| 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. |
| CLERICAL | • clerical adj. Of or relating to clerks or their work. • clerical adj. Of or relating to the clergy. • clerical n. (Now uncommon) A member of the clergy. |
| FRICADEL | • fricadel n. Alternative form of frikadelle. • FRICADEL n. (South African) a fried ball of mincemeat, also FRIKKADEL. |
| FRICANDO | • fricando n. Archaic form of fricandeau. • FRICANDO n. a roasted loin of veal, also FRICANDEAU. |
| IATRICAL | • iatrical adj. Alternative form of iatric. • IATRICAL adj. pertaining to medicine, also IATRIC. |
| JERRICAN | • jerrican n. Alternative spelling of jerrycan. • JERRICAN n. a fuel container, also JERRYCAN. |
| 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. |
| LUBRICAL | • lubrical adj. Obsolete form of lubric. • LUBRICAL adj. (archaic) lubricious, also LUBRIC, LUBRICOUS. |
| MERICARP | • mericarp n. (Botany) An individual carpel of a schizocarp, having a single seed. • MERICARP n. one carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. |
| METRICAL | • metrical adj. Relating to poetic meter. • metrical adj. Having a regular rhythm. • metrical adj. Of or pertaining to measurement. |
| 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. |
| PAPRICAS | • papricas n. Plural of paprica. • PAPRICA n. (Hungarian) a seasoning made from red peppers, also PAPRIKA. |
| PERICARP | • pericarp n. (Botany) The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary. • pericarp n. (Rare, figurative) The outer layer of anything. • PERICARP n. the wall of a ripened plant ovary or fruit. |
| RUBRICAL | • rubrical adj. Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a rubric. • RUBRICAL adj. colored in, or marked with, red, placed in rubrics. |
| STERICAL | • sterical adj. Steric. • STERICAL adj. pertaining to atoms in a molecule, also STERIC. |
| SURICATE | • suricate n. The meerkat, a member of the mongoose family. • SURICATE n. (Dutch) a South African carnivore, aka meerkat, related to the ichneumon. |
| TURRICAL | • turrical adj. Shaped like a tower. • TURRICAL adj. like a turret. |
| URICASES | • uricases n. Plural of uricase. • URICASE n. an enzyme occurring in the liver and kidneys. |