| ACANTHOUS | • acanthous adj. (Botany) Synonym of spinous. • ACANTHOUS adj. spiny, prickly. |
| ACTUATION | • actuation n. The act of putting into motion. • ACTUATION n. a bringing into action; an effecting. |
| ARCUATION | • arcuation n. The act of bending or curving; the state of being bent; crookedness. • arcuation n. (Botany) A method of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground and covering the small shoots… • ARCUATION n. the state of being shaped like a bow. |
| CANTALOUP | • cantaloup n. Alternative form of cantaloupe. • CANTALOUP n. (Italian) a small musk melon with a ribbed skin, also CANTALOUPE. |
| CARNOSAUR | • carnosaur n. Any large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the infraorder Carnosauria. • CARNOSAUR n. a meat-eating dinosaur. |
| 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. |
| CAUDATION | • caudation n. The property of having a caudate extension or tail. • caudation n. A caudate extension or tail. • caudation n. (Medicine) A fibrous growth. |
| CAUSATION | • causation n. The act of causing. • causation n. The act or agency by which an effect is produced. • causation n. Cause and effect, considered as a system. |
| COADUNATE | • coadunate adj. (Botany) Closely joined (by growing together). • coadunate v. To merge; to unite into one. • COADUNATE v. to unite, to combine. |
| COAGULANT | • coagulant adj. That causes coagulation or that coagulates. • coagulant n. A substance that causes coagulation. • COAGULANT n. that which produces coagulation. |
| COWABUNGA | • cowabunga interj. (Slang, originally US, usually humorous) Expressing amazement, enthusiasm, or joy. • COWABUNGA interj. an interjection used to express delight or satisfaction. |
| NONCASUAL | • noncasual adj. Not casual. • NONCASUAL adj. not casual. |
| NONCAUSAL | • noncausal adj. Not causal. • NONCAUSAL adj. not causal. |
| OCEANAUTS | • oceanauts n. Plural of oceanaut. • OCEANAUT n. someone who lives for periods under the sea, to observe and explore. |
| VACUATION | • vacuation n. The act of emptying or clearing out. • VACUATION n. the act of emptying. |