| ACADEMIA | • academia n. (Collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole. • academia n. Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship. • ACADEMIA n. (Greek) the academic life or world, also ACADEME. |
| ACARIDAN | • acaridan n. Synonym of acarid. • ACARIDAN adj. relating to the Acarida, mites and ticks. • ACARIDAN n. a mite or tick, also ACARID, ACARINE, ACARUS. |
| ACAUDATE | • acaudate adj. (Biology, zoology) Tailless. • ACAUDATE adj. tailless, also ACAUDAL. |
| ACELDAMA | • aceldama n. The potter’s field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took… • aceldama n. A field of bloodshed, a place of slaughter. • ACELDAMA n. (Aramaic) a place of bloodshed. |
| ADAMANCE | • adamance n. The quality of being adamant. • ADAMANCE n. unyielding hardness, also ADAMANCY. |
| ADAMANCY | • adamancy n. The property of being adamant. • ADAMANCY n. unyielding hardness, also ADAMANCE. |
| ADVOCAAT | • advocaat n. A Dutch liqueur made of egg yolks, sugar and strong liquor, typically brandy. • ADVOCAAT n. (Dutch) a liqueur containing rum and raw eggs. |
| ANACONDA | • anaconda n. Any of various large nonvenomous snakes of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America. • anaconda n. (In particular) The green anaconda; Eunectes murinus. • anaconda n. (By extension, slang, vulgar) A large penis. |
| AQUACADE | • aquacade n. An entertainment consisting of swimmers and divers performing to music. • AQUACADE n. an exhibition of swimming and diving skills. |
| ARCADIAN | • arcadian adj. Pertaining to an arcade. • arcadian adj. Furnished with arcades. • arcadian adj. (Literature) Ideally rustic or pastoral. |
| ARCADIAS | • arcadias n. Plural of arcadia. • ARCADIA n. (Latin) an ideal region of rural contentment. |
| CALDARIA | • caldaria n. Plural of caldarium. • CALDARIUM n. (Latin) a hot room in a Roman bathhouse. |
| DATACARD | • DATACARD n. a card containing electronic data. |
| DRACAENA | • dracaena n. (Botany) Any of the genus Dracaena of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers. • Dracaena prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – the dragon trees. • Dracaena prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Teiidae – the caiman lizards. |
| FARADAIC | • faradaic adj. (Physics) Of or pertaining to electricity, especially to electrical induction. • FARADAIC adj. pertaining to a type of electric current, also FARADIC. |
| LACKADAY | • lackaday interj. (Dated) An expression of regret or grief. • LACKADAY interj. (archaic) an expression of regret or deprecation, also ALACKADAY. |
| MACADAMS | • macadams n. Plural of macadam. • macadams v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of macadam. • MacAdams prop.n. A surname. |
| SANDARAC | • sandarac n. (Mineralogy, archaic) Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. • sandarac n. (Chemistry) A white or yellow resin obtained from a north African tree (Tetraclinis articulata), and… • sandarac n. Any tree from the genus Tetraclinis. |