| ACROAMATIC | • acroamatic adj. Esoteric, abstruse; (in particular) taught orally to select students and not disseminated. • acroamatic adj. (Education) Based on lectures or exposition by monologue. • ACROAMATIC adj. abstruse, esoteric, also ACROAMATICAL. |
| ANACLASTIC | • anaclastic adj. Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water. • anaclastic adj. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass. • ANACLASTIC adj. refractive; of or pertaining to refraction. |
| ATARACTICS | • ataractics n. Plural of ataractic. • ATARACTIC n. a tranquillizing drug, also ATARAXIC. |
| CACCIATORA | • cacciatora n. A style of cooking in which meat is cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots, tomatoes, white wine and herbs. • CACCIATORA adj. (Italian) of meat, cooked with tomatoes, mushrooms, onions and herbs, also CACCIATORE. |
| CAPACITATE | • capacitate v. (Transitive) To make capable of functioning in a given capacity. • capacitate v. (Transitive, zoology) To alter sperm to allow it to fertilize eggs. • capacitate v. (Transitive, mathematics) To reach maximum throughput on at least part of a constrained network. |
| CARICATURA | • caricatura n. Archaic form of caricature. • CARICATURA n. (Italian) a caricature. |
| CATACLASES | • cataclases n. Plural of cataclasis. • CATACLASIS n. the deformation of rocks by crushing and shearing. |
| CATACLASIS | • cataclasis n. (Geology) cataclastic rock (a type of metamorphic rock that has been wholly or partly formed by the… • cataclasis n. (Geology) A process of formation of such rock. • CATACLASIS n. the deformation of rocks by crushing and shearing. |
| CATACLASMS | • cataclasms n. Plural of cataclasm. • CATACLASM n. (Greek) disruption; breaking down. |
| CATACLINAL | • CATACLINAL adj. of streams, valleys, etc., running in the direction of the dip of the surrounding rock strata. |
| CATACUMBAL | • catacumbal adj. Of or relating to a catacomb. • CATACUMBAL adj. relating to a catacomb. |
| CATANANCHE | • CATANANCHE n. any plant of the South European genus Catananche, some of which are grown for their blue and white flowers. |
| CATAPHRACT | • cataphract n. (Military, historical) Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier’s… • cataphract n. (Ichthyology, by extension, obsolete) An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate. • cataphract adj. (Nautical, historical) Of a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed. |
| HACKMATACK | • hackmatack n. A larch, a tree of the species Larix laricina. • hackmatack n. A balsam poplar, a tree of the species Populus balsamifera. • HACKMATACK n. (Native American) the American larch, a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves. |
| PARATACTIC | • paratactic adj. Pertaining to or using parataxis. • PARATACTIC adj. of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis, also PARATACTICAL. |
| SACCHARATE | • saccharate n. A salt or ester of saccharic acid. • saccharate n. A metallic derivative of a sugar, usually with a bivalent metal - especially sucrate (not used systematically). • SACCHARATE n. a salt of saccharic acid. |
| TACAMAHACS | • tacamahacs n. Plural of tacamahac. • TACAMAHAC n. (Nahuatl) a gum resin yielded by various tropical trees, also TACMAHACK, TAKAMAKA. |
| TACMAHACKS | • TACMAHACK n. (Nahuatl) a gum resin yielded by various tropical trees, also TACAMAHAC, TAKAMAKA. |