| ACQUIRING | • acquiring v. Present participle and gerund of acquire. • ACQUIRE v. to come into possession of. |
| ACQUITING | • acquiting v. Present participle of acquite (Obsolete spelling of acquitting.). • ACQUITE v. (obsolete) to free from a charge, also ACQUIT, ACQUIGHT. |
| ACTINIUMS | • actiniums n. Plural of actinium. • ACTINIUM n. a radioactive metallic chemical element, atomic number 89, the first element of the actinide series. |
| ANTIMUSIC | • antimusic n. (Music) Any form of music that defies convention to such a degree that some people would not recognise it as musical. • antimusic adj. Opposing music. • ANTIMUSIC n. music intended to overthrow traditional conventions. |
| AUDIENCIA | • audiencia n. (Historical) An appellate court of the Spanish empire. • AUDIENCIA n. (Spanish) a court of government or justice in the Spanish American empire. |
| CHIAUSING | • chiausing v. Present participle of chiaus. • CHIAUS v. to cheat, swindle. |
| CINQUAINS | • cinquains n. Plural of cinquain. • CINQUAIN n. (French) a stanza of five lines. |
| CUISINART | • CUISINART n. (tradename) a type of food processor. |
| EUCLIDIAN | • Euclidian adj. Alternative spelling of Euclidean. • EUCLIDIAN adj. related to Euclid, or to the geometry of Euclid, also EUCLIDEAN. |
| FAUNISTIC | • faunistic adj. (Biology) Relating to the distribution of animals. • FAUNISTIC adj. relating to fauna. |
| INCAUTION | • incaution n. A lack of caution. • INCAUTION n. want of caution. |
| INCISURAL | • INCISURAL adj. relating to an incisure. |
| LINGUICAS | • linguicas n. Plural of linguica. • linguiças n. Plural of linguiça. • LINGUICA n. a spicy Portuguese sausage, also LINGUISA. |
| MINACIOUS | • minacious adj. (Now rare) Synonym of threatening, in its various senses. • MINACIOUS adj. threatening. |
| MUNICIPAL | • municipal adj. Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government). • municipal adj. Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation. • municipal n. (Finance) A financial instrument issued by a municipality. |
| MUSICIANS | • musicians n. Plural of musician. • MUSICIAN n. one who performs or composes music. |
| PURITANIC | • puritanic adj. Archaic form of puritanical. • Puritanic adj. Alternative letter-case form of puritanic. • PURITANIC adj. of or like a puritan, also PURITANICAL. |
| RUBRICIAN | • rubrician n. One skilled in, or tenaciously adhering to, the rubric or rubrics. • RUBRICIAN n. a student or follower of liturgical rubrics. |
| UNCINARIA | • Uncinaria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Ancylostomatidae – certain nematodes that cause certain hookworm… • UNCINARIA n. hookworm. |
| VACCINIUM | • vaccinium n. (Botany) Any of the genus Vaccinium of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries… • Vaccinium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – shrubs including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry… • VACCINIUM n. (Latin) a genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries. |