| ACHAENIUM | • achaenium n. Alternative form of achenium. • ACHAENIUM n. a small one-seeded fruit; a naked seed, also ACHENE, ACHENIUM, AKENE. |
| ACICULATE | • aciculate adj. Furnished with aciculae. • aciculate adj. Acicular (needle-shaped). • aciculate adj. Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle. |
| ACIDULATE | • acidulate v. (Transitive) To make slightly or moderately acid; to acidify. • acidulate v. (Transitive) To make sour in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat. • acidulate v. (Transitive) To use an acidic catalyst, with the chemical change being emphasised over the importance… |
| ACTUALISE | • actualise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of actualize. • ACTUALISE v. to make actual, realise, also ACTUALIZE. |
| ACTUALITE | • ACTUALITE n. (French) the real state of affairs. |
| ACTUALIZE | • actualize v. (Transitive) To make real; to realize. • actualize v. (Intransitive) To become actual or real. • actualize v. (Reflexive) To realize one’s full potential. |
| ACTUARIES | • actuaries n. Plural of actuary. • ACTUARY n. a person who compiles statistics of mortality, accidents, etc., and calculates insurance risks and premiums. |
| ACUMINATE | • acuminate adj. Tapering to a point; pointed. • acuminate adj. (Botany, mycology) Tapering to a long point in concave manner at its apex. • acuminate v. (Transitive) To render sharp or keen; to sharpen. |
| APIACEOUS | • apiaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the family Apiaceae, including the carrots. • APIACEOUS adj. parsley-like. |
| APICULATE | • apiculate adj. (Botany) Having a short, sharply pointed tip. • APICULATE adj. of leaves, having a short point at the tip. |
| AUDIENCIA | • audiencia n. (Historical) An appellate court of the Spanish empire. • AUDIENCIA n. (Spanish) a court of government or justice in the Spanish American empire. |
| AURICULAE | • auriculae n. Plural of auricula. • AURICULA n. (Latin) a species of Primula, or primrose, aka, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear. |
| AUSPICATE | • auspicate v. (Transitive) To foreshow; to foretoken. • auspicate v. (Transitive) To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman… • auspicate adj. Auspicious. |
| CASUALISE | • casualise v. (British spelling) Alternative form of casualize. • CASUALISE v. to turn (regular workers) into casual workers, also CASUALIZE. |
| CASUALIZE | • casualize v. To become, or cause to become, casual; to become regarded casually. • casualize v. (Economics, chiefly Britain) To convert from regular to casual labor. • CASUALIZE v. to turn (regular workers) into casual workers, also CASUALISE. |
| CAUSATIVE | • causative adj. Acting as a cause#Noun. • causative adj. Involving, or affected by, causality#Noun. • causative adj. (Linguistics) Expressing a cause#Noun or causation#Noun. |
| CIGUATERA | • ciguatera n. A foodborne poisoning in humans caused by eating marine species whose flesh is contaminated with ciguatoxin. • CIGUATERA n. (Spanish) poisoning caused by the ingestion of various normally edible tropical fish in whose flesh a toxin has accumulated. |
| LEUCAEMIA | • leucaemia n. Alternative spelling of leukemia. • leucæmia n. (Archaic) Alternative spelling of leukemia. • LEUCAEMIA n. a type of cancer, also LEUCEMIA, LEUCHAEMIA, LEUKAEMIA, LEUKEMIA. |
| SALIAUNCE | • saliaunce n. Obsolete spelling of salience (“onslaught”). • SALIAUNCE n. (Spenser) an assault, sally. |