accidental

accidental has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• a.. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.
• a.. Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play.
• n.. A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
• n.. 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.
• n.. A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
• n.. a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
• a.. happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally ; "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"