| ACANTHACEOUS | • acanthaceous adj. (Botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family. • acanthaceous adj. Armed with prickles, as a plant. • ACANTHACEOUS adj. prickly; of the Acanthaceae. |
| ACATALECTICS | • acatalectics n. Plural of acatalectic. • ACATALECTIC n. a poetic line having a complete number of syllables. |
| ACATALEPTICS | • acataleptics n. Plural of acataleptic. • ACATALEPTIC n. a person who suspends judgment in the belief that certainty is impossible. |
| ACCIACCATURE | • acciaccature n. Plural of acciaccatura. • ACCIACCATURA n. (Italian) a grace-note performed quickly before an essential note of a melody. |
| ACCLIMATABLE | • acclimatable adj. Capable of being acclimated. • ACCLIMATABLE adj. that can be acclimated. |
| ACQUAINTANCE | • acquaintance n. (Uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy… • acquaintance n. (Countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted. • acquaintance n. (Uncountable) Such people collectively; one’s circle of acquaintances (with plural concord). |
| ANTIACADEMIC | • antiacademic adj. Opposing what is academic. • antiacademic n. One who opposes what is academic. • ANTIACADEMIC adj. opposed to things academic. |
| AQUACEUTICAL | • AQUACEUTICAL n. a method of delivering food supplements. |
| ATTRACTANCES | • ATTRACTANCE n. the state of being attracted, also ATTRACTANCY. |
| CANALICULATE | • canaliculate adj. (Botany) Channeled lengthwise; grooved. • CANALICULATE adj. grooved or channelled lengthwise, also CANALICULATED. |
| CAPACITANCES | • capacitances n. Plural of capacitance. • CAPACITANCE n. in electricity, the ability to store an electric charge; measure of such ability. |
| INCAPACITATE | • incapacitate v. To make someone or something incapable of doing something; to disable. • incapacitate v. (Law) To make someone ineligible; to disqualify. • INCAPACITATE v. to make legally incapable or ineligible. |
| METACERCARIA | • metacercaria n. The encysted stage of a trematode parasite (flukes) in the tissues of an intermediate host. • METACERCARIA n. a parasitic trematode in encysted form. |
| METAGALACTIC | • metagalactic adj. Of or pertaining to a metagalaxy. • METAGALACTIC adj. relating to a metagalaxy. |