| ACCIDENCES | • accidences n. Plural of accidence. • ACCIDENCE n. the science of inflections in grammar. |
| ACCOMPLICE | • accomplice n. (Law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory. • accomplice n. (Rare) A cooperator. • ACCOMPLICE n. one associated with another esp. in wrongdoing, also COMPLICE. |
| ACCURACIES | • accuracies n. Plural of accuracy. • ACCURACY n. exactness. |
| BECCACCIAS | • BECCACCIA n. (Italian) a woodcock. |
| BECCAFICOS | • beccaficos n. Plural of beccafico. • BECCAFICO n. (Italian) a garden warbler or related bird, considered a delicacy by Italians. |
| CACCIATORE | • cacciatore adj. (Of chicken, rabbit, etc.) Prepared in an Italian style with wine, mushrooms, spices and tomatoes. • cacciatore n. A meal prepared in this style. • Cacciatore prop.n. A surname, equivalent to English Hunter or Huntsman. |
| CACOGENICS | • cacogenics n. (Medicine) The opposite of eugenics; the aggregation of factors, through adverse sexual selection and… • CACOGENICS n. the study of racial degeneration. |
| CALCICOLES | • calcicoles n. Plural of calcicole. • CALCICOLE n. a plant thriving on limy soil. |
| CATALECTIC | • catalectic adj. (Poetry) (said of a line with incomplete meter) lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot. • catalectic adj. Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance. • catalectic n. (Poetry) A line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot. |
| CATCHCRIES | • catchcries n. Plural of catchcry. • CATCHCRY n. (Australian) a phrase commonly used by a particular group. |
| CATECHETIC | • catechetic adj. Of or pertaining to catechesis. • catechetic adj. In accordance with the catechism of a church. • CATECHETIC adj. relating to catechism, also CATECHETICAL. |
| CATENACCIO | • catenaccio n. (Soccer) A system of defensive play focused on nullifying opponents’ attacks and preventing goal-scoring… • CATENACCIO n. (Italian) a defensive system of play in football. |
| CHALCOCITE | • chalcocite n. (Mineralogy) Cuprous sulfide, Cu2S, an important ore of copper. • CHALCOCITE n. a greyish-black mineral, native copper sulphide. |
| CICATRICES | • cicatrices n. Plural of cicatrix. • cicatrices n. Plural of cicatrice. • CICATRIX n. (Latin) the scar of a healed wound, burn, etc., also CICATRICE. |
| CICATRICLE | • cicatricle n. (Biology) The germinating point in the embryo of a seed. • cicatricle n. (Biology) The point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins. • CICATRICLE n. a white spot, the germinating point in the yolk of an egg, also CICATRICHULE, CICATRICULA. |
| COCKATRICE | • cockatrice n. (Mythology) A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling… • cockatrice n. (Obsolete) Mistress, harlot. • cockatrice n. (Fantasy, folklore) A snake or serpent that appears to be hatched of a rooster, or cock’s, egg. |
| ECPHRACTIC | • ecphractic adj. (Medicine, dated) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so remove obstructions; deobstruent. • ecphractic n. (Dated) Any medicine of this kind. • ECPHRACTIC adj. (obsolete) serving to remove obstructions. |
| ENCYCLICAL | • encyclical n. A papal letter, intended for general circulation in the Catholic Church. • encyclical adj. Intended for general circulation. • ENCYCLICAL n. a letter sent by the pope to multiple bishops, also ENCYCLIC. |
| IMPECCANCY | • impeccancy n. The quality of being sinless. • IMPECCANCY n. sinlessness. |
| PECCANCIES | • peccancies n. Plural of peccancy. • PECCANCY n. sinfulness; transgression. |