| ACCOMPLICE | • accomplice n. (Law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory. • accomplice n. (Rare) A cooperator. • ACCOMPLICE n. one associated with another esp. in wrongdoing, also COMPLICE. |
| APOPLECTIC | • apoplectic adj. (Medicine) Of or relating to apoplexy. • apoplectic adj. Marked by extreme anger or fury. • apoplectic adj. (Archaic) Effused with blood. |
| CATCHPOLES | • catchpoles n. Plural of catchpole. • Catchpoles prop.n. Plural of Catchpole. • CATCHPOLE n. (historical) a sheriff's officer who made arrests for failure to pay a debt, also CATCHPOLL. |
| CLOUDSCAPE | • cloudscape n. A work of art or other image depicting sky and clouds. • CLOUDSCAPE n. a view or pictorial representation of a cloud formation. |
| COMPLACENT | • complacent adj. Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one’s achievements; smug. • complacent adj. Apathetic with regard to an apparent need or problem. • COMPLACENT adj. marked by complacency. |
| COMPLIANCE | • compliance n. An act of complying. • compliance n. (Uncountable) The state of being compliant. • compliance n. (Uncountable) The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others. |
| COMPLICATE | • complicate v. (Transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult. • complicate v. (Transitive) To involve in a convoluted matter. • complicate adj. (Obsolete) Intertwined. |
| CONCEPTUAL | • conceptual adj. Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception. • conceptual adj. Existing only in the imagination. • conceptual adj. Of or relating to conceptualism. |
| CYCLOPEDIA | • cyclopedia n. Alternative spelling of cyclopaedia. • CYCLOPEDIA n. an encyclopaedia, also CYCLOPAEDIA. |
| LACTOSCOPE | • lactoscope n. An instrument for estimating the amount of cream in milk, based on its relative opacity. • LACTOSCOPE n. an instrument for measuring the purity or richness of milk. |
| PECCADILLO | • peccadillo n. A small flaw or sin. • peccadillo n. A petty offense. • PECCADILLO n. (Spanish) a slight offence or sin. |
| PRAECOCIAL | • praecocial adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the Praecoces. • PRAECOCIAL 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, also PRECOCIAL. |
| PRECOCIALS | • PRECOCIAL n. a bird having such young, also PRAECOCIAL. |
| PREVOCALIC | • prevocalic adj. (Phonetics) Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound. • PREVOCALIC adj. before a vowel. |
| RECIPROCAL | • reciprocal adj. Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way. • reciprocal adj. Mutually interchangeable. • reciprocal adj. (Grammar) Expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive. |