| COUNTERPLAY | • counterplay n. A game move made as a response. • counterplay n. (Chess) A counterattack in a different part of the board. • counterplay n. (Video games, sociology) A subversive style of gameplay in which a player attempts to overturn the usual… |
| CRAPULOSITY | • CRAPULOSITY n. the state of being crapulous. |
| CRAPULOUSLY | • crapulously adv. In a crapulous manner. • CRAPULOUS adv. suffering from overindulgence in food or drink, also CRAPULENT. |
| 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. |
| EXCULPATORY | • exculpatory adj. Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing. • EXCULPATORY adj. tending or serving to clear from alleged fault or guilt. |
| IMPORTUNACY | • importunacy n. The quality of being importunate. • importunacy n. Constant demanding and pressure; importunity. • IMPORTUNACY n. the state of being importunate. |
| INCULPATORY | • inculpatory adj. That causes someone to be blamed for something. • INCULPATORY adj. tending to inculpate, also INCULPATIVE. |
| MACROPHYLUM | • macrophylum n. (Linguistics) A group of two or more related language phylums. • MACROPHYLUM n. a large phylum, as in New Guinea macrophylum. |
| NUNCUPATORY | • nuncupatory adj. Nuncupative; oral rather than written. • NUNCUPATORY adj. (obsolete) of a will or testament, made before oral witnesses only, also NUNCUPATIVE. |
| PAPYRACEOUS | • papyraceous adj. Made of papyrus. • papyraceous adj. Of the consistency of paper; papery. • PAPYRACEOUS adj. like paper; papery. |
| PARAMOUNTCY | • paramountcy n. The fact or condition of being paramount; supremacy, precedence. • PARAMOUNTCY n. the state of being paramount, also PARAMOUNCY. |
| PELYCOSAURS | • pelycosaurs n. Plural of pelycosaur. • PELYCOSAUR n. a kind of dinosaur. |
| POLYCARPOUS | • polycarpous adj. Alternative form of polycarpic. • POLYCARPOUS adj. fruiting many times, or year after year, also POLYCARPIC. |
| POLYNUCLEAR | • polynuclear adj. (Biology) having multiple nuclei. • polynuclear adj. (Chemistry) polycyclic. • POLYNUCLEAR adj. chemically polycyclic esp. with respect to the benzene ring. |
| PROCURATORY | • procuratory adj. Tending to, or authorizing, procuration. • PROCURATORY n. authorization to act for another. |
| RAPACIOUSLY | • rapaciously adv. In a rapacious manner, greedily, with great appetite. • RAPACIOUS adv. greedy, predacious. |
| SPECULATORY | • speculatory adj. Intended or adapted for viewing or espying; having oversight. • speculatory adj. Exercising speculation; speculative. • SPECULATORY adj. exercising speculation; adapted for spying or viewing. |
| XYLOCARPOUS | • xylocarpous adj. Bearing fruit that becomes hard or woody. • XYLOCARPOUS adj. having woody fruit. |