| ACHAENIUM | • achaenium n. Alternative form of achenium. • ACHAENIUM n. a small one-seeded fruit; a naked seed, also ACHENE, ACHENIUM, AKENE. |
| 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. |
| AMBULANCE | • ambulance n. An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. • ambulance n. (Military) A mobile field hospital. • ambulance n. (Obsolete, US) A prairie wagon. |
| AMENAUNCE | • amenaunce n. Obsolete form of amenance. • AMENAUNCE n. (Spenser) bearing, conduct. |
| CACUMINAL | • cacuminal adj. Pertaining to a point, top, or crown. • cacuminal adj. (Linguistics, phonology) Pronounced using a retroflexed tongue. • cacuminal n. (Linguistics, phonology) A sound pronounced using a retroflexed tongue. |
| CALCANEUM | • calcaneum n. (Anatomy) The calcaneus. • CALCANEUM n. (Latin) one of the bones of the tarsus which in man forms the great bone of the heel, also CALCANEUS. |
| CAMPANULA | • campanula n. (Botany) Any plant of the genus Campanula. • Campanula prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Campanulaceae – the bellflowers and related plants. • CAMPANULA n. (Latin) a member of the bellflower family. |
| CATAMOUNT | • catamount n. (US) A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially the cougar or puma (Puma concolor). • catamount n. (Obsolete) Synonym of catamountain (“a leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus)”). • CATAMOUNT n. any of various large wild cats, applied esp. to the leopard, panther or ocelot, also CATAMOUNTAIN. |
| CAUMSTANE | • CAUMSTANE n. a white argillaceous stone used for whitening hearthstones and doorsteps. |
| CUMACEANS | • cumaceans n. Plural of cumacean. • CUMACEAN n. a small crustacean living on the seabed. |
| FAUXMANCE | • fauxmance n. A fake romance between celebrities, arranged for publicity. • FAUXMANCE n. (colloquial) a fake romance between two celebrities in order to gain press coverage. |
| MACRURANS | • macrurans n. Plural of macruran. • MACRURAN n. any of a suborder of crustaceans. |
| MANDUCATE | • manducate v. (Literary) To chew; to masticate. • manducate v. (Literary) To eat. • MANDUCATE v. to chew or eat. |
| MANUMATIC | • manumatic adj. Describing any of several forms of motor car transmission that have both manual and automatic features. • manumatic n. A transmission of this kind. • manumatic n. A vehicle having such a transmission. |
| MANURANCE | • manurance n. (Obsolete) cultivation. • MANURANCE n. (archaic) cultivation. |
| NAMAYCUSH | • namaycush n. (Canada, US) The togue: a large North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, usually spotted with red. • NAMAYCUSH n. (Native American) a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in northern North America, aka tuladi or togue. |
| NAUMACHIA | • naumachia n. (Historical, nautical, in Ancient Rome) The recreation of a sea battle staged for entertainment. • naumachia n. (Historical) The location where such recreated sea battles took place; a building featuring an artificial… • NAUMACHIA n. (Latin) a mock sea battle, performed as a spectacle among the ancient Romans, also NAUMACHY. |
| UNMANACLE | • unmanacle v. (Transitive) To release from manacles. • UNMANACLE v. to free from manacles. |