| ACUTENESS | • acuteness n. The quality of being acute or pointed. • acuteness n. (Of the senses or feelings) The faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness. • acuteness n. Shrillness; high pitch; – said of sounds. |
| CAESTUSES | • caestuses n. Plural of caestus. • CAESTUS n. (Latin) a hand covering for ancient Roman boxers, also CESTUS. |
| CAUSELESS | • causeless adj. Having no obvious cause; fortuitous or inexplicable. • causeless adj. Groundless or unreasonable. • CAUSELESS adj. without a cause. |
| CAUSERIES | • causeries n. Plural of causerie. • CAUSERIE n. (French) a light and informal conversation; a brief, conversational essay. |
| DECUSSATE | • decussate adj. Crossed; intersected; resembling a letter X. • decussate adj. (Zoology) Having anatomical structures or markings crossing each other, typically in an X shape or at right angles. • decussate adj. (Botany) Having opposite leaves arranged alternately at right angles. |
| ECRASEURS | • ecraseurs n. Plural of ecraseur. • écraseurs n. Plural of écraseur. • ECRASEUR n. (French) a surgical instrument in the form of a wire or chain loop which cuts as it tightens. |
| EUSTACIES | • eustacies n. Plural of eustacy. • EUSTACY n. (Greek) a worldwide change in the sea level, also EUSTASY. |
| FARCEUSES | • farceuses n. Plural of farceuse. • FARCEUSE n. (French) a (female) writer of farces. |
| NUCLEASES | • nucleases n. Plural of nuclease. • NUCLEASE n. any of a number of enzymes producing hydrolysis in nucleic acids. |
| REACCUSES | • reaccuses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reaccuse. • REACCUSE v. to accuse again. |
| SAUCELESS | • sauceless adj. Without sauce (condiment for food). • SAUCELESS adj. without sauce. |
| SEBACEOUS | • sebaceous adj. Of or relating to fat, sebum. • sebaceous adj. Oozing fat. • sebaceous adj. (Botany) tallowy, waxy. |
| SECATEURS | • secateurs n. (Chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Small, handheld pruning shears. • SECATEUR n. (French) a pruning tool. |
| SETACEOUS | • setaceous adj. Of, relating to, or resembling a seta or bristle; bristly. • SETACEOUS adj. set with, or consisting of, bristles. |
| SURCEASED | • surceased v. Simple past tense and past participle of surcease. • SURCEASE v. to stop or cease. |
| SURCEASES | • surceases n. Plural of surcease. • surceases v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of surcease. • SURCEASE v. to stop or cease. |