| ACATOURS | • acatours n. Plural of acatour. • ACATOUR n. (obsolete) an officer who buys provisions; a chandler, also ACATER. |
| ACCURATE | • accurate adj. Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty. • accurate adj. Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits. • accurate adj. (Obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful. |
| ACTUATOR | • actuator n. Something that actuates something else. • actuator n. A usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e., a mechanism) to be switched on or off… • actuator n. (Computer hardware) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive. |
| ARCATURE | • arcature n. (Architecture) A small arched passageway. • ARCATURE n. a small or blind arcade. |
| ARCUATED | • arcuated adj. Alternative form of arcuate. • ARCUATED adj. arched like a bow, also ARCUATE. |
| AUTARCHS | • autarchs n. Plural of autarch. • AUTARCH n. an absolute ruler. |
| AUTARCHY | • autarchy n. A condition of absolute power. • autarchy n. Autocracy (absolute rule by a single person). • autarchy n. Sovereignty or self-government (national political independence). |
| AUTARKIC | • autarkic adj. Pertaining to an autarky; self-sufficient. • AUTARKIC adj. relating to autarchy, absolute sovereignty, also AUTARCHIC, AUTARCHICAL, AUTARKICAL. |
| AUTOCARP | • AUTOCARP n. a fruit produced by self-fertilization. |
| AUTOCARS | • autocars n. Plural of autocar. • AUTOCAR n. a motor car. |
| AUTOCRAT | • autocrat n. An absolute ruler with infinite power. • autocrat n. A title borne by some such monarchs, as in Byzantium and tsarist Russia. • autocrat n. Until the 20th century, a favorable description of a ruler who was connected with the concept of lack… |
| CARUCATE | • carucate n. (Historical) The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca… • CARUCATE n. (historical) as much land as may be tilled in a year and a day by one plough. |
| CLAUSTRA | • claustra n. Plural of claustrum. • CLAUSTRUM n. (Latin) a thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere of the brain of man. |
| CURTALAX | • curtal-ax n. Alternative form of curtal-axe. • CURTALAX n. a short broadsword, also CURTAXE, CURTALAXE. |
| CURTANAS | • curtanas n. Plural of curtana. • CURTANA n. a sword without a point, symbolic of mercy. |
| RACAHOUT | • racahout n. A Middle Eastern dish made from acorns. • RACAHOUT n. (Arabic) acorn meal, used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids, also RACCAHOUT. |
| VACATURS | • vacaturs n. Plural of vacatur. • VACATUR n. (Latin) the act of annulling in law. |