| ACCRUABLE | • accruable adj. Able to be accrued. • ACCRUABLE adj. capable of being accrued. |
| BACKCOURT | • backcourt n. (Chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building. • backcourt n. (Basketball) A team’s defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team’s basket… • BACKCOURT n. in lawn tennis, that part of the court lying behind the service line. |
| BUCCANEER | • buccaneer n. (Nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the… • buccaneer n. A pirate. • buccaneer v. To engage in piracy against any but one’s own nation’s ships. |
| BUCCANIER | • buccanier n. Archaic form of buccaneer. • buccanier v. Archaic form of buccaneer. • BUCCANIER v. to act as a buccaneer, a pirate, originally of the Spanish-American coasts; an unscrupulous adventurer, also BUCCANEER. |
| CARBUNCLE | • carbuncle n. (Archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon. • carbuncle n. (Pathology) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin… • carbuncle n. An unpopular or ugly building; an eyesore. |
| COCKLEBUR | • cocklebur n. Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit. • COCKLEBUR n. the burdock, also CLOTBUR. |
| CORBICULA | • corbicula n. (Entomology) A bee’s pollen basket; in honeybees and close relatives, the corbiculae are located on… • corbicula n. Plural of corbiculum. • Corbicula prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyrenidae – certain basket clams. |
| CROSSBUCK | • crossbuck n. A sign consisting of two slats on a pole forming a diagonal cross, usually indicating a level crossing. • CROSSBUCK n. (US) a cross-shaped sign placed at a level crossing to warn motorists. |
| CRUCIBLES | • crucibles n. Plural of crucible. • CRUCIBLE n. a heat-resistant vessel. |
| CUCUMBERS | • cucumbers n. Plural of cucumber. • CUCUMBER n. a garden vegetable, used as a salad vegetable and pickle. |
| CUCURBITS | • cucurbits n. Plural of cucurbit. • CUCURBIT n. a chemical vessel used in a still or alembic. |
| CUMBRANCE | • cumbrance n. (Obsolete) encumbrance. • CUMBRANCE n. an encumbrance. |
| CURRYCOMB | • currycomb n. A comb or brush, having rubber or plastic teeth, used to groom horses. • currycomb v. (Transitive) To groom using such a comb. • curry-comb v. Alternative form of currycomb. |
| SCORBUTIC | • scorbutic adj. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from scurvy. • SCORBUTIC adj. pertaining to or afflicted with scurvy. |
| SUBARCTIC | • subarctic prop.n. (Geography) The region immediately outside of the Arctic Circle or regions similar to these in climate… • subarctic adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic. • subarctic n. A subarctic region. |
| SUCCUMBER | • succumber n. One who succumbs. • SUCCUMBER n. one who succumbs. |
| UNACERBIC | • unacerbic adj. Not acerbic. • UNACERBIC adj. not acerbic. |