| 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. |
| ACCOMPTANT | • accomptant n. (Obsolete) An accountant. • ACCOMPTANT n. an accountant, also ACCOUNTANT. |
| 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. |
| ACHROMATIC | • achromatic adj. (Optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion. • achromatic adj. Containing components such as achromatic lenses and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion. • achromatic adj. (Biology) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue. |
| 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. |
| CAMPCRAFTS | • campcrafts n. Plural of campcraft. • CAMPCRAFT n. knowledge of how to camp. |
| CARTOMANCY | • cartomancy n. Fortune-telling using cards, as in tarot and Lenormand. • CARTOMANCY n. divination by the use of playing cards. |
| CATACLASMS | • cataclasms n. Plural of cataclasm. • CATACLASM n. (Greek) disruption; breaking down. |
| CATACLYSMS | • cataclysms n. Plural of cataclysm. • CATACLYSM n. a great flood or other major disaster. |
| CATACUMBAL | • catacumbal adj. Of or relating to a catacomb. • CATACUMBAL adj. relating to a catacomb. |
| CHIASMATIC | • chiasmatic adj. (Anatomy) Of or relating to the optic chiasma. • chiasmatic adj. (Genetics) Relating to or characterized by a chiasma (the contact point between the two chromatids of… • CHIASMATIC adj. relating to chiasma. |
| CLIMATICAL | • climatical adj. Alternative form of climatic. • CLIMATICAL adj. relating to climate, also CLIMATIC. |
| CYCLAMATES | • cyclamates n. Plural of cyclamate. • CYCLAMATE n. any of a number of very sweet substances derived from petrochemicals. |
| 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. |
| IMBROCCATA | • imbroccata n. (Obsolete) A hit or thrust. • IMBROCCATA n. (Italian) a downward pass or thrust in fencing. |
| MACCHIATOS | • macchiatos n. Plural of macchiato. • MACCHIATO n. (Italian) espresso coffee served with a dash of hot or cold milk. |
| MALOLACTIC | • malolactic adj. (Winemaking) Describing a type of fermentation in which malic acid is converted into lactic acid. • MALOLACTIC adj. relating to the conversion of malic acid to lactic acid in the production of wine. |
| 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. |