| ACNE | • acne n. (Pathology) A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised… • acne n. A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition. • ACNE n. a skin disease caused by inflammation of the sebaceous follicles, esp. on the face, neck, and shoulders. |
| ANCE | • -ance suff. Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun indicating a state or condition, such as result or capacity… • -ance suff. Added to a verb to form a noun indicating a process or action. • ANCE adv. (dialect) once, also YINCE. |
| BANC | • banc n. A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment. • banc n. A tribunal or court. • banc n. (US, business) Used to associate a non-banking affiliate of a bank with the bank’s brand name without… |
| CAIN | • cain n. Alternative form of kain. • Cain prop.n. (Biblical) The son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel. • Cain prop.n. (Rare) A male given name from Hebrew. |
| CANE | • cane n. A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof. • cane n. The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool. • cane n. A rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane. |
| CANG | • cang n. Alternative form of cangue (“type of pillory”). • CANG n. (Portuguese) a wooden collar used to punish criminals in China, also CANGUE. |
| CANN | • Cann prop.n. A surname. • Cann prop.n. A small village and civil parish (served by Melbury Abbas and Cann Parish Council) in north Dorset… • CANN v. to direct steering. |
| CANS | • cans n. Plural of can. • cans n. (Slang, vulgar) breasts. • cans n. (Informal) headphones. |
| CANT | • cant n. (Countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup. • cant n. (Countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group. • cant n. A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta. |
| CANY | • cany adj. Of or relating to cane (the plant) or canes. • cany adj. Abounding with canes. • CANY adj. like cane, abounding in cane. |
| CARN | • carn n. Archaic form of cairn. • carn interj. (Australia, informal) Come on. • carn interj. (Australia, informal) An exclamation of support or approval, usually for a sporting (football) team. |
| CLAN | • clan n. (Anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially… • clan n. A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain. • clan n. Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity. |
| CRAN | • cran n. (Obsolete) A measure of herrings, either imprecise or sometimes legally specified. It has sometimes… • cran n. (Obsolete, rare, by extension) A barrel made to hold such a measure. • cran n. (Music) An embellishment played on the lowest note of a chanter of a bagpipe, consisting of a series… |
| CYAN | • cyan n. A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary… • cyan adj. Of the colour cyan. • cyan- pref. Alternative form of cyano-. |
| NACH | • NACH n. (Hindi) an entertainment in India consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing girls, also NAUCH, NAUTCH. |
| NARC | • narc n. (Informal, colloquial, drugs) A police officer assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control. • narc n. (Informal, colloquial, drugs) Alternative spelling of nark (“spy”). • narc v. (Informal, colloquial, drugs) Alternative spelling of nark. |
| SCAN | • scan v. (Transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely. • scan v. (Transitive) To look about for; to look over quickly. • scan v. (Computing, medicine, transitive) To create an image of something with the use of a scanner. |