| ABDICATE | • abdicate v. (Transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. • abdicate v. (Transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of. • abdicate v. (Transitive, obsolete) To depose. |
| ABREACTS | • abreacts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abreact. • ABREACT v. to resolve a neurosis by reviving forgotten or repressed ideas of the event first causing it. |
| ACERBATE | • acerbate adj. (Rare) Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature. • acerbate v. (Transitive) To exasperate; to irritate. • acerbate v. (Transitive) To make bitter or sour. |
| BACCATED | • baccated adj. Having many berries. • baccated adj. (Obsolete) Set or adorned with pearls. • BACCATED adj. having berries; berrylike, also BACCATE. |
| BACKBEAT | • backbeat n. (Music) The sharp accent on the second and fourth beats of rock music in 4/4 time. • back␣beat n. (Music) Any of the even beats in music, as opposed to the odd downbeats. • BACKBEAT n. one of the normally unstressed beats in a musical bar, used as a secondary syncopated beat. |
| BACKDATE | • backdate v. To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date. • backdate n. An assigned date that is earlier than the current or true date. • BACKDATE v. to date to an earlier time. |
| BACKSEAT | • backseat n. Alternative spelling of back seat. • back-seat n. Alternative spelling of back seat. • back␣seat n. Any of the seats in the rear of a vehicle. |
| BACTERIA | • bacteria n. Plural of bacterium. • bacteria n. (US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium. • bacteria n. (US, proscribed) Alternative form of bacterium. |
| BEARCATS | • bearcats n. Plural of bearcat. • bear␣cats n. Plural of bear cat. • BEARCAT n. the lesser panda. |
| BRACCATE | • BRACCATE adj. having feathered legs. |
| BRACTEAL | • bracteal adj. Having the nature or appearance of a bract. • bracteal adj. (Botany) Relating to bracts. • BRACTEAL adj. of a bract. |
| CABARETS | • cabarets n. Plural of cabaret. • CABARET n. a music hall. |
| CABOTAGE | • cabotage n. The transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country. • cabotage n. (Law) The right to engage in such transport. • cabotage n. The exclusive right of a country to control such transport. |
| CABRESTA | • CABRESTA n. (Spanish) a lasso, also CABESTRO, CABRESTO. |
| CABRETTA | • cabretta n. A kind of leather made from sheep hair (not wool). • CABRETTA n. (Spanish) a soft leather made from the skins of a hairy South American sheep. |
| CARTABLE | • cartable adj. Able to be carted or carried. • cartable adj. (Chiefly India) Able to be traveled by cart. • CARTABLE adj. able to be carted. |
| CASTABLE | • castable adj. (Engineering) Capable of being cast, as in a mould. • castable adj. (Programming) Capable of being cast to another data type. • castable n. (Engineering) Any substance that can be cast, as in a mould. |
| CIABATTE | • ciabatte n. Plural of ciabatta. • CIABATTA n. (Italian) a kind of bread made with olive oil. |
| CRABMEAT | • crabmeat n. The meat of a crab. • crab␣meat n. Alternative spelling of crabmeat. • CRABMEAT n. the edible part of a crab. |
| SEATBACK | • seatback n. The usually vertical portion of a chair or similar piece of furniture that supports the back. • seatback n. A loose ornamental covering for the back of a sofa or chair. • SEATBACK n. the back of a seat. |