| ACCENSION | • accension n. (Obsolete) The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition. • ACCENSION n. the act of kindling or the state of being kindled. |
| ACCESSION | • accession n. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined. • accession n. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without. • accession n. (Law) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition… |
| ACCRETION | • accretion n. The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession… • accretion n. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition. • accretion n. Something added externally to promote the external growth of an item. |
| ACROGENIC | • acrogenic adj. Alternative form of acrogenous. • ACROGENIC adj. like or relating to an acrogen, a cryptogam with a distinct permanent stem. |
| ANECDOTIC | • anecdotic adj. Anecdotal; of or pertaining to anecdotes. • anecdotic adj. Tending to tell anecdotes. • ANECDOTIC adj. pertaining to anecdote, also ANECDOTAL. |
| ANORECTIC | • anorectic adj. Characterised by a lack of appetite, especially as suffering from anorexia nervosa; anorexic. • anorectic adj. Causing a loss of appetite. • anorectic n. A person suffering from anorexia nervosa; an anorexic. |
| ARCCOSINE | • arccosine n. (Trigonometry) Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the cosine function. • ARCCOSINE n. a mathematical function. |
| BICONCAVE | • biconcave adj. (Optics, anatomy) Having both sides concave. • BICONCAVE adj. concave on both sides. |
| CACOGENIC | • cacogenic adj. (Medicine) Of or relating to cacogenesis. • cacogenic adj. (Archaic) Tending toward racial deterioration through bad sexual selection. • CACOGENIC adj. reducing the quality of a race. |
| CANTICOED | • CANTICO v. (Native American) to dance as an act of worship, also KANTIKOY, CANTICOY. |
| CHACONINE | • chaconine n. (Organic chemistry) A steroidal glycoalkaloid chemical compound found in plants of the family Solanaceae… • CHACONINE n. a toxic alkaloid found in potatoes. |
| COACHLINE | • coachline n. A company that operates a fleet of coaches (passenger vehicles). • coachline n. (Automotive) A decorative horizontal line running along the sides of a motor vehicle. • COACHLINE n. a decorative line along the body of a motor vehicle. |
| COCAINISE | • cocainise v. Alternative form of cocainize. • COCAINISE v. to anaesthetise with cocaine, also COCAINIZE. |
| COCAINIZE | • cocainize v. (Transitive) To treat or anesthetize with cocaine. • COCAINIZE v. to anaesthetise with cocaine, also COCAINISE. |
| COCHINEAL | • cochineal n. (Entomology) A species of insect (Dactylopius coccus). • cochineal n. A vivid red dye made from the bodies of cochineal insects. • cochineal n. The vivid red color of this dye. |
| COCINERAS | • cocineras n. Plural of cocinera. • COCINERA n. (Spanish) a cook. |
| COECILIAN | • coecilian n. (Zoology) Alternative form of caecilian. • COECILIAN n. a burrowing worm-like amphibian, also CAECILIAN. |
| COFINANCE | • cofinance v. To finance jointly. • COFINANCE v. to finance in collaboration with another. |
| OSCITANCE | • OSCITANCE n. yawning, sleepiness, also OSCITANCY. |