| ACCLOYED | • accloyed v. Simple past tense and past participle of accloy. • ACCLOY v. (Spenser) to injure with a horseshoe nail; to clog, choke. |
| ACCOLADE | • accolade n. An expression of approval; praise. • accolade n. A special acknowledgment; an award. • accolade n. An embrace of greeting or salutation. |
| ACROLECT | • acrolect n. (Sociolinguistics) The variety of speech that is considered most suitable for formal occasions (typically… • ACROLECT n. a variety of language closest to the prestige form. |
| ALOPECIC | • alopecic adj. Relating to or suffering from alopecia. • ALOPECIC adj. relating to baldness. |
| CACOLETS | • cacolets n. Plural of cacolet. • CACOLET n. (French) a military mule litter. |
| CALICOES | • calicoes n. Plural of calico. • CALICO n. a brightly printed coarse cotton cloth. |
| CARACOLE | • caracole n. A half-turn performed by a horse and rider in dressage. • caracole n. (Cavalry) A combat maneuver where riders of the same squadron turn simultaneously to their left or to their right. • caracole n. (Architecture) A spiral staircase. |
| CATECHOL | • catechol n. (Organic chemistry) The biologically important diphenol ortho-dihydroxy benzene; isomeric with hydroquinone… • CATECHOL n. a chemical used in photography. |
| COALESCE | • coalesce v. (Of separate elements) To join into a single mass or whole. • coalesce v. (Of a whole or a unit) To form from different pieces or elements. • coalesce v. (Engineering) To bond pieces of metal into a continuous whole by liquefying parts of each piece, bringing… |
| COALFACE | • coalface n. (Mining) The surface of coal exposed by mining, or a part of a coal seam that is currently being mined. • coalface n. (Mining) The end of a drift, entry, or room in a coal mine. • coalface n. (Figurative, UK) A place where difficult or strenuous work is done. |
| COCHLEAE | • cochleae n. Plural of cochlea. • COCHLEA n. (Latin) a part of the ear. |
| COCHLEAR | • cochlear adj. (Anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the cochlea. • COCHLEAR n. (Latin) a kind of spoon, also COCHLEARE. |
| COCHLEAS | • cochleas n. Plural of cochlea. • COCHLEA n. (Latin) a part of the ear. |
| COELIACS | • coeliacs n. Plural of coeliac. • COELIAC n. a person suffering an abdominal disease. |
| COENACLE | • COENACLE n. a dining room, also CENACLE. |
| COLOCATE | • colocate v. Alternative spelling of co-locate. • co-locate v. To locate or be located at the same site, for two things or groups, military units, etc. • co-locate v. To locate hardware within another company’s facilities. |
| CONCEALS | • conceals v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceal. • CONCEAL v. to hide. |
| CONCLAVE | • conclave n. (Roman Catholicism) A closed meeting in which the elector cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church choose a new pope. • conclave n. (Roman Catholicism) The set of apartments in which the elector cardinals are secluded while a conclave takes place. • conclave n. (Roman Catholicism) The group of cardinals involved in a conclave. |
| CORACLES | • coracles n. Plural of coracle. • CORACLE n. (Welsh) a small boat made of wickerwork covered with watertight material, also CURAGH, CURRACH, CURRAGH. |
| ECOCIDAL | • ecocidal adj. Destructive of the environment. • ECOCIDAL adj. relating to ecocide, destruction of the environment. |