| BECOMINGLY | • becomingly adv. In a becoming manner. • BECOMING adv. fitting. |
| CACOMISTLE | • cacomistle n. The Bassariscus sumichrasti. • CACOMISTLE n. (Nahuatl) a North American carnivore, about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons, also CACOMIXL, CACOMIXLE. |
| CACOMIXLES | • cacomixles n. Plural of cacomixle. • CACOMIXLE n. (Nahuatl) a North American carnivore, about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons, also CACOMISTLE, CACOMIXL. |
| COMICALITY | • comicality n. The state of being comical. • comicality n. Something comical. • COMICALITY n. the quality of being comical. |
| COMINGLING | • comingling v. Present participle of comingle. • co-mingling v. Present participle of co-mingle. • COMINGLE v. to blend thoroughly. |
| COMITADJIS | • comitadjis n. Plural of comitadji. • COMITADJI n. (Turkish) a member of the Bulgarian Revolutionary Committee in Macedonia; any Balkan guerilla, also KOMITAJI. |
| COMITATIVE | • comitative adj. (Grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that is used in some languages to indicate accompaniment. • comitative n. The comitative case, or a word in this case. • COMITATIVE adj. of a grammatical case, expressing accompaniment. |
| COXCOMICAL | • coxcomical adj. Alternative form of coxcombical. • COXCOMICAL adj. foppish, vain, also COXCOMBIC, COXCOMBICAL. |
| ENCOMIASTS | • encomiasts n. Plural of encomiast. • ENCOMIAST n. a person who utters encomiums. |
| ENCOMIENDA | • encomienda n. (History, uncountable) A system in Spain and, later and more extensively, in Spanish colonies, in which… • encomienda n. (History, countable) A permission to exploit labour within the encomienda system; an enterprise established… • ENCOMIENDA n. (Spanish) a commandery or commander's district. |
| HEROICOMIC | • heroicomic adj. Alternative form of heroicomical. • HEROICOMIC adj. of a style that mixes the heroic and comic, also HEROICOMICAL. |
| HOMECOMING | • homecoming n. The act or event of returning home. • homecoming n. (North American, also attributive) In colleges and high schools, a tradition centred around a football… • HOMECOMING n. a return home. |
| NOSOCOMIAL | • nosocomial adj. (Medicine, chiefly of infections or their causal agents) Arising from hospital treatment or environment. • nosocomial adj. (Uncommon) Of, relating to, or happening in a hospital. • NOSOCOMIAL adj. of or relating to a hospital, e.g. a nosocomial infection is one picked up in hospital. |
| OVERCOMING | • overcoming v. Present participle of overcome. • overcoming n. The act by which something is overcome, or surmounted. • OVERCOME v. to get the better of. |
| OWRECOMING | • OWRECOME v. (Scots) to overcome. |
| SERIOCOMIC | • seriocomic adj. Having both serious and comedic qualities or tendencies. • SERIOCOMIC adj. partly serious and partly comic, also SERIOCOMICAL. |
| TRAGICOMIC | • tragicomic adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling tragicomedy; having both tragic and comic aspects. • TRAGICOMIC adj. part tragic, part comic, also TRAGICOMICAL. |
| UNBECOMING | • unbecoming adj. Not flattering, attractive or appropriate. • unbecoming adj. Not in keeping with the expected standards of one’s position. • unbecoming v. Present participle of unbecome. |