| ANCIENTLY | • anciently adv. In the manner of very long ago. As the ancients did. • anciently adv. Done long ago. • ANCIENT adv. very old, also ANTIENT. |
| ANTICLINE | • anticline n. (Geology) A fold with strata sloping downwards on each side. • ANTICLINE n. a fold that is convex upward, or that had such an attitude at some stage of its development. |
| ANTICLING | • anticling adj. Preventing one material from clinging to another. • ANTICLING adj. designed to prevent clinging e.g. of fabrics. |
| CANTILENA | • cantilena n. (Music) A vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style. • CANTILENA n. (Italian) a smooth, flowing melody or vocal style. |
| CANTINGLY | • cantingly adv. In a canting manner; with jargon or religious affectation. • CANTING adv. whining, pretending to piety. |
| CLINQUANT | • clinquant adj. Glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery. • clinquant n. Dutch metal. • clinquant n. Tinsel; glitter. |
| CLINTONIA | • clintonia n. (Botany) Any of the genus Clintonia of herbaceous perennials. • CLINTONIA n. any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries. |
| CONTINUAL | • continual adj. Recurring in steady, rapid succession. • continual adj. (Proscribed) Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption. • continual adj. (Proscribed) Forming a continuous series. |
| CULMINANT | • culminant adj. Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude. • culminant adj. (By extension) predominant. • CULMINANT adj. at its highest point. |
| DECLINANT | • declinant adj. (Heraldry) Having the tail hanging down. • DECLINANT n. (French) a person who is declining or diminishing in luck or wealth. |
| INOCULANT | • inoculant n. The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculum. • inoculant n. (Engineering) An alloyant used to refine grains in a cast microstructure. • INOCULANT n. any material used in inoculation, also INOCULUM. |
| INTERCLAN | • interclan adj. Between clans. • INTERCLAN adj. between clans. |
| LANCINATE | • lancinate v. (Transitive) To pierce or stab (as with a lance); to lance. • LANCINATE v. to pierce or tear. |
| NONCOITAL | • noncoital adj. Not coital. • NONCOITAL adj. not related to coition. |
| OCTENNIAL | • octennial adj. Occurring every eight years. • octennial adj. Lasting or taking eight years. • OCTENNIAL adj. recurring every eighth year. |
| SCANTLING | • scantling n. (Chiefly in the plural) The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used… • scantling n. (Archaic) A small portion, a scant amount. • scantling n. A small, upright beam of timber used in construction, especially less than five inches square. |