| ACROTERIA | • acroteria n. Plural of acroterium. • ACROTERIUM n. a pedestal or ornament at the angle of a pediment, also ACROTER, ACROTERION. |
| AFTERCARE | • aftercare n. (Medicine) The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization. • aftercare n. (Business, frequently attributive) Services and support offered to a customer for the goods or service… • aftercare n. Emotional support offered by the programme makers to a person who has appeared on a stressful talk show, etc. |
| ARCATURES | • arcatures n. Plural of arcature. • ARCATURE n. a small or blind arcade. |
| ATTRACTER | • ATTRACTER n. one who attracts, also ATTRACTOR. |
| CARBURATE | • carburate v. Alternative form of carburet. • CARBURATE v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURET. |
| CARETAKER | • caretaker n. Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping… • caretaker n. Someone who takes care of a person; a parent, carer or other guardian. • caretaker adj. (Chiefly UK) Temporary, on a short term basis. |
| CARRYTALE | • carrytale n. An indiscreet person who spreads gossip. • CARRYTALE n. (Shakespeare) a talebearer. |
| CASTRATER | • castrater n. Alternative form of castrator. • CASTRATER n. a device used in castration, also CASTRATOR. |
| CHARACTER | • character n. (Countable) A being involved in the action of a story. • character n. (Countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene. • character n. (Uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type. |
| CRABEATER | • crabeater n. The cobia or sergeant fish, Rachycentron canadum. • crabeater n. A small heron, Ixobrychus minutus. • crabeater n. An Antarctic seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) that feeds on krill. |
| CREATURAL | • creatural adj. Of or relating to a creature. • creatural adj. Being a creature, created. • CREATURAL adj. relating to a creature or thing created, also CREATURELY. |
| ERRATICAL | • erratical adj. (Rare) erratic. • ERRATICAL adj. (archaic) erratic, also ERRATIC. |
| MACERATER | • macerater n. One who, or that which, macerates. • macerater n. An apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp. • MACERATER n. one who macerates. |
| MACERATOR | • macerator n. A machine that reduces solids to small pieces. • MACERATOR n. a person who fasts and becomes emaciated. |
| PRECARIAT | • precariat n. (Sociology, collective) People suffering from precarity, especially as a social class; people living… • PRECARIAT n. the class of people in society who lack a reliable long-term source of income, such as permanent employment. |
| RACETRACK | • racetrack n. A course over which any type of races are run. • racetrack n. A characteristic circular erosion pattern in deposition processes. • race␣track n. Alternative spelling of racetrack. |
| RICERCATA | • ricercata n. (Music) A very elaborate form of fugue. • RICERCATA n. any of various contrapuntal instrumental forms esp. of the 16th and 17th centuries, also RICERCAR, RICERCARE. |
| TARRIANCE | • tarriance n. (Obsolete, rare) The act of tarrying; dalliance. • TARRIANCE n. (archaic) delay, dallying. |
| TRACHEARY | • tracheary adj. Tracheal; breathing by means of tracheae. • tracheary n. (Zoology, archaic) Any of the Trachearia. • TRACHEARY adj. breathing by means of tracheae. |