| ACICULATE | • aciculate adj. Furnished with aciculae. • aciculate adj. Acicular (needle-shaped). • aciculate adj. Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle. |
| ACIDULATE | • acidulate v. (Transitive) To make slightly or moderately acid; to acidify. • acidulate v. (Transitive) To make sour in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat. • acidulate v. (Transitive) To use an acidic catalyst, with the chemical change being emphasised over the importance… |
| ACQUITTAL | • acquittal n. (Now rare) The act of fulfilling the duties (Of a given role, obligation etc.). • acquittal n. (Law) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal… • acquittal n. Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends. |
| ACTUALISE | • actualise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of actualize. • ACTUALISE v. to make actual, realise, also ACTUALIZE. |
| ACTUALIST | • actualist n. A proponent of actualism. • ACTUALIST n. a person who deals with or considers actual facts. |
| ACTUALITE | • ACTUALITE n. (French) the real state of affairs. |
| ACTUALITY | • actuality n. The state of existing; existence. • actuality n. An instance or quality of being actual or factual; fact. • actuality n. (Television) Live reporting on current affairs. |
| ACTUALIZE | • actualize v. (Transitive) To make real; to realize. • actualize v. (Intransitive) To become actual or real. • actualize v. (Reflexive) To realize one’s full potential. |
| ACTUARIAL | • actuarial adj. Of or pertaining to actuaries. • actuarial adj. Relating to statistical calculation, especially pertaining to insurance. • ACTUARIAL adj. of or pertaining to actuaries. |
| APICULATE | • apiculate adj. (Botany) Having a short, sharply pointed tip. • APICULATE adj. of leaves, having a short point at the tip. |
| ARTICULAR | • articular adj. (Anatomy) Of, at, or relating to the joints of the body. • articular adj. (Grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical article. • ARTICULAR adj. pertaining to joints. |
| AUCTORIAL | • auctorial adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an author. • AUCTORIAL adj. of or relating to an author. |
| AUTOCIDAL | • autocidal adj. Relating to autocide. • AUTOCIDAL adj. of pest control, effected by the introduction of sterile or genetically altered individuals into the wild population. |
| CALIATOUR | • caliatour n. (Archaic) A kind of dyewood that grows in India on the Coromandel coast. • CALIATOUR n. an old term for a tropical dyewood, perhaps red-sanders, also CALLIATURE. |
| CAPITULAR | • capitular n. An act passed in a chapter. • capitular n. A member of a chapter. • capitular n. The head or prominent part. |
| CAUSALITY | • causality n. The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect. • causality n. The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and… • CAUSALITY n. the relationship between cause and effect. |
| CAUSTICAL | • caustical adj. Archaic form of caustic. • CAUSTICAL adj. burning, also CAUSTIC. |
| LUNATICAL | • lunatical adj. (Rare) Lunatic. • LUNATICAL adj. crazy, also LUNATIC. |
| MATRICULA | • matricula n. (Obsolete) A register of students who are enrolled. • matricula n. (Obsolete) A document indicating that a student has passed a course of study. • matricula n. An identification card issued by the Mexican consulate. |
| QUANTICAL | • quantical adj. (Mathematics) Relating to quantics. • quantical adj. Quantum. • QUANTICAL adj. of or like a quantic, a homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables. |