| ACCRUEMENTS | • accruements n. Plural of accruement. • ACCRUEMENT n. the act of accruing. |
| ACCUSEMENTS | • accusements n. Plural of accusement. • ACCUSEMENT n. (Spenser) an accusation. |
| ASCOMYCETES | • ascomycetes n. Plural of ascomycete. • Ascomycetes prop.n. Former name of Ascomycota, division of Fungi. • ASCOMYCETE n. one of the main divisions of the Fungi. |
| CATECHUMENS | • catechumens n. Plural of catechumen. • CATECHUMEN n. one who is receiving religious instruction in preparation for baptism. |
| CEROMANCIES | • CEROMANCY n. divination by means of wax drippings. |
| COMEBACKERS | • comebackers n. Plural of comebacker. |
| DEMOCRACIES | • democracies n. Plural of democracy. • DEMOCRACY n. a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people collectively, also DEMOCRATY. |
| ECOCLIMATES | • ECOCLIMATE n. a local climate regarded as an ecological factor. |
| ESCARMOUCHE | • escarmouche n. (Obsolete) A skirmish. • ESCARMOUCHE n. (obsolete) a skirmish. |
| MARCESCENCE | • marcescence n. (Botany) Retention (by a plant) of dead organs (such as leaves) that normally are shed. • MARCESCENCE n. the state of being marcescent. |
| MARCESCIBLE | • MARCESCIBLE adj. tending to wither or fade. |
| MISCREANCES | • miscreances n. Plural of miscreance. • MISCREANCE n. (Spenser) false religious belief, also MISCREANCY, MISCREAUNCE. |
| MISCREAUNCE | • MISCREAUNCE n. (Spenser) false religious belief, also MISCREANCE, MISCREANCY. |
| SARCENCHYME | • sarcenchyme n. (Zoology) One of the soft tissues of sponges. • SARCENCHYME n. a soft tissue of sponges with close-packed cells and reduced gelatinous matrix. |
| SCARCEMENTS | • scarcements n. Plural of scarcement. • SCARCEMENT n. an offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc. retreats, leaving a shelf or footing. |
| SEPTICAEMIC | • septicaemic adj. Alternative spelling of septicemic. • SEPTICAEMIC adj. relating to septicaemia, also SEPTICEMIC. |
| SUCCEDANEUM | • succedaneum n. A substitute, replacement for something else, particularly of a medicine used in place of another. • SUCCEDANEUM n. (Latin) a substitute; a remedy. |