| ACCRUEMENT | • accruement n. The act of accruing. • ACCRUEMENT n. the act of accruing. |
| ACCUSEMENT | • accusement n. (Now rare) An accusation. • ACCUSEMENT n. (Spenser) an accusation. |
| CATCHMENTS | • catchments n. Plural of catchment. • CATCHMENT n. the act of collecting water; the water collected from a river etc. |
| CATECHUMEN | • catechumen n. A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation. • CATECHUMEN n. one who is receiving religious instruction in preparation for baptism. |
| CIRCUMVENT | • circumvent v. (Transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass. • circumvent v. (Transitive) to surround or besiege. • circumvent v. (Transitive) to outwit or outsmart. |
| COMPETENCE | • competence n. (Uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role. • competence n. (Countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state… • competence n. (Linguistics) The system of linguistic knowledge possessed by native speakers of a language, as opposed… |
| COMPETENCY | • competency n. (Obsolete) A sufficient supply (of). • competency n. (Obsolete) A sustainable income. • competency n. The ability to perform some task; competence. |
| COMPLACENT | • complacent adj. Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one’s achievements; smug. • complacent adj. Apathetic with regard to an apparent need or problem. • COMPLACENT adj. marked by complacency. |
| CONCETTISM | • concettism n. The use of concetti, or affected conceits. • CONCETTISM n. the use of concetti or affected conceits. |
| CONCRETISM | • concretism n. (Art) An abstractionist painting movement that evolved in the 1930s. • concretism n. Reification; the fallacy of treating an abstraction like a real entity. • CONCRETISM n. reification. |
| MARCESCENT | • marcescent adj. (Botany, of an organ, such as a leaf or blossom; rarely also used figurative) Withered, but still attached. • marcescent adj. (Mycology) Able to revive when moistened. • MARCESCENT adj. withering without falling off. |
| MISCONCEIT | • misconceit n. (Obsolete) misconception. • misconceit v. (Transitive, obsolete) To form a wrong opinion about. • MISCONCEIT n. (Spenser) a misconception. |
| MISCONNECT | • misconnect v. (Transitive) To connect incorrectly. • misconnect n. A misconnection. • MISCONNECT v. to connect wrongly. |
| SCARCEMENT | • scarcement n. (Architecture, engineering) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing. • SCARCEMENT n. an offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc. retreats, leaving a shelf or footing. |
| TECHNICISM | • TECHNICISM n. an emphasis on or concern with practical results and method. |
| TUMESCENCE | • tumescence n. A swelling due to the presence of fluid. • tumescence n. A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue. • TUMESCENCE n. swelling. |