| ACCOURAGE | • accourage v. (Obsolete) To encourage. • ACCOURAGE v. (Spenser) to encourage, also ACCORAGE, ENCOURAGE. |
| ACCRUABLE | • accruable adj. Able to be accrued. • ACCRUABLE adj. capable of being accrued. |
| ARCHDUCAL | • archducal adj. Pertaining to an archduke or archduchess. • ARCHDUCAL adj. of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy. |
| AUTARCHIC | • autarchic adj. Of, pertaining to, or marked by autarchy; autocratic. • autarchic adj. Self-sufficient. • autarchic adj. (Genetics, of a gene) Not inhibited by neighbouring genetic material. |
| AUTOCRACY | • autocracy n. (Uncountable) A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual. • autocracy n. (Countable) An instance of this government. • AUTOCRACY n. government by one individual. |
| CALCULARY | • calculary adj. (Medicine) Of or relating to calculus (stony concretions). • CALCULARY adj. of or pertaining to calculi, stonelike concretions that form in certain vessels of the body, also CALCULOSE, CALCULOUS. |
| CALICULAR | • calicular adj. Relating to, or resembling, a cup. • CALICULAR adj. like a calicle, a row of small bracts at the base of the calyx. |
| CALYCULAR | • calycular adj. (Botany) Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle. • CALYCULAR adj. of or like a calycule, a row of small bracts at the base of the calyx. |
| CANICULAR | • canicular adj. (Historical astronomy, dated) Synonym of Sothic: of or related to the star Sirius. • canicular adj. (Archaic) Of or related to the dog days of summer. • canicular adj. (Colloquial, humorous) Relating to dogs; canine. |
| CARCAJOUS | • carcajous n. Plural of carcajou. • CARCAJOU n. a musteline animal, aka glutton or wolverine. |
| CARIACOUS | • CARIACOU n. an American deer, aka white-tailed deer, also CARJACOU. |
| CARJACOUS | • CARJACOU n. an American deer, also CARIACOU. |
| CARUCAGES | • carucages n. Plural of carucage. • CARUCAGE n. a feudal tax levied on each carucate of land, i.e. as much land as may be tilled in a year and a day by one plough. |
| CARUCATES | • carucates n. Plural of carucate. • CARUCATE n. (historical) as much land as may be tilled in a year and a day by one plough. |
| CASCADURA | • cascadura n. Any of the armoured freshwater catfish of the genus Hoplosternum (syn. Cascadura). • CASCADURA n. a type of catfish having a scaly armoured skin. |
| CAUCHEMAR | • cauchemar n. (Folklore) A demon or witch in French folklore that drains a sleeping person’s energy by night. • CAUCHEMAR n. (French) a nightmare. |
| CRUSTACEA | • crustacea n. Plural of crustacean. • Crustacea prop.n. A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Arthropoda – crustaceans. • CRUSTACEA n. a large class of arthropod animals with hard shells. |
| RACCAHOUT | • raccahout n. Alternative form of racahout. • RACCAHOUT n. (Arabic) acorn meal, used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids, also RACAHOUT. |
| SACCHARUM | • saccharum n. (Archaic) Invert sugar. • Saccharum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the sugar canes. • SACCHARUM n. a genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane. |