| ACADEME | • academe n. (Historical) The name of the garden in Athens where the academics met. • academe n. (Poetic) An academy; a place of learning. • academe n. (Poetic) The scholarly life, environment, or community. |
| ACERATE | • acerate n. (Chemistry) A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base. • acerate adj. Acerose; needle-shaped; long and pointed. • ACERATE adj. needle-shaped. |
| ACETATE | • acetate n. (Organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetic acid. • acetate n. Cellulose acetate. • acetate n. A transparent sheet used for overlays. |
| ACREAGE | • acreage n. Size, as measured in acres. • acreage n. An area of land measured in acres. • ACREAGE n. area in acres. |
| AMESACE | • AMESACE n. a double ace, the lowest possible throw at dice, also AMBSACE. |
| ANELACE | • anelace n. (Historical) A medieval long dagger. • ANELACE n. (archaic) a short two-edged dagger, also ANLACE, ANLAS. |
| CAKEAGE | • cakeage n. A fee levied by a restaurant on customers who bring their own cake (such as a birthday cake) rather… • CAKEAGE n. a charge levied in a restaurant for serving cake (such as a birthday cake) brought in from outside the premises. |
| CAMERAE | • camerae n. Plural of camera. • cameræ n. (Rare) plural of camera. • CAMERA n. an apparatus for taking photographs. |
| CASEASE | • casease n. (Biochemistry) An exoenzyme that hydrolyzes casein. • CASEASE n. an enzyme decomposing the casein in milk and cheese. |
| CASEATE | • caseate n. Synonym of caseinate. • caseate n. (Obsolete, chemistry) A salt or ester of caseic acid. • caseate v. (Intransitive, medicine) To undergo necrotic degeneration into a cheese-like state. |
| CATENAE | • catenae n. Plural of catena. • CATENA n. (Latin) a chain or connected series of things, esp. of the patristic comments on Scripture. |
| CHAETAE | • chaetae n. Plural of chaeta. • chætæ n. Plural of chæta. • CHAETA n. (Greek) a bristle or seta of seaworms. |
| EARACHE | • earache n. (Medicine) A pain in the middle or inner ear. • earache n. (Informal) Annoyance or aggravation caused by noise, especially the sound of someone nagging, complaining… • EARACHE n. a pain in the ear. |
| TEACAKE | • teacake n. (Britain) A flat, round bread bun, usually containing currants, sultanas or peel and often served toasted… • teacake n. (US) A traditional cookie. • teacake n. (Australia) A sweet cake, sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon and caster sugar, often served warm. |