| ACCRUE | • accrue v. (Intransitive) To increase, to rise. • accrue v. (Intransitive) To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result… • accrue v. (Intransitive, accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time. |
| ACTURE | • acture n. (Obsolete) Action. • ACTURE n. (Shakespeare) action or performance. |
| ACUTER | • acuter adj. Comparative form of acute: more acute. • ACUTE adj. sharply pointed. |
| APERCU | • apercu n. Alternative spelling of aperçu. • aperçu n. A clever insight. • aperçu n. A summary or outline; words that summarize. |
| CAUKER | • cauker n. (Slang, archaic) Alternative form of caulker (“alcoholic drink”). • cauker n. (Informal) Archaic form of corker (“something large or remarkable, a whopper”). • CAUKER n. a big lie, also CAULKER. |
| CAUSER | • causer n. Someone or something that causes or produces an effect. • Causer prop.n. A surname originating as an occupation. • CAUSER n. one who causes. |
| CAUTER | • cauter n. A hot iron for searing or cauterizing. • CAUTER n. a hot iron for searing or cauterizing. |
| CESURA | • cesura n. Alternative spelling of caesura. • CESURA n. (Latin) a pause in a line of verse, also CAESURA. |
| CURARE | • curare n. A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content. • curare n. Other South American plants with similar toxins that were also used in arrow poisons, mostly in the… • curare n. A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery. |
| CURATE | • curate n. An assistant rector or vicar. • curate n. A parish priest. • curate n. (Ireland) An assistant barman. |
| CURIAE | • curiae n. Plural of curia. • CURIA n. (Latin) a court of justice. |
| FURCAE | • FURCA n. any forklike structure esp. in insects. |
| RAUCLE | • RAUCLE adj. (Scots) rough, vigorous. |
| RUBACE | • rubace n. Alternative form of rubasse (“form of quartz”). • RUBACE n. a kind of ruby-red quartz, also RUBASSE. |
| SAUCER | • saucer n. A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips. • saucer n. An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer. • saucer n. A circular sled without runners. |