| ACCENTUAL | • accentual adj. Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent. • accentual adj. Designating verse rhythms based on stress accents. • ACCENTUAL adj. of or pertaining to accent. |
| ACCOUNTED | • accounted v. Simple past tense and past participle of account. • ACCOUNT v. to explain in detail, also ACCOMPT. |
| ACCUMBENT | • accumbent adj. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. • accumbent adj. (Botany) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. • accumbent n. One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table. |
| ACCUSANTS | • accusants n. Plural of accusant. • ACCUSANT n. an accuser. |
| ACUTANCES | • acutances n. Plural of acutance. • ACUTANCE n. a measure of photographic clarity. |
| CANTICUMS | • CANTICUM n. (Latin) a canticle, a part-song in an ancient play. |
| CENTAURIC | • CENTAURIC adj. integrating mind and body. |
| CICLATOUN | • ciclatoun n. A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages. • CICLATOUN n. (obsolete) a costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages, also CICLATON. |
| COCOANUTS | • cocoanuts n. Plural of cocoanut. • COCOANUT n. the large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm, also COCONUT, COKERNUT. |
| CONTUMACY | • contumacy n. (Chiefly Christianity and law) Disobedience, resistance to authority. • CONTUMACY n. stubborn perverseness. |
| CORUSCANT | • coruscant adj. Emitting flashes of light; glittering. • CORUSCANT adj. shining, glittering. |
| COUNTBACK | • countback n. (Sports) A procedure used to determine which of two equal finishers is the winner, based on past performance. • COUNTBACK n. a system of deciding the winner of a tied competition by comparing earlier points or scores. |
| CUNCTATOR | • cunctator n. One who delays or lingers. • CUNCTATOR n. (Latin) someone who delays or procrastinates. |
| ENCAUSTIC | • encaustic adj. (Art) Prepared by means of heat; burned in. • encaustic n. A wax-based paint that is fixed in place by heating. • encaustic n. A painting produced using this paint. |
| INCULCATE | • inculcate v. (Transitive) To teach by repeated instruction. • inculcate v. (Transitive) To induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons. • INCULCATE v. to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions. |
| NOCTILUCA | • noctiluca n. (Obsolete) A firefly, glowworm. • noctiluca n. (Obsolete) The moon. • noctiluca n. (Obsolete) A phosphorescent substance. |
| OCCUPANTS | • occupants n. Plural of occupant. • OCCUPANT n. one who occupies. |
| SUCCINATE | • succinate n. (Organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of succinic acid. • SUCCINATE n. a salt of succinic acid. |