringer), kaki tangan (accomplice, collaboration, pander). (various references)

Italian

accessorio (accessary, additional attachment, adjunct, ancillary attachment, appurtenance, attachment, auxiliary attachment, secondary, special attachment, subsidiary). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"物 (appurtenance), �"たる (incidental, junior, secondary, subordinate), 付き物 (accompaniment, appendage, indispensable part), 付属物 (appendage, belongings), 付属�"� (appurtenances, fittings), 付かたり (addition, appendage, appendix, complement, excuse, supplement), 付帯的 (incidental, secondary), 付帯 (collateral, incidental, secondary), アキレス腱 (access, access charge, access time, accident, Achilles tendon, acoustic, action, action bar, action drama, action painting, action program, action star, aqua, aqua polis, Aqualung, aquamarine, aquanaut, aquatron, calcaneal tendon, circumflex accent, city on water, one's Achilles' heel, scuba, vulnerable point). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふぞくひ�" (appurtenances, fittings), ふぞくぶつ (appendage, belongings), ふたいてき (incidental, secondary), ふたい (ancillary, cloth bag, collateral, determination, incidental, secondary), つきもの (accompaniment, appendage, attendant, authority, curse, devil possession, indispensable part, obsession), つかたり (addition, appendage, appendix, complement, excuse, supplement), アクセサリー , アクセサリ , じゅうたる (incidental, junior, secondary, subordinate), じゅうぶつ (appurtenance). (various references)

Korean 

부속�'� (Accessories). (various references)

Manx

gliggyr (gadget), fer choonee. (various references)

Norwegian

medskyldig, ekstra (extra). (various references)

Pig Latin

accessoryay.(various references)

Portuguese

acessório (accidental, accompaniment, add-on, adjunct, ancillary attachment, appendant, attachment, auxiliary attachment, collateral, fixture, implement, importunate, incidental, paraphernalia, secondary, side, special attachment, subsidiary, unessential). (various references)

Romanian

accesoriu (accessary, accessories, accidental, adjunct, adjunctive, adventitious, appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, attachment, bye, fixture, second, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary), accesorii (paraphernalia), complice (abetter, accomplice, acolyte, confederate, party). (various references)

Russian 

соучастник (abettor, accessary, confederate, contributor, co-participant, pal, participator, party), арматура (armature, carcass, fittings, fixture, fixtures, mounting, reinforcement), принадлежность (appurtenance, implement, paraphernalia, utensil, utensils), придаточный (appurtenant), побочный (avocational, indirect, side), добавочный (additional, addl additional, adjunctive, adventitious, collateral, complementary, extra, further, more, supplementary). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uzgredan (accessary, casual, incidental, marginal), sporedna stvar (accessary, bye, side issue, sideshow), sporedan (accessary, adventitious, auxiliary, extrinsic, incidental, indifferent, odd, secondary), saučesnik (abettor, accessary, accomplice, actor, collaborator), saučesnički (accessary), pomagač (accessary, assistant). (various references)

Spanish

apéndice (addendum, addition, adjunct, annex, annexe, appendage, appendix, neck, schedule, side-issue, supplement, tailpiece), accesorio (accessary, accessorial, accessory equipment, additional attachment, appendage, appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, attachment, incidental, outbuilding, subordinate). (various references)

Swedish

tillbehör (accessories, ancillary attachment, appendage, appurtenance, attachment, auxiliary attachment, device, fittings, fixings, gadget, implement, paraphernalia, pertinents, special attachment, utilities, utility), medhjälpare (abettor, accessary, accessory after the fact, accomplice, adjunct, aid, aide, assistant, coadjutor, helper, henchman, second), medbrottsling (accessary, accomplice, complice, confederate, party), åtföljande (accessor, attendant, consequent). (various references)

Turkish

aksesuar (accessaries, accessary, accessories, attachment, fixings, ornament, trimming), yardakçı (abettor, accessary, bottle-holder, stooge), yardımcı (accessary, acolyte, adjunct, aid, aide, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, Band aid, booster, coadjutor, collateral, contributory, cooperative, deputy, donkey, friend, help, helper, helpful, helpmate, helpmeet, henchman, lieutenant, obliging, second, sidekick, stand by, sub, subsidiary, suffragan, supporter, supporting, vice-), suç ortaklığı eden, suç ortağı (abettor, accessary, accessory before the fact, accomplice, bottle-holder, confederate, joint offender, stiff), eklenti (addition, annex). (various references)

Ukranian 

співучасник (abettor, accessary, accomplice, associate, bander, complice, confederate), співвинуватець (accessary), сприятливий (advantageous, auspicious, benefic, benign, bright, conducive, conducive to, congenial, contributory, favorable, favourable, fortunate, kindly, opportune, profitable, propitious, prosperous, subservient, white), другорядний (accessary, accidental, less, minor, non essential, off, secondary, subordinate), допоміжний (accessary, accessorial, adjuvant, auxiliary, collateral, emergency, intermediate, ministerial, pilot, secondary, subsidiary, utility), додатковий (accessary, accidental, additional, adventitious, appendant, appendical, auxiliary, collateral, complementary, expletive, extra, further, more, new, novel, obverse, odd, other, plus, pony, second, secondary, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus). (various references)

Vietnamese 

phụ v� o (accessary, additional, adjective, adscititious), phụ (accessary, assistant, associate, auxiliary, bye, extra, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary), đ�"ng loã (accessary). (various references)

Welsh

atodol (additional, supplementary), affeithiwr, affeithiol, cynorthwywr (assistant, auxiliary, helper), cynorthwyol (assistant, auxiliary), cyfranogol (communicable), cefnogydd. (various references)

conscium, conscius. (various references)

Misspellings

"Accessory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accesor, accesorie, accesory, accessary, accesser, accesso, accessor, accessorie, accessors, acessor, acsessor, ancessor, jackassery, Maccassar. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: corsacs, cycases, soccers.

-3 letters: access, across, caress, carses, coarse, corsac, corses, cosecs, coseys, crases, creasy, crosse, escars, resays, sayers, scarce, scares, scarey, scores, seccos, seracs, serosa, soccer.

-4 letters: acres, arose, arses, cares, carse, cases, ceros, cocas, cores, corse, cosec, coses, cosey, coyer, crass, cress, crocs, cross, cycas, escar, essay, eyras, oases, ocrea, orcas, oyers, races, rases, resay, roses, saros, sayer, scare, scars, scary, score, sears, secco, serac, soars, soras, sores, soyas, syces, years, yores.

-5 letters: aces, acre, aero, aery, arco, arcs, ares, arse, ayes, care, cars, case, cays, ceca, cero, cess, coca, core, cors, cory, coss, cosy, coys, croc, ears, easy, eras, eros, eyas, eyra, oars, ocas, orca, orcs, ores, osar, oses, ossa, oyer, oyes, race, racy, rase, rays, recs, rocs, roes, rose, rosy, ryas, ryes, sacs, says, scar, scry, sear, seas, secs, sera, sers, soar, sora, sore, soya, soys, syce, yare, year, yeas, yore.

+3 letters: macrocytoses.

+4 letters: concessionary, saccharomyces.

+5 letters: cocarboxylases, oystercatchers.

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