| AFFRICATE | • affricate n. (Phonetics) A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative. • affricate v. (Transitive) To produce (a plosive) as an affricate. • AFFRICATE n. a consonant that begins as a plosive and ends as a fricative. |
| APRICATE | • apricate v. (Intransitive, rare) To bask in the sun. • apricate v. (Transitive, also figuratively, rare) To disinfect and freshen by exposing to the sun; to sun. • APRICATE v. to expose to sunlight. |
| CLERICATE | • clericate n. Clerical position; the rank or state of clergy. • CLERICATE n. the position of a clergyman. |
| DISINTRICATE | • disintricate v. (Transitive, obsolete) To disentangle. • DISINTRICATE v. to free from intricacy. |
| DIVARICATE | • divaricate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off. • divaricate adj. (Botany) Having wide angles between the branches. • DIVARICATE adj. forking. |
| EXTRICATE | • extricate v. (Transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle. • extricate v. (Rare) To free from intricacies or perplexity. • EXTRICATE v. to free from entanglements or perplexities. |
| FABRICATE | • fabricate v. (Transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build. • fabricate v. (Transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce. • fabricate v. (Transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely. |
| IMBRICATE | • imbricate adj. Alternative form of imbricated (“overlapping”). • imbricate v. (Transitive or intransitive) To overlap in a regular pattern. • imbricate v. (Linguistics) To undergo or cause to undergo imbrication. |
| INTRICATE | • intricate adj. Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity. • intricate v. (Intransitive) To become enmeshed or entangled. • intricate v. (Transitive) To enmesh or entangle: to cause to intricate. |
| LORICATE | • loricate v. (Transitive) To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates. • loricate adj. (Microbiology) Possessing a lorica (enclosing shell). • loricate adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the rotifers with thick, rigid cuticles and a box-like shape. |
| LUBRICATE | • lubricate v. To make slippery or smooth (normally to minimize friction) by applying a lubricant. • LUBRICATE v. to make smooth or slippery. |
| METRICATE | • metricate v. To express physical quantities using the metric system. • metricate v. To convert to the use of the metric system. • METRICATE v. to measure. |
| MURICATE | • muricate adj. (Biology) covered with short rough points or studs. • muricate adj. (Mycology) covered with crystals. • MURICATE adj. rough or warty with short sharp points, also MURICATED. |
| PREFABRICATE | • prefabricate v. (Transitive) To manufacture (A building, etc.) in standard components that can be fitted together on site. • PREFABRICATE v. to make standardized parts of beforehand, for assembling later. |
| PREVARICATE | • prevaricate v. (Transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from). • prevaricate v. (Intransitive) To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to deviate from the truth; to evade… • prevaricate v. (Intransitive, law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution. |
| RELUBRICATE | • relubricate v. (Transitive) To lubricate again. • RELUBRICATE v. to lubricate again. |
| RUBRICATE | • rubricate adj. (Obsolete) Marked with red. • rubricate v. (Transitive) To write in the form of a rubric. • rubricate v. To create rubrication; to illuminate a manuscript with red letters. |
| SURICATE | • suricate n. The meerkat, a member of the mongoose family. • SURICATE n. (Dutch) a South African carnivore, aka meerkat, related to the ichneumon. |