| ABAPICAL | • abapical adj. (Biology) Of or pertaining to something at its lowest point; designating the part opposite to the apex. • ABAPICAL adj. directed away from the apex. |
| ACAPNIAS | • ACAPNIA n. a lack of carbon dioxide. |
| ALPACCAS | • ALPACCA n. a type of nickel silver used in jewellery. |
| APHASIAC | • aphasiac n. Alternative form of aphasic. • APHASIAC n. one suffering from aphasia, the inability to use or comprehend words, also APHASIC. |
| CAMPAGNA | • campagna n. (Dated) A flat stretch of countryside; open rural plain. • Campagna prop.n. A surname. • CAMPAGNA n. (Italian) an open level tract of country; esp. "Campagna di Roma", the extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome. |
| CAMPANAS | • campanas n. Plural of campana. • CAMPANA n. (Latin) a church bell. |
| CAPONATA | • caponata n. A Sicilian dish of baked aubergines with capers, olives, pine nuts etc, normally served cold. • CAPONATA n. (Italian) a type of Italian fish salad. |
| CAPYBARA | • capybara n. A semi-aquatic South American rodent, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, the largest living rodent. • CAPYBARA n. (Tupi) a large South American rodent. |
| CARAPACE | • carapace n. A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal. • carapace n. In figurative use. • CARAPACE n. the shell of an animal such as a turtle or armadillo, also CARAPAX. |
| CARPALIA | • carpalia n. Plural of carpale. • CARPALE n. (Greek) a bone in the wrist, also CARPAL. |
| CATALPAS | • catalpas n. Plural of catalpa. • CATALPA n. a tree of the genus Catalpa, of the bignonia family, with heart-shaped leaves, trumpet-shaped flowers, and long pods. |
| CATAPANS | • catapans n. Plural of catapan. • CATAPAN n. (Greek) the governor of Calabria and Apulia for the Byzantine emperor. |
| CHAMPACA | • champaca n. (Philippines) champac; Magnolia champaca; a large evergreen tree in the Magnoliaceae family. • CHAMPACA n. (Hindi) an East Indian tree of the magnolia family, sacred to Hindus, also CHAMPAC, CHAMPAK. |
| PANACEAN | • panacean adj. Having the properties of a panacea. • PANACEAN adj. having the properties of a panacea. |
| PANACEAS | • panaceas n. Plural of panacea. • PANACEA n. (Greek) a remedy for all diseases, also PANACHAEA. |
| SAPUCAIA | • sapucaia n. A Brazilian tree, the monkey pot (any of several species in the genus Lecythis). • SAPUCAIA n. (Tupi) a South American tree, related to the Brazil nut; the oily edible seed of this. |