| ATACAMITES | • atacamites n. Plural of atacamite. • ATACAMITE n. an oxy-chloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals. |
| ATARACTICS | • ataractics n. Plural of ataractic. • ATARACTIC n. a tranquillizing drug, also ATARAXIC. |
| ATTACHABLE | • attachable adj. Able to be attached. • ATTACHABLE adj. that can be attached. |
| ATTACKABLE | • attackable adj. Which may be attacked. • ATTACKABLE adj. capable of being attacked. |
| ATTRACTANT | • attractant n. Anything that attracts, but especially a substance (such as a pheromone) that attracts insects or other animals. • ATTRACTANT n. a substance that attracts. |
| CABALETTAS | • cabalettas n. Plural of cabaletta. • CABALETTA n. (Italian) a simple operatic song or melody in rondo form. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| CATASTASES | • catastases n. Plural of catastasis. • CATASTASIS n. the part of drama where action is at its height. |
| CATASTASIS | • catastasis n. In classical drama, the third and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe. • catastasis n. (Rhetoric) The part of a speech that states the subject to be discussed. • CATASTASIS n. the part of drama where action is at its height. |
| CATATONIAS | • catatonias n. Plural of catatonia. • CATATONIA n. a trancelike state, also CATATONY. |
| MARCANTANT | • marcantant n. (Obsolete, nonce word) A merchant. • MARCANTANT n. (Shakespeare) a merchant. |
| PANNACOTTA | • pannacotta n. Alternative spelling of panna cotta. • panna␣cotta n. A northern Italian dessert consisting of flavoured double cream set with gelatine, often served with… |
| PARATACTIC | • paratactic adj. Pertaining to or using parataxis. • PARATACTIC adj. of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis, also PARATACTICAL. |
| TRACTARIAN | • Tractarian n. (Anglicanism) A member of the Oxford movement. • Tractarian adj. Pertaining to the ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. • TRACTARIAN n. a writer of tracts, also TRACTATOR. |
| TRAGACANTH | • tragacanth n. A polysaccharide gum, extracted from several species of leguminous plants of the genus Astragalus, formerly… • TRAGACANTH n. a gum used in pharmacy and as a vehicle for dye in calico-printing. |