| ACATALEPTICS | • acataleptics n. Plural of acataleptic. • ACATALEPTIC n. a person who suspends judgment in the belief that certainty is impossible. |
| ACCEPTATIONS | • acceptations n. Plural of acceptation. • ACCEPTATION n. a kind reception; the sense in which a word, etc., is understood. |
| ANAPTYCTICAL | • anaptyctical adj. Relating to anaptyxis. • ANAPTYCTICAL adj. relating to anaptyxis, the insertion of a vowel between two consonants for ease of pronunciation, also ANAPTYCTIC. |
| CAPACITATING | • capacitating v. Present participle of capacitate. • CAPACITATE v. to make or render capable. |
| CAPACITATION | • capacitation n. Enablement; giving the capacity to do something. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • capacitation n. (Zoology) The process of altering sperm to allow them to fertilize eggs. • CAPACITATION n. the change undergone by sperm in the female reproductive tract that enables them to penetrate and fertilize an egg. |
| CAPITALISTIC | • capitalistic adj. Of or pertaining to capitalism or to capitalists. • capitalistic adj. Organised on a capitalist basis. • CAPITALISTIC adj. relating to capitalism. |
| CATADIOPTRIC | • catadioptric adj. (Optics) Of or pertaining to optical systems that employ both refractive (dioptric) and reflective (catoptric)… • CATADIOPTRIC adj. relating to or employing both reflection and refraction, as in the construction of some long-focal-length photographic lenses, also CATADIOPTRICAL. |
| CATAPHORETIC | • cataphoretic adj. Relating to cataphoresis. • CATAPHORETIC adj. relating to cataphoresis, the movement, due to application of electricity, of particles through a fluid. |
| CATAPHRACTIC | • cataphractic adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a cataphract. • CATAPHRACTIC adj. of or like a cataphract, a suit of mail; a soldier in full armour. |
| CATASTROPHIC | • catastrophic adj. Of or pertaining to a catastrophe. • catastrophic adj. Disastrous; ruinous. • catastrophic adj. From which recovery is impossible. |
| INCAPACITANT | • incapacitant n. Any device or substance used to incapacitate a person or crowd. • INCAPACITANT n. a substance that can temporarily incapacitate a person, used esp. as a weapon in biological warfare. |
| 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. |
| PARATACTICAL | • paratactical adj. Synonym of paratactic. • PARATACTICAL adj. of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis, also PARATACTIC. |
| PRACTICALIST | • practicalist n. One who focuses on what is practical rather than theory or ideals. • PRACTICALIST n. one who is devoted to what is practical. |
| PRACTICALITY | • practicality n. (Uncountable) The state of being practical or feasible. • practicality n. (Countable, usually in the plural) The practical aspect of something. • PRACTICALITY n. the state of being practical. |
| SCRATCHPLATE | • scratchplate n. A pickguard. • SCRATCHPLATE n. a plastic or metal plate attached to the front of a guitar to protect it from pick scratches. |
| ULTRACOMPACT | • ultracompact adj. Extremely compact; of utmost compactness. • ULTRACOMPACT adj. extremely compact. |