| ACADEMICAL | • academical adj. (Rare) Belonging to the school of Plato; believing in Plato’s philosophy; sceptical . • academical adj. Pertaining to a university or other form of higher education. • academical n. (Plural only) Academic dress, consisting of a cap and gown. |
| ACCLAIMERS | • acclaimers n. Plural of acclaimer. • ACCLAIMER n. one who acclaims. |
| ACCLIMATED | • acclimated adj. Accustomed, adapted or hardened to some environment. • acclimated v. (Chiefly US) simple past tense and past participle of acclimate. • ACCLIMATE v. (US) to habituate to a climate not native, also ACCLIMATIZE. |
| ACCLIMATES | • acclimates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclimate. • ACCLIMATE v. (US) to habituate to a climate not native, also ACCLIMATIZE. |
| ACCUMULATE | • accumulate v. (Transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively). • accumulate v. (Intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number. • accumulate v. (Education, dated) To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual. |
| ALCHEMICAL | • alchemical adj. (Chemistry) Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy. • alchemical adj. Of or pertaining to an unexplainable transmutation. • alchemical adj. Of or pertaining to the creation of something special out of a common material. |
| CACHAEMIAS | • cachaemias n. Plural of cachaemia. • CACHAEMIA n. (archaic) a degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. |
| CACODAEMON | • cacodaemon n. A wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit). • cacodaemon n. Twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed. (Can we add an… • cacodaemon n. (Obsolete) A nightmare. |
| CAMELBACKS | • camelbacks n. Plural of camelback. • CAMELBACK n. an inferior grade of rubber, used for retreading tyres. |
| CAUCHEMARS | • cauchemars n. Plural of cauchemar. • CAUCHEMAR n. (French) a nightmare. |
| CLAMANCIES | • CLAMANCY n. urgency. |
| COCKAMAMIE | • cockamamie n. (US, chiefly dated) A decal, a design that can be transferred to a surface. • cockamamie n. A foolish or ridiculous person. • cockamamie adj. (Informal) Foolish, ill-considered, silly, unbelievable. |
| CYCLAMATES | • cyclamates n. Plural of cyclamate. • CYCLAMATE n. any of a number of very sweet substances derived from petrochemicals. |
| MACROSCALE | • macroscale n. A relatively large scale. • MACROSCALE n. a large often macroscopic scale. |
| MECHANICAL | • mechanical adj. (Now rare) Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar. • mechanical adj. Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on mass). • mechanical adj. Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines). |
| REACCLAIMS | • REACCLAIM v. to acclaim again. |
| UNACADEMIC | • unacademic adj. Not academic. • UNACADEMIC adj. not academic. |