| ACCRUAL | • accrual n. An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates… • accrual n. (Accounting) from the creditor’s viewpoint, a charge incurred in one accounting period that has not… • ACCRUAL n. an accumulation. |
| ACRYLIC | • acrylic adj. (Organic chemistry) Derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile. • acrylic adj. Containing an acrylic resin. • acrylic n. (Organic chemistry) An acrylic resin. |
| CACKLER | • cackler n. A person or creature that cackles. • CACKLER n. one who cackles. |
| CALCARS | • calcars n. Plural of calcar. • CALCAR n. (Latin) a spur-like projection. |
| CALORIC | • caloric adj. Relating to calories. • caloric adj. Containing calories. • caloric adj. Synonym of calorific (“high in calories and thus likely fattening”). |
| CARACAL | • caracal n. A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal. • Caracal prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – the caracals. • CARACAL n. (Turkish) the desert lynx of North Africa and South Asia. |
| CARACOL | • caracol n. Alternative spelling of caracole. • caracol v. Alternative spelling of caracole. • CARACOL v. (French) to perform a half turn on a horse, also CARACOLE. |
| CARACUL | • caracul n. Alternative spelling of karakul. • CARACUL n. (Russian) a sheep of Central Asia; the curled black fleece of its lambs, also KARAKUL. |
| CARCELS | • carcels n. Plural of carcel. • CARCEL n. (French) a French mechanical lamp, used in lighthouses. |
| CARLOCK | • carlock n. A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine. • Carlock prop.n. A surname. • CARLOCK n. Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine. |
| CLACKER | • clacker n. (Music) A percussion instrument that makes a clacking noise. • clacker n. (By extension) Any device that makes a clacking noise. • clacker n. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) The anus. |
| CORACLE | • coracle n. (Nautical) A small circular or oblong boat made of wickerwork and made watertight with hides or pitch… • CORACLE n. (Welsh) a small boat made of wickerwork covered with watertight material, also CURAGH, CURRACH, CURRAGH. |
| CRACKLE | • crackle n. A prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound. • crackle n. (Pottery) A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks. • crackle n. (Physics) The fifth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration… |
| CRACKLY | • crackly adj. Involving or producing a crackle. • CRACKLY adj. making a crackling noise. |
| CRUCIAL | • crucial adj. Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital. • crucial adj. (Archaic) Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped. • crucial adj. (Slang, especially Jamaica, Bermuda) Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music. |