| ACCIDENTAL | • accidental adj. Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary. • accidental adj. (Music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature. • accidental adj. Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional. |
| ACCLAIMING | • acclaiming adj. That acclaims; applauding, welcoming enthusiastically. • acclaiming v. Present participle of acclaim. • ACCLAIM v. to shout approval of. |
| ACCOLADING | • accolading v. Present participle of accolade. • ACCOLADE v. to give an accolade. |
| ANACLASTIC | • anaclastic adj. Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water. • anaclastic adj. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass. • ANACLASTIC adj. refractive; of or pertaining to refraction. |
| ANARCHICAL | • anarchical adj. Anarchic. • ANARCHICAL adj. relating to anarchy, the complete absence of law or government, also ANARCHAL, ANARCHIAL, ANARCHIC. |
| CACUMINALS | • cacuminals n. Plural of cacuminal. • CACUMINAL n. a sound so produced. |
| CAECILIANS | • caecilians n. Plural of caecilian. • CAECILIAN n. a tropical burrowing, wormlike amphibian, also COECILIAN. |
| CALCEATING | • CALCEATE v. to shoe. |
| CALCINABLE | • calcinable adj. That may be calcined. • CALCINABLE adj. that may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil. |
| CANALICULI | • canaliculi n. Plural of canaliculus. • CANALICULUS n. a small bodily channel, like a tear duct. |
| CANONICALS | • canonicals n. Plural of canonical. • canonicals n. The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a clergyman when officiating. • CANONICALS n. the official dress of the clergy. |
| CARACOLING | • caracoling v. Present participle of caracole. • caracoling n. A caracole, or half-turn. • CARACOLE v. (French) to perform a half turn on a horse, also CARACOL. |
| CATACLINAL | • CATACLINAL adj. of streams, valleys, etc., running in the direction of the dip of the surrounding rock strata. |
| CATCALLING | • catcalling v. Present participle of catcall. • CATCALL v. to deride by making shrill sounds. |
| CHAPLAINCY | • chaplaincy n. The role or position of a chaplain. • chaplaincy n. A building, for example on a university campus, catering to people’s religious needs. • CHAPLAINCY n. the office of chaplain, also CHAPLAINRY. |
| CLAMANCIES | • CLAMANCY n. urgency. |
| CLOACALINE | • cloacaline adj. Synonym of cloacal. • CLOACALINE adj. relating to the cloaca, also CLOACAL, CLOACINAL. |
| MECHANICAL | • mechanical adj. (Now rare) Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar. • mechanical adj. Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on mass). • mechanical adj. Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines). |
| OCCASIONAL | • occasional adj. Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not often. • occasional adj. Created for a specific occasion. • occasional adj. Intended for use as the occasion requires. |
| ROMANCICAL | • romancical adj. (Obsolete) Dealing with romance. • ROMANCICAL adj. (Lamb) dealing with romance. |