| ACCRUEMENT | • accruement n. The act of accruing. • ACCRUEMENT n. the act of accruing. |
| ACCUSEMENT | • accusement n. (Now rare) An accusation. • ACCUSEMENT n. (Spenser) an accusation. |
| ASCOMYCETE | • ascomycete n. (Mycology) Any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by the production of a sac, or ascus… • ASCOMYCETE n. one of the main divisions of the Fungi. |
| BACTEREMIC | • bacteremic adj. (Pathology) Of, pertaining to or having bacteremia (having bacteria in the blood). • BACTEREMIC adj. having bacteria in the blood, also BACTERAEMIC. |
| CATECHUMEN | • catechumen n. A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation. • CATECHUMEN n. one who is receiving religious instruction in preparation for baptism. |
| CHECKMATED | • checkmated adj. (Chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game. • checkmated adj. (Figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss. • checkmated v. Simple past tense and past participle of checkmate. |
| CHECKMATES | • checkmates n. Plural of checkmate. • checkmates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkmate. • CHECKMATE v. in chess, to put (a player's king) in checkmate; to defeat or render incapable of counterattack. |
| COMEBACKER | • comebacker n. (Baseball) A batted ball that travels toward the pitcher. |
| DECAMETRIC | • decametric adj. Of, relating to, or measured using a decameter/decametre; especially of electromagnetic radiation having… • DECAMETRIC adj. of or like a decametre, also DEKAMETRIC. |
| ECOCLIMATE | • ecoclimate n. (Ecology) The climate (or, more often, the microclimate) of a particular habitat. • ECOCLIMATE n. a local climate regarded as an ecological factor. |
| ECUMENICAL | • ecumenical adj. (Ecclesiastical) Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational;… • ecumenical adj. (Rare) General, universal, worldwide. • ECUMENICAL adj. general; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church, also ECUMENIC, OECUMENIC, OECUMENICAL. |
| IMPECCABLE | • impeccable adj. Perfect, without faults, flaws or errors. • impeccable adj. Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate. • IMPECCABLE adj. faultless, flawless. |
| MARCESCENT | • marcescent adj. (Botany, of an organ, such as a leaf or blossom; rarely also used figurative) Withered, but still attached. • marcescent adj. (Mycology) Able to revive when moistened. • MARCESCENT adj. withering without falling off. |
| MEGACYCLES | • megacycles n. Plural of megacycle. • MEGACYCLE n. a million cycles; a million cycles per second. |
| MISCREANCE | • miscreance n. (Obsolete) The quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false religion; false faith. • MISCREANCE n. (Spenser) false religious belief, also MISCREANCY, MISCREAUNCE. |
| NAMECHECKS | • namechecks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of namecheck. • name-checks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of name-check. • NAMECHECK v. to mention by name. |
| SCARCEMENT | • scarcement n. (Architecture, engineering) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing. • SCARCEMENT n. an offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc. retreats, leaving a shelf or footing. |