| ACCEPTATION | • acceptation n. (Obsolete) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable. • acceptation n. The meaning (sense) in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received#Adjective. • acceptation n. Ready belief. |
| ACCOMPANIST | • accompanist n. (Music) The performer in music who takes the accompanying part. • ACCOMPANIST n. one who accompanies another, also ACCOMPANYIST. |
| ACCOMPTABLE | • accomptable adj. (Archaic) Accountable. • ACCOMPTABLE adj. accountable, also ACCOUNTABLE. |
| ACCOMPTANTS | • accomptants n. Plural of accomptant. • ACCOMPTANT n. an accountant, also ACCOUNTANT. |
| APOCALYPTIC | • apocalyptic adj. Of or relating to an apocalypse… • apocalyptic adj. Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation, or doom). • apocalyptic adj. (Nonstandard) Eggcorn of apoplectic. |
| APODICTICAL | • apodictical adj. (Archaic) Apodictic; being clearly demonstrable; certain. • APODICTICAL adj. (archaic) necessarily true, also APODEICTIC, APODEICTICAL, APODICTIC. |
| APOMICTICAL | • APOMICTICAL adj. relating to apomixis, nonsexual reproduction, from an unfertilized ovum, also APOMICTIC. |
| CAPROLACTAM | • caprolactam n. (Organic chemistry) A lactam (cyclic amide) manufactured from cyclohexanone and used in the manufacture of nylon. • CAPROLACTAM n. a white crystalline cyclic amide used esp. in making one type of nylon. |
| CATAPHONICS | • cataphonics n. Synonym of catacoustics. • CATAPHONICS n. the area of the science of acoustics that deals with echoes or reflected sounds. |
| CATOPTRICAL | • catoptrical adj. Alternative form of catoptric. • CATOPTRICAL adj. relating to reflection, also CATOPTRIC. |
| COCAPTAINED | • cocaptained v. Simple past tense and past participle of cocaptain. • COCAPTAIN v. to captain jointly. |
| PACIFICATOR | • pacificator n. A peacemaker, a pacifier. • PACIFICATOR n. a peacemaker. |
| PARACROSTIC | • paracrostic n. A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem. • PARACROSTIC n. a poem whose initial letters reproduce its first verse. |
| PINACOTHECA | • pinacotheca n. An art gallery (especially a picture gallery). • PINACOTHECA n. a picture-gallery. |
| PLANTOCRACY | • plantocracy n. Government by plantation owners. • plantocracy n. The group of plantation owners who have power in such a government. • PLANTOCRACY n. government by plantation owners. |