| ACCOURAGING | • accouraging v. Present participle of accourage. • ACCOURAGE v. (Spenser) to encourage, also ACCORAGE, ENCOURAGE. |
| ACROMEGALIC | • acromegalic adj. (Pathology) Pertaining to or characteristic of acromegaly. • acromegalic n. (Pathology) A person affected by acromegaly. • ACROMEGALIC adj. relating to acromegaly. |
| ARCHANGELIC | • archangelic adj. Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of archangels. • ARCHANGELIC adj. relating to an archangel. |
| CACOGASTRIC | • cacogastric adj. (Rare) Troubled with bad digestion. • CACOGASTRIC adj. of or relating to an upset stomach. |
| CACOGRAPHER | • cacographer n. A person who exhibits the traits of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both. • CACOGRAPHER n. a bad writer or speller. |
| CACOGRAPHIC | • cacographic adj. Displaying the properties of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both. • CACOGRAPHIC adj. relating to cacography, bad handwriting or spelling, also CACOGRAPHICAL. |
| CANCERATING | • cancerating v. Present participle of cancerate. • CANCERATE v. to grow into a cancer; to become cancerous. |
| CARACOLLING | • caracolling v. Present participle of caracol. • CARACOL v. (French) to perform a half turn on a horse, also CARACOLE. |
| CARJACKINGS | • carjackings n. Plural of carjacking. • car-jackings n. Plural of car-jacking. • car␣jackings n. Plural of car jacking. |
| CATEGORICAL | • categorical adj. Absolute; having no exception. • categorical adj. Of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories. • categorical n. (Logic) A categorical proposition. |
| CHARCOALING | • charcoaling v. Present participle of charcoal. • CHARCOAL v. to draw or blacken with charcoal. |
| CHARGEBACKS | • chargebacks n. Plural of chargeback. • CHARGEBACK n. the charge a credit card merchant pays to a customer after the customer successfully disputes an item on his or her credit card statement. |
| CHIRAGRICAL | • chiragrical adj. (Archaic) Having gout in the hand. • CHIRAGRICAL adj. relating to chiragra, gout in the hand, also CHIRAGRIC. |
| COARCTATING | • coarctating v. Present participle of coarctate. • COARCTATE v. to press together; to crowd. |
| ERGATOCRACY | • ergatocracy n. Government by the workers. • ERGATOCRACY n. government by the workers or the working class. |
| GNATCATCHER | • gnatcatcher n. A member of any of various species of small passerine birds in the family Polioptilidae found in North… • GNATCATCHER n. any of the insectivorous American songbirds of the genus Polioptila. |
| MACROPHAGIC | • macrophagic adj. Of or pertaining to macrophages. • MACROPHAGIC adj. of or like a macrophage. |
| QUANGOCRACY | • quangocracy n. Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. • QUANGOCRACY n. government by quango. |
| SCAPEGRACES | • scapegraces n. Plural of scapegrace. • SCAPEGRACE n. an incorrigible rascal. |
| ZYGOCARDIAC | • zygocardiac adj. (Anatomy) Yoke-like and cardiac; applied to an ossicle of the stomach of some crustaceans. • ZYGOCARDIAC adj. denoting certain paired lateral ossicles in the gastric mill of Crustacea. |