| ASCENDEURS | • ascendeurs n. Plural of ascendeur. • ASCENDEUR n. (French) a metal grip that is threaded on a rope as a climbing aid. |
| CAUTERISES | • cauterises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cauterise. • CAUTERISE v. to burn or sear with heat or a caustic substance, esp. in surgical operations, also CAUTERIZE. |
| CHARMEUSES | • charmeuses n. Plural of charmeuse. • CHARMEUSE n. (French) a soft satiny material. |
| ENCARPUSES | • encarpuses n. Plural of encarpus. • ENCARPUS n. (Greek) a frieze decoration of festooned fruit. |
| EUCHARISES | • eucharises n. Plural of eucharis. • EUCHARIS n. (Greek) a plant of a genus of South American bulbous plants with fragrant white flowers. |
| OVERSAUCES | • oversauces v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oversauce. • OVERSAUCE v. to sauce excessively. |
| PREACCUSES | • PREACCUSE v. to accuse in advance. |
| RECUSANCES | • recusances n. Plural of recusance. • RECUSANCE n. the state of being recusant, one who refuses to attend Catholic church services, also RECUSANCY. |
| REDUCTASES | • reductases n. Plural of reductase. • REDUCTASE n. an enzyme which brings about the reduction of organic compounds. |
| RESURFACES | • resurfaces v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resurface. • RESURFACE v. to surface again. |
| SAUCERLESS | • saucerless adj. Without a saucer. • SAUCERLESS adj. without a saucer. |
| SECULARISE | • secularise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of secularize. • SECULARISE v. to convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk, also SECULARIZE. |
| SECURANCES | • securances n. Plural of securance. • SECURANCE n. the act of securing. |
| SUPERRACES | • superraces n. Plural of superrace. • SUPERRACE n. a race that dominates, or thinks it has the right to dominate, other inferior races. |
| SUPERSCALE | • superscale adj. Very large-scale. • SUPERSCALE adj. on a very large scale. |
| UPPERCASES | • uppercases v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of uppercase. • UPPERCASE v. to convert to uppercase. |