| ACCELERANDOS | • accelerandos n. Plural of accelerando. • ACCELERANDO n. a musical piece that gets quicker. |
| ACCELERATION | • acceleration n. (Uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action;… • acceleration n. (Countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity). • acceleration n. (Physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction). |
| ANCHORETICAL | • anchoretical adj. Anchoretic. • ANCHORETICAL adj. of or like an anchoret, also ANCHORETIC. |
| CALEFACTIONS | • calefactions n. Plural of calefaction. • CALEFACTION n. the act of heating. |
| CANCELATIONS | • cancelations n. Plural of cancelation. • CANCELATION n. the act or an instance of canceling, also CANCELLATION. |
| CANCELLATION | • cancellation n. The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of… • cancellation n. (Mathematics) The operation of striking out common factors, e.g. in both the dividend and divisor. • cancellation n. (Philately) A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse. |
| CLAIRVOYANCE | • clairvoyance n. (Parapsychology) The power to see the future. • clairvoyance n. Acute intuitive insight or perceptiveness; sagacity. • CLAIRVOYANCE n. the power of seeing things removed in time or space, also CLAIRVOYANCY. |
| CLEPTOMANIAC | • cleptomaniac n. Alternative spelling of kleptomaniac. • CLEPTOMANIAC n. a person having an obsessive urge to steal, also KLEPTO, KLEPTOMANIAC. |
| COELACANTHIC | • COELACANTHIC adj. (jocular) old but worth keeping. |
| COMPLAISANCE | • complaisance n. The quality of being complaisant, amiable or agreeable. • COMPLAISANCE n. wishing to please or tending to comply with the wishes of others. |
| CONTRACTABLE | • contractable adj. Capable of being contracted (in various senses). • CONTRACTABLE adj. that can be contracted, also CONTRACTIBLE. |
| CYCLOALKANES | • cycloalkanes n. Plural of cycloalkane. • CYCLOALKANE n. an alicyclic hydrocarbon with a saturated ring, aka cycloparaffin. |
| DECALCOMANIA | • decalcomania n. The process of transferring decorative designs onto surfaces using decals. • decalcomania n. A decal. • DECALCOMANIA n. the art of transferring a design from paper to another surface. |
| MACRONUCLEAR | • macronuclear adj. Of or pertaining to a macronucleus. • MACRONUCLEAR adj. of or like a macronucleus. |
| MELANCHOLIAC | • melancholiac n. Synonym of melancholic. • MELANCHOLIAC n. one suffering from melancholia. |
| MICROBALANCE | • microbalance n. Any balance capable of weighing objects having a mass less than a milligram. • MICROBALANCE n. a balance designed to measure very small weights. |
| NEOCLASSICAL | • neoclassical adj. Of pertaining to a style of architecture based on classical models, especially such a style of the 18th century. • neoclassical adj. Of or relating to various art styles, as in sculpture and ballet, inspired by older classical forms and conventions. • neoclassical adj. (Linguistics) Being a recent construction based on older, classical elements. |
| NONCHALANCES | • nonchalances n. Plural of nonchalance. • NONCHALANCE n. the state of being nonchalant. |