| ACCUSATION | • accusation n. The act of accusing. • accusation n. (Law) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law. • accusation n. An allegation. |
| ACCUSATIVE | • accusative adj. Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame. • accusative adj. (Grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses… • accusative n. (Grammar) The accusative case. |
| ACOUSTICAL | • acoustical adj. Of or pertaining to hearing or acoustics. • ACOUSTICAL adj. relating to the science of sound, also ACOUSTIC. |
| ANACOUSTIC | • anacoustic adj. Anechoic, soundless. • anacoustic adj. (Physics) Describing the upper reaches of the atmosphere, and of space, in which the concentration of… • ANACOUSTIC adj. unable to support the propagation of sound; soundless. |
| ANACRUSTIC | • anacrustic adj. Exhibiting or relating to anacrusis. • ANACRUSTIC adj. relating to anacrusis. |
| AUTOSCOPIC | • autoscopic adj. Relating to autoscopy. • AUTOSCOPIC adj. relating to autoscopy, hallucination of an image of one's body. |
| CADUCITIES | • caducities n. Plural of caducity. • CADUCITY n. the quality of being transitory or perishable. |
| CAUSTICITY | • causticity n. The quality of being physically caustic; burning, corrosive. • causticity n. (Figuratively) Being caustic in speech, humour etc. • CAUSTICITY n. the state of being caustic. |
| CICLATOUNS | • ciclatouns n. Plural of ciclatoun. • CICLATOUN n. (obsolete) a costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages, also CICLATON. |
| CIRCULATES | • circulates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circulate. • CIRCULATE v. to go round. |
| CISTACEOUS | • cistaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Cistaceae of rockroses. • CISTACEOUS adj. of or like a Cistus, the rockrose genus. |
| DIACAUSTIC | • diacaustic adj. Relating to the caustic curves formed by the refraction of light. • diacaustic n. A refracting lens, which can be used to cauterise. • diacaustic n. The curve or surface formed by the intersection of refracted light rays. |
| DIACOUSTIC | • diacoustic adj. Relating to diacoustics. • DIACOUSTIC adj. pertaining to the refraction of sound. |
| ENCAUSTICS | • encaustics n. Plural of encaustic. • ENCAUSTIC n. an ancient method of painting in melted wax; a piece of pottery or other article decorated in this way. |
| INCULCATES | • inculcates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inculcate. • INCULCATE v. to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions. |
| NOCTILUCAS | • noctilucas n. Plural of noctiluca. • NOCTILUCA n. (Latin) a roughly spherical marine dinoflagellate of the genus Noctiluca, which is strongly phosphorescent. |
| PRACTICUMS | • practicums n. Plural of practicum. • PRACTICUM n. (Latin) a course of practical work undertaken to implement academic studies. |
| SUBARCTICS | • subarctics n. Plural of subarctic. • SUBARCTIC n. the zone just below the arctic circle. |
| SUCCINATES | • succinates n. Plural of succinate. • SUCCINATE n. a salt of succinic acid. |