| ACOUSTICS | • acoustics n. (Physics) The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws. • acoustics n. Plural of acoustic. • ACOUSTIC n. a sense of hearing. |
| AUTOICOUS | • autoicous adj. (Botany) autoecious. • AUTOICOUS adj. having male and female reproductive organs on the same plant. |
| CARIACOUS | • CARIACOU n. an American deer, aka white-tailed deer, also CARJACOU. |
| CARJACOUS | • CARJACOU n. an American deer, also CARIACOU. |
| COUSINAGE | • cousinage n. (Obsolete) relationship; kinship. • COUSINAGE n. relationship; kinship. |
| DITHECOUS | • dithecous adj. Alternative form of dithecal. • DITHECOUS adj. having two spore-cases, also DITHECAL. |
| EXSUCCOUS | • exsuccous adj. Without juice or sap. Completely dry. • EXSUCCOUS adj. lacking sap. |
| LOBSCOUSE | • lobscouse n. (Nautical) A dish of meat stewed with vegetables and ship biscuit. • LOBSCOUSE n. a sailor's dish prepared by stewing or baking bits of meat with vegetables. |
| LUBRICOUS | • lubricous adj. (Mycology, biology) Slimy to the touch. • LUBRICOUS adj. slippery; lewd, also LUBRIC, LUBRICAL, LUBRICIOUS. |
| MONOICOUS | • monoicous adj. Alternative form of monoecious. • MONOICOUS adj. having separate male and female flowers on the same plant, also MONECIAN, MONECIOUS, MONOECIOUS. |
| PAROICOUS | • paroicous adj. Alternative form of paroecious. • PAROICOUS adj. of certain mosses, having the male and female reproductive organs near one another, also PARECIOUS, PAROECIOUS. |
| POSTICOUS | • posticous adj. (Botany) posterior. • posticous adj. (Botany) Situated on the outer side of a filament; said of an extrorse anther. • POSTICOUS adj. of the position of plant parts, behind another part, also POSTICAL. |
| RAUCOUSLY | • raucously adv. In a raucous manner; loudly. • RAUCOUS adv. loud and unruly. |
| SUBMUCOUS | • submucous adj. (Anatomy) Situated under a mucous membrane. • SUBMUCOUS adj. situated under a mucous membrane. |
| SYNOICOUS | • synoicous adj. (Botany) synoecious. • SYNOICOUS adj. having antheridia and archegonia in the same group, also SYNOECIOUS. |
| VERRUCOUS | • verrucous adj. Wart-like, resembling a verruca; verrucose. • VERRUCOUS adj. covered with warty elevations, also VERRUCOSE. |
| VISCOUSLY | • viscously adv. In a viscous manner. • VISCOUS adv. adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency, also VISCOSE. |