| COMEUPPANCE | • comeuppance n. Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved. • come-uppance n. Alternative form of comeuppance. • COMEUPPANCE n. a deserved rebuke or penalty. |
| COMPUTERATE | • computerate adj. (Informal) computer-literate. • COMPUTERATE adj. computer literate. |
| COUNTERPACE | • COUNTERPACE n. a step in opposition to another; a contrary measure. |
| COUNTERPANE | • counterpane n. (Dated) The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket; a coverlet, bedspread. • COUNTERPANE n. a bed coverlet. |
| COUNTERPLEA | • counterplea n. (Law) A plea made in opposition to another. • COUNTERPLEA n. a replication to a legal plea. |
| CYPERACEOUS | • cyperaceous adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to the Cyperaceae, or sedges. • CYPERACEOUS adj. belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike plants including the sedges, certain rushes and papyrus. |
| ENCEPHALOUS | • encephalous adj. (Zoology) Having a head; said of most mollusks. • ENCEPHALOUS adj. having a head, also CEPHALOUS. |
| EUCALYPTOLE | • eucalyptole n. Alternative form of eucalyptol. • EUCALYPTOLE n. a volatile, terpene-like oil extracted from the eucalyptus, also EUCALYPTOL. |
| LEUCOPENIAS | • leucopenias n. Plural of leucopenia. • LEUCOPENIA n. a decrease in the number of leucocytes in blood, also LEUKOPENIA. |
| OPERCULATED | • operculated adj. Operculate. • OPERCULATED adj. relating to the operculum, also OPERCULATE. |
| OUTPREACHED | • outpreached v. Simple past tense and past participle of outpreach. • OUTPREACH v. to surpass in preaching. |
| OUTPREACHES | • outpreaches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpreach. • OUTPREACH v. to surpass in preaching. |
| PIPERACEOUS | • piperaceous adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to the order of plants, Piperaceae, of which the pepper is the type. • PIPERACEOUS adj. pertaining to or like pepper plant; belonging to pepper family of plants. |
| PREANNOUNCE | • preannounce v. (Transitive) To announce in advance. • pre-announce v. Alternative form of preannounce. • PREANNOUNCE v. to announce beforehand. |
| PREOCCUPATE | • preoccupate v. (Obsolete) To influence, to occupy (the mind) in advance; to be preoccupied with. • preoccupate v. (Obsolete) To meet in advance; to forestall, pre-empt. • PREOCCUPATE v. (obsolete) to preoccupy. |
| PROTEACEOUS | • proteaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the family Proteaceae of apetalous evergreen shrubs, mostly natives of the… • PROTEACEOUS adj. belonging to the protea family. |
| RECUPERATOR | • recuperator n. A person who recuperates, or regains their health. • recuperator n. A regenerator (heating device). • RECUPERATOR n. an arrangement by which something lost is regained, such as the heat of waste gases in a furnace. |
| SPECIALOGUE | • specialogue n. A sales catalogue aimed at a particular demographic. • SPECIALOGUE n. a mail order catalogue aimed at a specific target group of customers. |
| SUPEROCTAVE | • superoctave n. (Music) The octave above another. • superoctave n. (Music) A coupler in the organ by means of which is sounded an octave higher than the one struck. • superoctave n. (Music) An organ stop two octaves above the principal. |