| ANACRUSIS | • anacrusis n. (Prosody) An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse. • anacrusis n. (Music) An unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase. • ANACRUSIS n. (Greek) one or more unstressed notes immediately preceding the first bar line. |
| ARUSPICES | • aruspices n. Plural of aruspice. • aruspices n. Plural of aruspex. • ARUSPEX n. (Latin) a person who inspected the entrails of sacrificial victims in order to foretell the future, also HARUSPEX. |
| CASUISTRY | • casuistry n. The process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate… • casuistry n. (Derogatory) A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling. • CASUISTRY n. plausible but flawed moral reasoning. |
| CAUSERIES | • causeries n. Plural of causerie. • CAUSERIE n. (French) a light and informal conversation; a brief, conversational essay. |
| CUIRASSED | • cuirassed adj. Wearing a cuirass. • cuirassed adj. (Zoology) Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass; said of certain fishes. • CUIRASS v. to cover with a breastplate. |
| CUIRASSES | • cuirasses n. Plural of cuirass. • cuirasses n. Plural of cuirasse. • CUIRASS v. to cover with a breastplate. |
| CURARISES | • curarises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curarise. • CURARISE v. to poison with curare, also CURARIZE. |
| ISCHURIAS | • ischurias n. Plural of ischuria. • ISCHURIA n. retention of urine. |
| NARCISSUS | • narcissus n. Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped… • narcissus n. A beautiful young man, like the mythological Greek Narcissus. • Narcissus prop.n. (Greek mythology) A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a… |
| OSSICULAR | • ossicular adj. (Anatomy) Related to or composed of ossicles. • OSSICULAR adj. relating to an ossicle, a little bone or bone-like plate. |
| PARACUSIS | • paracusis n. (Pathology) impaired or incorrect hearing. • PARACUSIS n. disordered hearing. |
| RUSTICALS | • RUSTICAL n. a rustic. |
| SUBVICARS | • subvicars n. Plural of subvicar. • SUBVICAR n. a subordinate vicar. |
| SURICATES | • suricates n. Plural of suricate. • SURICATE n. (Dutch) a South African carnivore, aka meerkat, related to the ichneumon. |
| URANISCUS | • uraniscus n. (Anatomy) The palate or roof of the mouth. • URANISCUS n. (Greek) the roof of the mouth. |