| CARUCAGE | • carucage n. (Historical) A form of land taxation that replaced Danegeld in twelfth-century England. • carucage n. (Obsolete) The act of ploughing. • CARUCAGE n. a feudal tax levied on each carucate of land, i.e. as much land as may be tilled in a year and a day by one plough. |
| ACCOURAGE | • accourage v. (Obsolete) To encourage. • ACCOURAGE v. (Spenser) to encourage, also ACCORAGE, ENCOURAGE. |
| CACAFUEGO | • cacafuego n. A spitfire. • cacafuego n. (By extension) A braggart. • CACAFUEGO n. (Spanish) a spitfire, blusterer, also CACAFOGO. |
| CARUCAGES | • carucages n. Plural of carucage. • CARUCAGE n. a feudal tax levied on each carucate of land, i.e. as much land as may be tilled in a year and a day by one plough. |
| ACCOURAGED | • accouraged v. Simple past tense and past participle of accourage. • ACCOURAGE v. (Spenser) to encourage, also ACCORAGE, ENCOURAGE. |
| ACCOURAGES | • accourages v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accourage. • ACCOURAGE v. (Spenser) to encourage, also ACCORAGE, ENCOURAGE. |
| CACAFUEGOS | • cacafuegos n. Plural of cacafuego. • CACAFUEGO n. (Spanish) a spitfire, blusterer, also CACAFOGO. |
| ACCENTUATING | • accentuating v. Present participle of accentuate. • ACCENTUATE v. to emphasize. |
| AGARICACEOUS | • agaricaceous adj. (Mycology) Belonging to the Agaricaceae. • AGARICACEOUS adj. belonging to the agaric family of fungi. |
| AUTECOLOGICAL | • autecological adj. Relating to autecology. • AUTECOLOGICAL adj. relating to autecology, the study of one species, also AUTECOLOGIC. |
| CIRCUMAMBAGES | • circumambages n. Instances of indirectness or deviousness in speaking or writing: circumlocutions. • CIRCUMAMBAGES n. roundabout methods of speech. |
| QUANGOCRACIES | • quangocracies n. Plural of quangocracy. • QUANGOCRACY n. government by quango. |
| RECALCULATING | • recalculating v. Present participle of recalculate. • RECALCULATE v. to calculate again. |
| CIRCUMNAVIGATE | • circumnavigate v. (Transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail. • circumnavigate v. (Transitive) To circumvent or bypass. • circumnavigate v. (Intransitive, sailing) To sail around the world. |
| NYCTAGINACEOUS | • nyctaginaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae of flowering plants. • NYCTAGINACEOUS adj. belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, a family of mainly tropical American plants, including bougainvillea. |
| CIRCUMNAVIGABLE | • circumnavigable adj. Able to be circumnavigated. • CIRCUMNAVIGABLE adj. able to be circumnavigated. |
| CIRCUMNAVIGATED | • circumnavigated v. Simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate. • CIRCUMNAVIGATE v. to go completely around, as the earth, esp. by water. |
| CIRCUMNAVIGATES | • circumnavigates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate. • CIRCUMNAVIGATE v. to go completely around, as the earth, esp. by water. |
| COUNTERCAMPAIGN | • countercampaign n. A campaign that opposes another campaign. • COUNTERCAMPAIGN n. an opposing campaign. |