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Answer for the clue "Like the finishing touch on a soufflé? ", 8 letters:
accented

Alternative clues for the word accented

Word definitions for accented in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: accent )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
accented \accented\ adj. (Phonology) having the main stress of a word; -- used of syllables Syn: tonic (vs. atonic) 1 being pronounced with sterss; -- used of syllables Syn: heavy, strong

Usage examples of accented.

Reuter said, in accented Anglic with the slightly pedantic twist of a CD veteran.

French, words that are to receive any stress are always accented on the final syllable.

Menelmacarwa would be accented on -arw- because of the cluster rw here arising: This cluster makes what is now the second-to-last syllable long, and therefore it receives the stress.

However, rasselya should have been accented rassELya rather than RASSelya, and notto-carinnar should have been notto-carINNar rather than notto-CARinnar.

Wiping at her eyes with the backs of her big, blubbery hands, she chuckled a bit more, then addressed the girl in tolerable if thickly accented Ehleeneekos.

He was using a deep, gentle, caring voice, in heavily accented English.