| ABSCISSION | • abscission n. The act or process of cutting off. • abscission n. (Obsolete) The state of being cut off. • abscission n. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly. |
| ABSCONDERS | • absconders n. Plural of absconder. • ABSCONDER n. one who absconds. |
| AMBISONICS | • ambisonics n. A form of surround sound reproduction, using two or more transmission channels and four or more speakers… • AMBISONICS n. the technique of reproducing and transmitting surround sound. |
| BASILICONS | • basilicons n. Plural of basilicon. • BASILICON n. (Greek) any of several ointments supposed to possess sovereign virtues. |
| CARBONISES | • carbonises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carbonise. • CARBONISE v. to turn into carbon, also CARBONIZE. |
| CARBONLESS | • carbonless adj. Without carbon. • CARBONLESS adj. without carbon. |
| CONSTABLES | • constables n. Plural of constable. • CONSTABLE n. a policeman or policewoman of the lowest rank. |
| CONTRABASS | • contrabass n. The part or section one octave lower than bass. • contrabass n. Double bass; string bass. • contrabass n. Any of the several contrabass instruments. |
| CROSSBANDS | • crossbands n. Plural of crossband. • CROSSBAND n. a horizontal bar e.g. across goalposts. |
| ESCRIBANOS | • escribanos n. Plural of escribano. • Escribanos prop.n. Plural of Escribano. • ESCRIBANO n. (Spanish) a notary. |
| OBEISANCES | • obeisances n. Plural of obeisance. • OBEISANCE n. a bow or curtsey, a paying of homage. |
| OBSCURANTS | • obscurants n. Plural of obscurant. • OBSCURANT n. one who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom. |
| SUBACTIONS | • subactions n. Plural of subaction. • SUBACTION n. the act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies completely. |
| SUBCANTORS | • subcantors n. Plural of subcantor. • SUBCANTOR n. a subordinate cantor, a singer; esp. the leader of a church choir. |
| SUBDEACONS | • subdeacons n. Plural of subdeacon. • sub-deacons n. Plural of sub-deacon (alternative spelling of subdeacons). • SUBDEACON n. a minister of an order next below that of deacon. |