| ACEPHALIC | • acephalic adj. Without a head. • acephalic adj. (Medicine, of a headache, dated) Characterized by a migraine aura without pain. • acephalic adj. Without a leader. |
| CATCHPOLE | • catchpole n. (Obsolete) A taxman, one who gathers taxes. • catchpole n. A sheriff’s officer, usually one who arrests debtors. • catchpole n. (Historical) An implement formerly used for seizing and securing a man who would otherwise be out of reach. |
| CEPHALICS | • CEPHALIC n. a headache remedy, also KEPHALIC. |
| CYCLEPATH | • cyclepath n. Alternative form of cycle path. • cycle␣path n. A path, segregated from other traffic, for the use of riders of bicycles. • CYCLEPATH n. a special route for cyclists. |
| CYCLOPEAN | • cyclopean adj. Suggestive of a cyclops. • cyclopean adj. (Masonry) Fitted together of huge irregular stones. • cyclopean adj. Massive in stature. |
| ECLAMPTIC | • eclamptic adj. Of or pertaining to eclampsia. • eclamptic n. One who suffers from eclampsia. • ECLAMPTIC adj. relating to eclampsia, a symptom of epilepsy. |
| PECCANTLY | • peccantly adv. In a peccant manner. • PECCANT adv. sinning; guilty of transgression. |
| PEDOCALIC | • pedocalic adj. Of or relating to a pedocal. • PEDOCALIC adj. of or like pedocal, a generic term used to describe the soils typically found in an arid or semiarid region. |
| PLACCATES | • placcates n. Plural of placcate. • PLACCATE n. (obsolete) a leather doublet with strips of steel, also PLACCAT, PLACKET. |
| PLACEKICK | • placekick n. (In several forms of football) A kick of the ball from a stationary position. • placekick v. (In several forms of football) To kick the ball from a stationary position, especially as a means of… • place-kick v. Alternative form of placekick. |
| PRECANCEL | • precancel v. (Transitive) To cancel or frank (a postage stamp) prior to posting it. • precancel n. A postage stamp or mail item that has been precancelled. • PRECANCEL v. to cancel in advance. |
| PRECOCIAL | • precocial adj. (Zoology, of birds) Hatched from the egg already covered in down and with eyes open; capable of leaving… • PRECOCIAL adj. of or relating to birds whose young are hatched with a covering of down and can leave the nest at once to seek food. • PRECOCIAL n. a bird having such young, also PRAECOCIAL. |
| SCEPTICAL | • sceptical adj. Britain standard spelling of skeptical. • SCEPTICAL adj. inclined to questioning and disbelief, also SKEPTICAL. |
| SPECTACLE | • spectacle n. An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc. • spectacle n. An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation. • spectacle n. (Usually in the plural) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, worn to… |