| ACCIACCATURA | • acciaccatura n. (Music) A short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by… • ACCIACCATURA n. (Italian) a grace-note performed quickly before an essential note of a melody. |
| ACCIACCATURE | • acciaccature n. Plural of acciaccatura. • ACCIACCATURA n. (Italian) a grace-note performed quickly before an essential note of a melody. |
| ACCUSATORIAL | • accusatorial adj. Containing or implying accusation. • accusatorial adj. (Law) Of or pertaining to the system of a public trial in which the facts are ascertained by the judge… • ACCUSATORIAL adj. denoting a judicial procedure in which the judge is not the same person as the prosecutor. |
| ACQUAINTANCE | • acquaintance n. (Uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy… • acquaintance n. (Countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted. • acquaintance n. (Uncountable) Such people collectively; one’s circle of acquaintances (with plural concord). |
| AERONAUTICAL | • aeronautical adj. Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight. • AERONAUTICAL adj. relating to aeronautics. |
| AGARICACEOUS | • agaricaceous adj. (Mycology) Belonging to the Agaricaceae. • AGARICACEOUS adj. belonging to the agaric family of fungi. |
| ANACOLUTHIAS | • anacoluthias n. Plural of anacoluthia. • ANACOLUTHIA n. a nonsequential syntactic construction in which the latter part of a sentence does not grammatically fit the earlier. |
| AQUACEUTICAL | • AQUACEUTICAL n. a method of delivering food supplements. |
| ARCHOSAURIAN | • archosaurian n. An archosaur. • ARCHOSAURIAN n. any of a subclass of reptiles comprising pterosaurs, dinosaurs and crocodilians, also ARCHOSAUR. |
| AUTOCRATICAL | • autocratical adj. Autocratic. • AUTOCRATICAL adj. of, relating to, or being an autocracy, also AUTOCRATIC. |
| AVASCULARITY | • avascularity n. (Anatomy) The condition of being avascular. • AVASCULARITY n. the state of being avascular. |
| CANALICULATE | • canaliculate adj. (Botany) Channeled lengthwise; grooved. • CANALICULATE adj. grooved or channelled lengthwise, also CANALICULATED. |
| CATACAUSTICS | • catacaustics n. Plural of catacaustic. • CATACAUSTIC n. a catacaustic curve or surface. |
| CATAMOUNTAIN | • catamountain n. (Also attributively) A leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus); also, an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis). • catamountain n. (By extension) A man living in the mountains. • CATAMOUNTAIN n. any of various large wild cats, applied esp. to the leopard, panther or ocelot, also CATAMOUNT. |
| IPECACUANHAS | • ipecacuanhas n. Plural of ipecacuanha. • IPECACUANHA n. (Portuguese) the dried root of various South American plants, used as a purgative, expectorant and emetic, also IPECAC. |
| TAUROMACHIAN | • tauromachian adj. Of or pertaining to bullfighting. • tauromachian n. A bullfighter. • TAUROMACHIAN adj. pertaining to bullfights. |
| ULTRARADICAL | • ultraradical n. (Algebra) A root of the polynomial x5 + x + a, where a is a complex number. • ultraradical n. An extreme political radical. • ULTRARADICAL adj. extremely radical. |
| UNANALYTICAL | • unanalytical adj. Not analytical. • UNANALYTICAL adj. not analytical, also UNANALYTIC. |
| VIBRACULARIA | • vibracularia n. Plural of vibracularium. • VIBRACULARIUM n. a long bristle, a modified zooid, in some Polyzoa. |
| VOCABULARIAN | • vocabularian n. One who cultivates a large vocabulary. • VOCABULARIAN n. a person much, or too much, concerned with words. |