| ACEQUIA | • acequia n. (Used in the Southwestern US or in reference to Spain, chiefly agriculture) An irrigation ditch. • ACEQUIA n. (Spanish) an irrigation ditch. |
| ACTUATE | • actuate v. (Transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate. • actuate v. (Transitive) To incite to action; to motivate. • ACTUATE v. to put into action. |
| ACUATED | • acuated v. Simple past tense and past participle of acuate. • ACUATE v. to sharpen. |
| ACUATES | • acuates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acuate. • ACUATE v. to sharpen. |
| ARCUATE | • arcuate adj. Curved into the shape of a bow. • ARCUATE adj. arched like a bow, also ARCUATED. |
| CADEAUX | • CADEAU n. (French) a present. |
| CAESURA | • caesura n. A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art. • caesura n. (Classical prosody) Using two words to divide a metrical foot. • caesura n. (Typography) The caesura mark ‖ or ||. |
| CAMAIEU | • camaieu n. (Art) A style of painting in a small range of monochrome colours. • camaieu n. (Art) A style of printing pictures producing the effect of a pencil drawing. • camaieu n. (Art) A cameo (relief carving). |
| CANULAE | • canulae n. Plural of canula. • CANULA n. (Latin) a tube inserted into a bodily cavity, also CANNULA. |
| CAPUERA | • capuera n. In Latin America, cleared land that has developed a secondary forest. • CAPUERA n. (Portuguese) a martial art and dance combination, also CAPOEIRA. |
| CAUDATE | • caudate adj. (Botany) Tapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex. • caudate adj. (Zoology) Having a tail. • caudate adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Caudata order of amphibians. |
| CHAPEAU | • chapeau n. A hat. • chapeau n. (Heraldry) A cap of maintenance. • chapeau n. The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine. |
| CHATEAU | • chateau n. Alternative spelling of château. • château n. A French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house. • château n. Any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle. |
| FACULAE | • faculae n. Plural of facula. • FACULA n. (Latin) an unusually bright spot on the sun's surface. |
| LACUNAE | • lacunae n. Plural of lacuna. • lacunæ n. Obsolete typography of lacunae. • LACUNA n. (Latin) an empty space or missing part, also LACUNE. |
| MACAQUE | • macaque n. Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae, especially genus Macaca. • MACAQUE n. (Bantu) a kind of short-tailed monkey. |
| MACULAE | • maculae n. Plural of macula. • MACULA n. (Latin) a spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun. |
| SAECULA | • saecula n. Plural of saeculum. • SAECULUM n. (Latin) an astronomical or geological age, also SECULUM. |
| VACUATE | • vacuate v. To empty; to clear out. • VACUATE v. (obsolete) to make void, or empty, also EVACUATE. |