| CAPRICCIO | • capriccio n. A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper (from same etymology, see below); a gambol; a prank, a trick. • capriccio n. A fantastical thing or work. • capriccio n. (Painting) A type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting. |
| DESICCANT | • desiccant n. A substance (such as calcium oxide or silica gel) that is used as a drying agent because of its high… • desiccant adj. Causing dryness. • DESICCANT n. a drying or desiccating agent. |
| DESICCATE | • desiccate v. (Transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry. • desiccate v. (Transitive) To preserve by drying. • desiccate v. (Intransitive, rare) To become dry; to dry up. |
| EXSICCANT | • exsiccant adj. Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up. • exsiccant n. A medicine that causes drying up. • EXSICCANT n. something having the quality of drying up. |
| EXSICCATE | • exsiccate v. (Transitive) To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate. • EXSICCATE v. to dry up. |
| HICCATEES | • hiccatees n. Plural of hiccatee. • HICCATEE n. a West Indian freshwater tortoise, also HICATEE. |
| HICCOUGHS | • hiccoughs n. Plural of hiccough. • HICCOUGH v. to make a peculiar-sounding spasmodic inhalation, also HICCUP. |
| HICCUPIER | • HICCUPY adj. given to hiccuping. |
| HICCUPING | • hiccuping v. Present participle of hiccup. • HICCUP v. to make a peculiar-sounding spasmodic inhalation, also HICCOUGH. |
| HICCUPPED | • hiccupped v. Simple past tense and past participle of hiccup. • HICCUP v. to make a peculiar-sounding spasmodic inhalation, also HICCOUGH. |
| NICCOLITE | • niccolite n. (Mineralogy) Synonym of nickeline. • NICCOLITE n. an arsenide of nickel, of a copper-red color and metallic luster. |
| PASTICCIO | • pasticcio n. A medley; an olio. • pasticcio n. (Art) An artwork that directly imitates the work of another artist or artists. • pasticcio n. (Art) A falsified work of art, such as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing… |
| PICCADILL | • piccadill n. (Historical) A large, broad lace collar from the 17th century. • PICCADILL n. (obsolete) a cut or vandyked edging, esp. to a woman's collar, also PICCADILLO, PICKADIL, PICKADILL, PICKADILLO. |
| RADICCHIO | • radicchio n. A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste… • RADICCHIO n. (Italian) a purple-leaved variety of chicory from Italy. |
| SICCATIVE | • siccative n. A drier; a catalyst used to promote drying. • siccative adj. Causing or promoting drying. • SICCATIVE n. a drying agent. |
| SICCITIES | • siccities n. Plural of siccity. • SICCITY n. dryness, aridity. |
| SPICCATOS | • spiccatos n. Plural of spiccato. • SPICCATO n. (Italian) a method of playing a stringed instrument with staccato bowing. |
| STICCADOS | • STICCADO n. (Italian) an instrument like a xylophone, also STICCATO. |
| STICCATOS | • STICCATO n. (Italian) an instrument like a xylophone, also STICCADO. |