| ACTIVATE | • activate v. (Transitive) To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate. • activate v. (Transitive) To put a device, mechanism (Alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to… • activate v. (Transitive, chemistry, physics) To render more reactive; excite. |
| APATETIC | • APATETIC adj. having the same colour as the animal's surroundings. |
| ARTIFACT | • artifact n. An object made or shaped by human hand or labor. • artifact n. An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin. • artifact n. Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element. |
| CAPITATE | • capitate adj. (Anatomy) Having a distinct globular tip. • capitate adj. (Botany) Forming a dense, head-like cluster, such as the inflorescences of composites. • capitate n. (Anatomy) The capitate bone of the wrist. |
| CASTRATI | • castrati n. Plural of castrato. • CASTRATO n. (Italian) a male singer castrated in boyhood to preserve his singing voice. |
| CATAMITE | • catamite n. A boy or younger man in a homoerotic relationship with an older man. • catamite v. To engage in a homoerotic relationship involving a boy and an older man. • CATAMITE n. a boy used in sodomy. |
| CATTAILS | • cattails n. Plural of cattail. • CATTAIL n. any of various plants with long thin parts suggestive of cats' tails, esp. the reed-mace. |
| CAVITATE | • cavitate v. (Sciences) To form vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls… • CAVITATE v. to form cavities. |
| CHAPATTI | • chapatti n. Alternative form of chapati. • CHAPATTI n. (Hindi) a thin flat piece of unleavened bread, also CHAPATI, CHAPPATI, CHUPATI, CHUPATTI, CHUPATTY. |
| CIABATTA | • ciabatta n. A broad, flat, white Italian bread. • CIABATTA n. (Italian) a kind of bread made with olive oil. |
| CIABATTE | • ciabatte n. Plural of ciabatta. • CIABATTA n. (Italian) a kind of bread made with olive oil. |
| COATTAIL | • coattail n. The flap at the back of a coat that hangs down, sometimes below the waist. • coattail n. (Usually in the plural, figurative) Success of a figure, organization or movement that transfers to… • coattail v. (Transitive, intransitive) To ride the coattails of. |
| STACCATI | • staccati n. Plural of staccato. • STACCATO n. (Italian) a musical passage with each note detached. |
| STATICAL | • statical adj. (Archaic) static. • STATICAL adj. relating to statics, the science of forces in equilibrium, also STATIC. |
| TACTICAL | • tactical adj. Of or relating to tactics. • tactical adj. Of or relating to military operations that are smaller or more local than strategic ones. • tactical adj. Adroit, skilful or ingenious. |
| TAILCOAT | • tailcoat n. A formal evening jacket with an extended back panel; a dress coat. • tailcoat n. Any coat with similar tails. • TAILCOAT n. a man's formal coat, with narrow tails at the back. |
| TANTALIC | • tantalic adj. (Chemistry) Containing pentavalent tantalum. • Tantalic adj. Of or relating to the mythological Tantalus. • TANTALIC adj. of or containing tantalum, esp. in a higher valency. |
| TARTARIC | • tartaric adj. (Organic chemistry) Containing tartrates. • Tartaric adj. Of or relating to Tartary or the Tartars; Tartarian. • TARTARIC adj. of or derived from tartar. |