| ACUPUNCTURE | • acupuncture n. The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body, especially for purposes of pain relief. • acupuncture v. (Transitive) To treat with acupuncture. • ACUPUNCTURE n. the complementary therapy of puncturing the skin with needles at specified points in order to cure illness. |
| CAPTIVAUNCE | • CAPTIVAUNCE n. (Spenser) captivity, also CAPTIVANCE. |
| CARDPUNCHES | • cardpunches n. Plural of cardpunch. • card␣punches n. Plural of card punch. • CARDPUNCH n. a machine which perforates cards to record data. |
| COMEUPPANCE | • comeuppance n. Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved. • come-uppance n. Alternative form of comeuppance. • COMEUPPANCE n. a deserved rebuke or penalty. |
| COUNTERPACE | • COUNTERPACE n. a step in opposition to another; a contrary measure. |
| CRAPULENCES | • crapulences n. Plural of crapulence. • CRAPULENCE n. the sickness occasioned by intemperance; surfeit. |
| IPECACUANHA | • ipecacuanha n. (Medicine, pharmaceutics) The root of Carapichea ipecacuanha, used as an emetic or purgative; a preparation… • ipecacuanha n. (Medicine, pharmaceutics) The flowering plant Carapichea ipecacuanha. • IPECACUANHA n. (Portuguese) the dried root of various South American plants, used as a purgative, expectorant and emetic, also IPECAC. |
| OCCUPANCIES | • occupancies n. Plural of occupancy. • OCCUPANCY n. the act or fact of occupying, also OCCUPANCE. |
| POCOCURANTE | • pococurante adj. Apathetic, indifferent or nonchalant. • pococurante n. An apathetic, indifferent or nonchalant person. • POCOCURANTE adj. (Italian) different, nonchalant. |
| PREACCUSING | • PREACCUSE v. to accuse in advance. |
| PREOCCUPANT | • preoccupant n. A prior occupant. • PREOCCUPANT n. a prior occupant. |
| PROCURANCES | • PROCURANCE n. the act of procuring. |
| PUNICACEOUS | • punicaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the Punicaceae. • PUNICACEOUS adj. relating to Punicaceae, the pomegranate family. |
| SUSCEPTANCE | • susceptance n. (Physics) the imaginary component of the admittance of an alternating current circuit. • SUSCEPTANCE n. the imaginary part of the admittance. |
| UNCOMPACTED | • uncompacted adj. Not compacted. • uncompacted v. Simple past tense and past participle of uncompact. • UNCOMPACTED adj. not compacted. |
| UNPRACTICED | • unpracticed adj. Not practiced; inexperienced. • unpracticed adj. Not carried out in practice; not usually done. • UNPRACTICED adj. not practiced, also UNPRACTISED. |