| ACCESSARY | • accessary n. (Law) Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or… • accessary adj. (Law) Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing… • ACCESSARY adj. accompanying, as a subordinate, also ACCESSORY. |
| BACKSTAYS | • backstays n. Plural of backstay. • BACKSTAY n. a stay extending from ship's mastheads to the side of the ship. |
| CALISAYAS | • calisayas n. Plural of calisaya. • CALISAYA n. (Spanish) the medicinal bark of the cinchona. |
| CASSOWARY | • cassowary n. A large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius that is native to Australia and New Guinea, has a characteristic… • CASSOWARY n. (Malay) any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius, related to the emu. |
| CASTAWAYS | • castaways n. Plural of castaway. • CASTAWAY n. an outcast. |
| CATALYSES | • catalyses n. Plural of catalysis. • catalyses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalyse. • CATALYSE v. to act as a catalyst, also CATALYZE. |
| CATALYSIS | • catalysis n. (Chemistry) The increase of the rate of a chemical reaction, induced by a catalyst. • CATALYSIS n. alteration in speed of chemical reaction due to introduction of a substance which remains unchanged. |
| CATALYSTS | • catalysts n. Plural of catalyst. • CATALYST n. a substance that speeds a chemical reaction. |
| CAUSEWAYS | • causeways n. Plural of causeway. • CAUSEWAY v. to build a raised roadway over. |
| DYSCRASIA | • dyscrasia n. (Ancient usage) Imbalance of the four bodily humors (blood, black and yellow bile, phlegm) that was… • dyscrasia n. (Modern usage) Any bodily disorder, especially regarding the blood. • DYSCRASIA n. (obsolete) a disordered condition of the body attributed originally to unsuitable mixing of the body fluids or humours. |
| HAYSTACKS | • haystacks n. Plural of haystack. • HAYSTACK n. a pile of hay. |
| JACKSTAYS | • jackstays n. Plural of jackstay. • JACKSTAY n. an iron or wooden bar running along the yard of a ship to which sails are fastened. |
| SWAYBACKS | • swaybacks n. Plural of swayback. • SWAYBACK n. an abnormal sagging of the back. |