| ACCENTOR | • accentor n. Any bird of the Eurasian genus Prunella, such as the dunnock. • accentor n. (Obsolete) The ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla. • accentor n. (Music, obsolete) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader. |
| ACTIONER | • actioner n. (Informal) An action movie. • ACTIONER n. a film with a lot of action. |
| ANCESTOR | • ancestor n. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father’s or mother’s side, at any distance of time;… • ancestor n. An earlier type; a progenitor. • ancestor n. (Law) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir. |
| ANCHORET | • anchoret n. Alternative spelling of anchorite. • ANCHORET n. one who lives in seclusion, usually for religious reasons, also ANCHORITE. |
| ANORETIC | • anoretic adj. Alternative form of anorexic. • anoretic n. Alternative form of anorexic. • ANORETIC adj. pertaining to anorexia, also ANORECTAL. |
| CAROTENE | • carotene n. (Organic chemistry) A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through… • carotene n. (Organic chemistry) Specifically, a number of isomers of tetraterpene hydrocarbons, C40H56, (especially… • CAROTENE n. any of a number of reddish-yellow pigments widely distributed in plants that are converted to vitamin A in the body, also CAROTIN, CARROTIN. |
| CARTONED | • cartoned v. Simple past tense and past participle of carton. • CARTON v. to pack in a cardboard box. |
| CONTRATE | • contrate adj. Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it. • CONTRATE adj. of wheels. |
| COPARENT | • coparent n. Alternative form of co-parent. • coparent v. Alternative form of co-parent. • co-parent n. Someone who shares in the parenting of a child or children, such as… |
| CORONATE | • coronate v. (Rare) To crown (a sovereign). • coronate adj. Having or wearing a crown; crowned. • coronate adj. (Zoology) Having a crest or a crownlike appendage. |
| COURANTE | • courante n. (Music) An old French dance from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre. • courante n. (Music) The second movement of a baroque suite (following the allemande, and before the sarabande). • COURANTE n. (French) an old dance with a gliding step, also CORANTO, COURANT, COURANTO. |
| CREATION | • creation n. (Countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork. • creation n. (Uncountable) The act of creating something. • creation n. (Uncountable) All which exists. |
| ENACTORS | • enactors n. Plural of enactor. • ENACTOR n. one who enacts. |
| ENACTORY | • enactory adj. Serving to enact something, such as a law. • ENACTORY adj. pertaining to the enactment of law. |
| NOTECARD | • notecard n. A paper card on which notes are written, or which is intended for such use. • note␣card n. Alternative form of notecard. • NOTECARD n. a card used for sending short messages. |
| OUTRANCE | • outrance n. (Obsolete) The furthest degree or extremity, going beyond bounds or propriety. • OUTRANCE n. (French) the last extremity. |
| PORTANCE | • portance n. (Obsolete) The manner in which one carries oneself; behaviour. • PORTANCE n. (Spenser) carriage, bearing. |
| REACTION | • reaction n. An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event. • reaction n. (Chemistry) A transformation in which one or more substances is converted into another by combination… • reaction n. (Politics) Reactionary politics; a period in which reactionary thought or politics is resurgent or dominant. |
| SARCONET | • sarconet n. Alternative form of sarsenet. • SARCONET n. a fine silk fabric, also SARSENET, SARSNET, SARCENET. |
| SORTANCE | • sortance n. (Obsolete) fittingness; appropriateness; seemliness. • SORTANCE n. suitableness. |