| ACULEI | • aculei n. Plural of aculeus. • ACULEUS n. (Latin) a prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses. |
| ALMUCE | • almuce n. A hood or cape. • ALMUCE n. a furred hood with long ends hanging down in front, worn by certain religious orders, also AMICE. |
| CALQUE | • calque n. (Linguistics, translation studies) A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme… • calque v. (Linguistics, translation studies) To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic… • CALQUE v. to process the tracing of a design. |
| CAUDLE | • caudle n. A hot drink given to the sick, consisting of wine or ale, eggs, and bread. • caudle v. (Transitive) To make into caudle. • caudle v. (Transitive) To serve as a caudle to; to refresh. |
| CAULES | • caules n. Plural of caulis. • CAULIS n. (Latin) a herbaceous or woody stem which bears leaves, and may bear flowers. |
| CAUTEL | • cautel n. (Obsolete) deceit. • cautel n. (Obsolete) caution; prudence; wariness. • cautel n. (Christianity) A traditional caution or written direction about the proper manner of administering the sacraments. |
| CEDULA | • cedula n. (Philippines) A community tax certificate, often used as a form of identification in the Philippines. • cedula n. A South American promissory note or mortgage bond on lands. • CEDULA n. (Spanish) a South American promissory note or mortgage bond on land. |
| CLAQUE | • claque n. (Collective) A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo. • claque n. (By extension). • CLAQUE n. (French) a group of hired applauders. |
| CLAUSE | • clause n. (Grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them. • clause n. (Grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought… • clause n. (Law) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document. |
| CULPAE | • culpae n. Plural of culpa. • CULPA n. (Latin) negligence for which one is liable. |
| CUNEAL | • cuneal adj. Shaped like a wedge; cuneiform. • cuneal adj. (Anatomy) Relating to the cuneus. • CUNEAL adj. wedge-shaped, also CUNEATE, CUNEATED, CUNEATIC. |
| FECULA | • fecula n. Starchy sediment extracted from plants, especially those which are used as food. • FECULA n. (Latin) a fine flour usually extracted from potatoes. |
| LACUNE | • lacune n. A lacunar stroke or infarct. • lacune n. A lacuna. • LACUNE n. an empty space or missing part, also LACUNA. |
| LAUNCE | • launce n. Obsolete form of lance. • launce n. Sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae. • launce v. Obsolete form of lance. |
| MACULE | • macule n. A spot. • macule n. A blur or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little during printing. • macule v. (Printing) To blur or be blurred; especially to blur or double an impression from type. |
| RAUCLE | • RAUCLE adj. (Scots) rough, vigorous. |
| SECULA | • secula n. Plural of seculum. • SECULUM n. (Latin) an astronomical or geological age, also SAECULUM. |
| UNLACE | • unlace v. (Transitive) To remove the knot from laces; to undo laces. • unlace v. (Transitive) To loosen the clothing of (a person). • unlace v. (Transitive) To remove (film) from a projector. |