| ACCOUCHEMENT | • accouchement n. Delivery in childbed; parturition. • ACCOUCHEMENT n. (French) childbirth; a confinement. |
| ACCOUPLEMENT | • accouplement n. (Rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union. • accouplement n. (Rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace. • ACCOUPLEMENT n. a timber joist or beam that serves as a tie or support. |
| ACCOUTERMENT | • accouterment n. (Military, chiefly in the plural) A soldier’s equipment, other than weapons and uniform. • accouterment n. (Chiefly in the plural) An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory. • accouterment n. (By extension) An identifying yet superficial characteristic. |
| ACCOUTREMENT | • accoutrement n. (Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouterment. • ACCOUTREMENT n. (French) an accessory item of clothing or equipment, also ACCOUSTREMENT, ACCOUTERMENT, ACCUSTREMENT. |
| ACCUMBENCIES | • ACCUMBENCY n. the state of being accumbent or reclining. |
| ACCUSTREMENT | • ACCUSTREMENT n. (obsolete) accoutrement, also ACCOUSTREMENT, ACCOUTERMENT, ACCOUTREMENT. |
| CALCEAMENTUM | • calceamentum n. (Historical) A red silk embroidered sandal forming part of the insignia of the Holy Roman Empire. • CALCEAMENTUM n. (Latin) a red silk embroidered sandal forming part of the insignia of the Holy Roman Empire. |
| CATECHUMENAL | • catechumenal adj. Of or pertaining to a catechumen, or to the process and preparation for baptism. • CATECHUMENAL adj. of or like a catechumen, also CATECHUMENICAL. |
| COMEUPPANCES | • comeuppances n. Plural of comeuppance. • come-uppances n. Plural of come-uppance. • COMEUPPANCE n. a deserved rebuke or penalty. |
| COMMUNICATEE | • communicatee n. The person who is communicated to, or who receives a communication. • COMMUNICATEE n. one who is communicated with. |
| ECUMENICALLY | • ecumenically adv. In an ecumenical manner. • ecumenically adv. Regarding ecumenism. • ECUMENICAL adv. general; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church, also ECUMENIC, OECUMENIC, OECUMENICAL. |
| ENCUMBRANCER | • encumbrancer n. Alternative form of incumbrancer. • ENCUMBRANCER n. one that holds an encumbrance, also INCUMBRANCER. |
| ENCUMBRANCES | • encumbrances n. Plural of encumbrance. • ENCUMBRANCE n. something that encumbers, also INCUMBRANCE. |
| ESCARMOUCHES | • escarmouches n. Plural of escarmouche. • ESCARMOUCHE n. (obsolete) a skirmish. |
| MEGACHURCHES | • megachurches n. Plural of megachurch. • mega-churches n. Plural of mega-church. • MEGACHURCH n. a church, usually Protestant, with a very large congregation, typically housed in a complex offering sophisticated multimedia presentations and a range of secular facilities and services. |
| MISCREAUNCES | • MISCREAUNCE n. (Spenser) false religious belief, also MISCREANCE, MISCREANCY. |
| REACCUSTOMED | • reaccustomed v. Simple past tense and past participle of reaccustom. • REACCUSTOM v. to get used to again. |
| RECEPTACULUM | • receptaculum n. (Anatomy) A receptacle. • RECEPTACULUM n. (Latin) a receptacle. |
| SUCCEDANEUMS | • succedaneums n. Plural of succedaneum. • SUCCEDANEUM n. (Latin) a substitute; a remedy. |