| ACCULTURATES | • acculturates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acculturate. • ACCULTURATE v. to undergo acculturation. |
| ARISTOCRATIC | • aristocratic adj. Of, pertaining to, or favouring, an aristocracy. • aristocratic adj. Similar to the aristocracy; characteristic of, the aristocracy. • ARISTOCRATIC adj. belonging to an aristocracy, also ARISTOCRATICAL. |
| ATTRACTANCES | • ATTRACTANCE n. the state of being attracted, also ATTRACTANCY. |
| BACKSCATTERS | • backscatters n. Plural of backscatter. • backscatters v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backscatter. • BACKSCATTER v. to scatter in this way. |
| CARICATURIST | • caricaturist n. A person who draws caricatures. • CARICATURIST n. one who draws caricatures. |
| CATACHRESTIC | • catachrestic adj. Constituting or related to catachresis. • CATACHRESTIC adj. relating to catachresis, the misuse of words, also CATACHRESTICAL. |
| CATASTROPHIC | • catastrophic adj. Of or pertaining to a catastrophe. • catastrophic adj. Disastrous; ruinous. • catastrophic adj. From which recovery is impossible. |
| COARCTATIONS | • coarctations n. Plural of coarctation. • COARCTATION n. the action of compressing tightly; the state of being tightly compressed. |
| COSURFACTANT | • cosurfactant n. A surfactant acting in tandem with another surfactant to enhance its properties. • COSURFACTANT n. something that works in combination with a surfactant. |
| CYBERATTACKS | • cyberattacks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cyberattack. • cyber-attacks n. Plural of cyber-attack. • CYBERATTACK n. an attempt to damage or disrupt a computer system, or obtain information stored on a computer system, by means of hacking. |
| GNATCATCHERS | • gnatcatchers n. Plural of gnatcatcher. • GNATCATCHER n. any of the insectivorous American songbirds of the genus Polioptila. |
| PRACTICALIST | • practicalist n. One who focuses on what is practical rather than theory or ideals. • PRACTICALIST n. one who is devoted to what is practical. |
| SCRATCHPLATE | • scratchplate n. A pickguard. • SCRATCHPLATE n. a plastic or metal plate attached to the front of a guitar to protect it from pick scratches. |
| SQUATTOCRACY | • squattocracy n. (Australia, historical) Wealthy landowners (squatters) considered as a class. • SQUATTOCRACY n. (Australian) the powerful landowning class. |
| STRATOCRATIC | • stratocratic adj. Relating to stratocracy. • STRATOCRATIC adj. relating to a stratocracy, government by the military. |
| SUBANTARCTIC | • subantarctic adj. Pertaining to a region in the Southern Hemisphere immediately north of Antarctica and covering the many… • SUBANTARCTIC adj. of, relating to, characteristic of, or being a region just outside the antarctic circle. |