| ACROPHONIC | • acrophonic adj. Conforming to acrophony. • ACROPHONIC adj. relating to acrophony, the use of a word starting with a letter of the alphabet as the name of the letter, also ACROPHONETIC. |
| CONSPIRACY | • conspiracy n. The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood… • conspiracy n. (Law) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future. • conspiracy n. A group of ravens. |
| COPARCENER | • coparcener n. Any of several people who share an inheritance; a parcener. • COPARCENER n. one who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance. |
| CORNUCOPIA | • cornucopia n. (Greek mythology) A goat’s horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever… • cornucopia n. A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things. • cornucopia n. An abundance or plentiful supply. |
| CRAPULENCE | • crapulence n. Sickness or indisposition caused by excessive eating or drinking. • crapulence n. Intemperance; debauchery; excessive indulgence. • CRAPULENCE n. the sickness occasioned by intemperance; surfeit. |
| ENDOCARPIC | • ENDOCARPIC adj. relating to an endocarp, also ENDOCARPAL. |
| MONOCARPIC | • monocarpic adj. (Botany) (of a plant) That flowers and bears fruit only once before dying. • MONOCARPIC adj. having only one ovary; producing one fruit, also MONOCARPOUS. |
| PANCREATIC | • pancreatic adj. Of or pertaining to the pancreas. • PANCREATIC adj. of or pertaining to the pancreas. |
| PORNOCRACY | • pornocracy prop.n. (Roman Catholicism, historical, sometimes capitalized) The period of the papacy known as the saeculum… • pornocracy n. (Derogatory, often figuratively) A government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons. • pornocracy n. (Derogatory) A societal culture dominated by pornography. |
| PRACTICIAN | • practician n. A practitioner; someone who practises a particular profession, especially medicine. • PRACTICIAN n. a practiser or practitioner. |
| PRACTICING | • practicing v. Present participle of practice. • practicing adj. Actively engaged in a profession. • practicing adj. Participating in the rituals and mores of a religion. |
| PRECANCELS | • precancels n. Plural of precancel. • PRECANCEL v. to cancel in advance. |
| PRECANCERS | • precancers n. Plural of precancer. • PRECANCER n. a condition that may develop into cancer. |
| PRECONTACT | • precontact adj. Describing a period before contact was established (especially with an indigenous people). • PRECONTACT n. prior contact. |
| PROCURANCE | • PROCURANCE n. the act of procuring. |