| BLACKMAIL | • blackmail n. The extortion of money or favours by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure. • blackmail n. (Archaic) A form of protection money (Or corn, cattle, etc.) anciently paid, in the north of England… • blackmail n. (England law, historical) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to… |
| CALLIGRAM | • calligram n. A word, phrase or longer text in which the typeface or the layout has some special significance. • calligram n. A signature made from interwoven Arabic words. • CALLIGRAM n. a design using the letters of a word, also CALLIGRAMME. |
| CAMARILLA | • camarilla n. A secret, usually sinister, group of conspiring advisors close to the leadership; a cabal. • CAMARILLA n. (Spanish) a group of unofficial often secret and scheming advisors; a cabal. |
| CAMELLIAS | • camellias n. Plural of camellia. • CAMELLIA n. an evergreen shrub, also CAMELIA. |
| CELLARMAN | • cellarman n. A person in charge of the alcoholic drinks (traditionally the wine cellar) in a tavern etc. • CELLARMAN n. a person responsible for a cellar. |
| CLAIMABLE | • claimable adj. Able to be claimed. • claimable n. Something that can be claimed. • CLAIMABLE adj. capable of being claimed. |
| CLAMANTLY | • clamantly adv. In a clamant manner. • CLAMANT adv. calling aloud or earnestly. |
| LACHRYMAL | • lachrymal adj. (Formal, literary) Connected with weeping or tears. • lachrymal adj. (Anatomy) Alternative spelling of lacrimal. • lachrymal n. A lachrymatory (vase intended for collecting tears). |
| LACRIMALS | • lacrimals n. Plural of lacrimal. • LACRIMAL n. a gland that produces tears, also LACHRYMAL, LACRYMAL. |
| LACRYMALS | • lacrymals n. Plural of lacrymal. • LACRYMAL n. a gland that produces tears, also LACHRYMAL, LACRIMAL. |
| LAMPBLACK | • lampblack n. An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks. • lampblack v. (Transitive) To blacken (something) using this form of carbon. • LAMPBLACK n. a finely divided form of almost pure carbon produced by the incomplete combustion of organic compounds. |
| MACALLUMS | • MACALLUM n. (Scots) a dish of vanilla ice-cream topped with raspberry sauce. |
| MAGICALLY | • magically adv. In a magical manner; by magic, or as if by magic. • MAGICAL adv. resembling magic. |
| MANICALLY | • manically adv. In a manic manner. • MANIC adv. affected by mania. |
| MARCELLAS | • MARCELLA n. a cotton, linen, twill weave. |
| MELALEUCA | • melaleuca n. (Botany) Any member of the genus Melaleuca of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family. • Melaleuca prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Myrtaceae – certain tea trees, honey myrtles, and paperbarks. • MELALEUCA n. an Australian tree with a white trunk and black branches. |