| ACCUBATION | • accubation n. The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals. • ACCUBATION n. the act of reclining while eating. |
| BACKCOURTS | • backcourts n. Plural of backcourt. • BACKCOURT n. in lawn tennis, that part of the court lying behind the service line. |
| BUCCINATOR | • buccinator n. (Anatomy) A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek. • BUCCINATOR n. a flat cheek muscle used in chewing and blowing. |
| COACHBUILT | • coachbuilt adj. Alternative form of coach-built. • coach-built adj. (Of a vehicle) Having specially built bodywork, built to order. • COACHBUILT adj. of a vehicle body, built to individula specifications by coachbuilders. |
| COCKABULLY | • cockabully n. A common small, blunt-nosed, stocky endemic freshwater fish, Forsterygion nigripenne, that lives in… • COCKABULLY n. (Maori) any of various small freshwater fishes of New Zealand. |
| COCKLEBURS | • cockleburs n. Plural of cocklebur. • COCKLEBUR n. the burdock, also CLOTBUR. |
| CONCUBINES | • concubines n. Plural of concubine. • CONCUBINE n. a woman who cohabits with a man without being married; a kept mistress, also CONCUPY. |
| CONDUCIBLE | • conducible adj. Conducive; tending; contributing. • CONDUCIBLE adj. conducive; tending; contributing. |
| CORBICULAE | • corbiculae n. Plural of corbicula. • CORBICULA n. (Latin) the pollen basket of bees, consisting of the dilated posterior tibia with its fringe of long hairs. |
| COULIBIACA | • COULIBIACA n. (Russian) a Russian fish pie, also COULIBIAC, KOULIBIACA. |
| COULIBIACS | • coulibiacs n. Plural of coulibiac. • COULIBIAC n. (Russian) a Russian fish pie, also COULIBIACA, KOULIBIACA. |
| COUNTBACKS | • countbacks n. Plural of countback. • COUNTBACK n. a system of deciding the winner of a tied competition by comparing earlier points or scores. |
| CROSSBUCKS | • crossbucks n. Plural of crossbuck. • CROSSBUCK n. (US) a cross-shaped sign placed at a level crossing to warn motorists. |
| CRUMBCLOTH | • crumbcloth n. A cloth laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments and keep the carpet or floor clean. • CRUMBCLOTH n. a cloth laid under a table to keep crumbs from the carpet. |
| CURRYCOMBS | • currycombs n. Plural of currycomb. • currycombs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of currycomb. • curry-combs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curry-comb. |
| SCROBICULE | • SCROBICULE n. a small pit or depression, as around the tubercles of a sea urchin. |
| SUBCOMPACT | • subcompact n. Something that is smaller than the compact version, especially a very small car. • SUBCOMPACT n. a small car, such as a sports car. |
| SUBOCEANIC | • suboceanic adj. Beneath the surface of the ocean. • SUBOCEANIC adj. below the ocean. |
| SUCCORABLE | • succorable adj. Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief. • SUCCORABLE adj. that can be succored, also SUCCOURABLE. |
| TOUCHBACKS | • touchbacks n. Plural of touchback. • TOUCHBACK n. a play in which the ball is dead on or behind a team's own goal line, having been put across the line by an opponent but actually put down by a member of that team. |