| ANACREONTIC | • anacreontic adj. (Prosody) Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically)… • anacreontic adj. Characterised by festivity and the celebration of love and/or drinking; bacchanalian, amorous. • anacreontic n. (Poetry) A short lyrical piece about love and wine. |
| CANCERATION | • canceration n. The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer. • CANCERATION n. the act of cancerating. |
| CONCENTRING | • concentring v. Present participle of concentre. • CONCENTRE v. to have a common center, also CONCENTER. |
| CONCERTANTI | • CONCERTANTE n. a composition alternating tutti passages and passages for a group of soloists. |
| CONCERTINAS | • concertinas n. Plural of concertina. • concertinas v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concertina. • CONCERTINA v. to fold up like a pair of bellows. |
| CONCERTINOS | • concertinos n. Plural of concertino. • CONCERTINO n. (Italian) a short concerto. |
| CONCREATING | • concreating v. Present participle of concreate. • CONCREATE v. (archaic) to create at the same time. |
| CONCRETIONS | • concretions n. Plural of concretion. • CONCRETION n. a concreted mass. |
| CONTRACTING | • contracting v. Present participle of contract. • contracting adj. Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area. • contracting n. The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction. |
| CONTRACTION | • contraction n. A reversible reduction in size. • contraction n. (Economics) A period of economic decline or negative growth. • contraction n. (Biology, medicine) A shortening of a muscle during its use. |
| CONTRIVANCE | • contrivance n. A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task. • contrivance n. A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective. • contrivance n. Something overly artful or artificial. |
| ENDOCENTRIC | • endocentric adj. Focused or centered within itself, and not on something external. • endocentric adj. (Grammar, of a phrase or compound word) fulfilling the same grammatical role as one of its constituents. • endocentric n. (Grammar) An endocentric compound. |
| GYNOCENTRIC | • gynocentric adj. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting gynocentrism; focused on females. |
| NECROMANTIC | • necromantic adj. Of or relating to necromancy: the resurrection of or communication with the dead, especially through… • necromantic n. Conjuration. • NECROMANTIC adj. relating to necromancy, divination by trying to communicate with the spirits of the dead, also NECROMANTICAL. |
| NONCRITICAL | • noncritical adj. Not critical. • non-critical adj. Alternative form of noncritical. • NONCRITICAL adj. not critical. |
| NONELECTRIC | • nonelectric adj. Not electric; not operated by electricity. • nonelectric adj. Not capable of conducting electricity. • nonelectric n. (Archaic) A substance or object that cannot be electrified, but through which electricity passes; a conductor. |