| ALPACA | • alpaca n. A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama… • alpaca n. (Uncountable) Wool from the alpaca. • ALPACA n. a domestic animal related to the llama. |
| ANICCA | • anicca n. (Buddhism) Impermanence, the doctrine claiming that all of conditioned existence, without exception… • ANICCA n. (Sanskrit) the belief that everything is impermanent and constantly changing. |
| ARNICA | • arnica n. Any of several plants, of the genus Arnica, considered to have medicinal properties, especially Arnica montana. • Arnica prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the arnica plants. • ARNICA n. a tincture obtained from mountain tobacco used for bruises, sprains etc. |
| CLOACA | • cloaca n. (Sometimes figurative) A sewer. • cloaca n. (Zoology) The duct in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as most fish and some mammals, which serves… • cloaca n. An outhouse or lavatory. |
| CUBICA | • cubica n. A fine unglazed fabric resembling shalloon. • CUBICA n. (Spanish) a fine worsted fabric used for linings. |
| LEXICA | • lexica n. Plural of lexicon. • LEXICON n. (Greek) a dictionary. |
| LORICA | • lorica n. (Historical) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like. • lorica n. (Chemistry, obsolete) Lute for protecting vessels from the fire. • lorica n. (Zoology) The protective case or shell of a Loricifera, infusorian or rotifer. |
| MARACA | • maraca n. (Music) A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles… • maraca n. (Slang, in the plural) breasts. • MARACA n. (Portuguese) a kind of gourd, used as a musical instrument. |
| METICA | • metica n. A proposed currency of Mozambique in the 1970s, never put into circulation. • METICA n. a monetary unit of Mozambique, also METICAL. |
| MODICA | • modica n. (Rare) plural of modicum. • MODICUM n. (Latin) a small amount. |
| MOTUCA | • motuca n. A large biting fly of Brazil. • MOTUCA n. (Tupi) a large Brazilian biting fly, also MUTUCA. |
| MUTUCA | • MUTUCA n. (Tupi) a large Brazilian biting fly, also MOTUCA. |
| MYRICA | • myrica n. (Botany) Any of the genus Myrica of shrubs and trees. • Myrica prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Myricaceae – many small trees and shrubs, many called bayberry or wax myrtle. • MYRICA n. (Latin) a widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. |
| PATACA | • pataca n. The monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos. • pataca n. A monetary unit used during the 16th century and 17th century in Malta in the form of a large copper coin. • pataca n. A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958. |
| SENECA | • Seneca prop.n. A Roman cognomen, notably borne by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a Roman stoic philosopher, dramatist, and statesman. • Seneca n. A member of a tribe of Native Americans in western New York state. • Seneca prop.n. The Iroquoian language of the Seneca people. |
| SILICA | • silica n. Silicon dioxide. • silica n. Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals. • SILICA n. silicon dioxide or silicic anhydride, occurring in nature as quartz, chalcedony, etc. |
| TUNICA | • tunica n. Synonym of tunic (“garment”). • tunica n. Synonym of tunic (“covering”). • Tunica prop.n. An unincorporated community in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. |
| URTICA | • Urtica prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Urticaceae – the nettles. • URTICA n. (Latin) any plant of the nettle genus. |
| VESICA | • vesica n. (Anatomy) A bladder, especially the urinary bladder or the gall bladder. • vesica n. (Art) The vesica piscis or oval aureole in mediaeval painting. • VESICA n. (Latin) a bladder, esp. a urinary bladder. |
| VOMICA | • vomica n. (Medicine) An abscess cavity in the lungs or any other parenchymal organ. • VOMICA n. (Latin) a cavity in the body containing pus. |