| ABACUS | • abacus n. (Historical, obsolete) A table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing. • abacus n. A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed… • abacus n. (Architecture) The uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave, in… |
| AMICUS | • amicus n. (Law, informal) Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case. • AMICUS n. (Latin) a legal expert witness. |
| CAUCUS | • caucus n. A usually preliminary meeting of party members to nominate candidates for public office or delegates… • caucus n. A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party. • caucus n. A political interest group by members of a legislative body. |
| CERCUS | • cercus n. (Entomology) Structures on the end of the abdomen of most insects, sometimes long, hairlike sensory… • CERCUS n. (Greek) a sensory appendage of an insect. |
| CIRCUS | • circus n. A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty… • circus n. A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet. • circus n. (Figurative) A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place. |
| COCCUS | • coccus n. Any approximately spherical bacterium. • coccus n. One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit. • Coccus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Coccidae – some scale insects. |
| CROCUS | • crocus n. A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from… • crocus n. Any of various similar flowering plants, such as the autumn crocus and prairie crocus. • crocus n. (Chemistry, obsolete) A deep yellow powder, the oxide of some metal (especially iron), calcined to a… |
| CUSCUS | • cuscus n. A type of marsupial from New Guinea. • cuscus n. Dated spelling of couscous. • CUSCUS n. an arboreal mammal of New Guinea. |
| DISCUS | • discus n. A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport. • discus n. (Uncountable) The athletics sport of discus throwing. • discus n. (Plural: discus) A discus fish (genus Symphysodon). |
| JUNCUS | • juncus n. (Botany) Any plant of the genus Juncus (the rushes). • Juncus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Juncaceae – the rushes. • JUNCUS n. (Latin) any plant of the genus Juncus, rushes. |
| MANCUS | • mancus n. (Historical) A gold coin used in medieval Europe. • mancus n. (Historical) An equivalent unit of monetary account. • MANCUS n. (historical) an Anglo-Saxon monetary unit of the value of thirty pence. |
| RUSCUS | • Ruscus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – butcher’s broom and similar plants. • RUSCUS n. (Latin) any plant of the genus Ruscus, that includes butcher's broom. |
| SUCCUS | • succus n. (Medicine, obsolete) The expressed juice of a plant, for medicinal use. • SUCCUS n. (Latin) juice, any fluid secretion from a plant or animal. |
| SULCUS | • sulcus n. (Anatomy) A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue, especially that marking the convolutions of the… • sulcus n. (Planetology) A region of subparallel grooves or ditches formed by a geological process. • SULCUS n. (Latin) a groove or furrow in a body, organ, or tissue, esp. one between two convolutions of the brain. |
| VISCUS | • viscus n. (Anatomy) One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an… • viscus n. (Anatomy, specifically) The intestines. • VISCUS n. (Latin) one of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal. |