| CALYPTERA | • calyptera n. Alternative form of calyptra. • CALYPTERA n. a hood or hoodlike structure, esp. that covering the spore capsule of mosses and liverworts, also CALYPTER, CALYPTRA. |
| CALYPTRAS | • calyptras n. Plural of calyptra. • CALYPTRA n. a hood or hoodlike structure, esp. that covering the spore capsule of mosses and liverworts, also CALYPTER, CALYPTERA. |
| CAPITALLY | • capitally adv. Chiefly; principally. • capitally adv. (Dated) Excellent. • capitally adv. (Not comparable) By capital punishment. |
| CAPITAYNS | • capitayns n. Plural of capitayn. • CAPITAYN n. (Spenser) a captain. |
| CAPRYLATE | • caprylate n. (Organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of caprylic acid. • CAPRYLATE n. a salt of caprylic acid. |
| CAPTAINCY | • captaincy n. The rank or status of a captain. • captaincy n. The jurisdiction of a captain. • captaincy n. (Historical) An administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. |
| CAPTAINRY | • captainry n. (Obsolete) Power or command over a district; chieftainship. • CAPTAINRY n. the rank or condition of a captain, also CAPTAINCY. |
| CATALEPSY | • catalepsy n. (Pathology) A severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity… • CATALEPSY n. a rigid or trancelike fit. |
| CATAPHYLL | • cataphyll n. (Botany) A leaf, sometimes abortive, sometimes persistent, that does not develop into a photosynthetic… • CATAPHYLL n. a rudimentary or simplified leaf. |
| CATAPLEXY | • cataplexy n. (Medicine) An abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy. • CATAPLEXY n. a condition feigning death, used by some animals to discourage predators. |
| CRYPTADIA | • cryptadia n. (Very rare) Things to be kept secret. • CRYPTADIA n. (Greek) things to be kept hidden. |
| MATCHPLAY | • matchplay n. Alternative form of match play. • match␣play n. (Golf) A scoring system in which points are awarded for each hole won, as opposed to stroke play. • match␣play n. (Bowling) A knockout competition between two single bowlers. |
| PANCHAYAT | • panchayat n. (South Asia, chiefly India) A village council or local government. • PANCHAYAT n. (Hindi) five elders, a council of five that is the basis for Indian village government. |
| PARALYTIC | • paralytic n. Someone suffering from paralysis. • paralytic n. A drug that produces paralysis. • paralytic adj. Affected by paralysis; paralysed. |
| PLACATORY | • placatory adj. That placates; pacifying. • PLACATORY adj. tending to placate, also PLACATIVE. |
| PLAYACTED | • playacted v. Simple past tense and past participle of playact. • play-acted v. Simple past tense and past participle of play-act. • PLAYACT v. to take part in a theatrical performance. |
| PLAYACTOR | • playactor n. Alternative form of play-actor. • play-actor n. An actor who performs on stage, especially one who is part of an acting troupe. • PLAYACTOR n. one who playacts. |
| PYRACANTH | • pyracanth n. Any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha having small white flowers followed by hard red… • PYRACANTH n. the evergreen thorn, a shrub native of Europe, also PYRACANTHA. |
| TACHYPNEA | • tachypnea n. Alternative spelling of tachypnoea. • TACHYPNEA n. abnormally rapid breathing, also TACHYPNOEA. |