| ACTUALLY | • actually adv. (Modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively. • actually adv. (Obsolete) Actively. • actually adv. (Obsolete) Currently; at the time. |
| ACULEATE | • aculeate adj. Having a sting; sharp like a prickle. • aculeate adj. Having prickles or sharp points. • aculeate adj. (Entomology) Having a stinger; stinging. |
| CALATHUS | • calathus n. (Historical) A vase-shaped basket made from reeds or twigs, used in Ancient Greece. • CALATHUS n. (Latin) a vase-shaped Ancient Greek basket, carried on the head, also CALATHOS. |
| CALCTUFA | • calctufa n. Calcite; calcspar. • calc-tufa n. Tufa. • CALCTUFA n. a rock made of fine volcanic detritus, also TOPH, TOPHE, TUFA. |
| CANULATE | • canulate v. Alternative form of cannulate. • CANULATE v. to insert a canula into, also CANNULATE. |
| CAPITULA | • capitula n. Plural of capitulum. • CAPITULUM n. (Latin) a flower cluster as in a daisy. |
| CASUALTY | • casualty n. Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster. • casualty n. A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence. • casualty n. (Proscribed) Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through… |
| CATAPULT | • catapult n. A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects. • catapult n. A mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck. • catapult n. (UK) A slingshot. |
| CLAUSTRA | • claustra n. Plural of claustrum. • CLAUSTRUM n. (Latin) a thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere of the brain of man. |
| COMATULA | • comatula n. A feather star of the genus Comatula. • Comatula prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the class Crinoidea – certain feather stars, that, when young, are fixed by… • COMATULA n. (Latin) a type of crinoid, aka feather star, also COMATULID. |
| CURTALAX | • curtal-ax n. Alternative form of curtal-axe. • CURTALAX n. a short broadsword, also CURTAXE, CURTALAXE. |
| JACULATE | • jaculate v. To throw or cast, as a dart; to throw out; to emit. • JACULATE v. to throw or cast, as a dart. |
| LACUNATE | • lacunate adj. Having lacunae or gaps. • LACUNATE adj. relating to a lacuna, a gap, also LACUNAL, LACUNARY. |
| MACULATE | • maculate v. To spot; to stain; to blur. • maculate adj. Marked with spots or maculae; blotched. • maculate adj. Defiled; impure. |
| NAUTICAL | • nautical adj. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen. • NAUTICAL adj. relating to ships, also NAUTIC. |
| TAPACULO | • tapaculo n. Any of a group of small suboscine passeriform birds found mainly in South America. • TAPACULO n. (Spanish) a small South American bird, also TAPACOLO. |
| TENACULA | • tenacula n. Plural of tenaculum. • TENACULUM n. (Latin) a surgical hook or forceps. |