| 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. |
| APRICATED | • apricated v. Simple past tense and past participle of apricate. • APRICATE v. to expose to sunlight. |
| APRICATES | • apricates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apricate. • APRICATE v. to expose to sunlight. |
| CLERICATE | • clericate n. Clerical position; the rank or state of clergy. • CLERICATE n. the position of a clergyman. |
| 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. |
| LORICATED | • loricated v. Simple past tense and past participle of loricate. • LORICATE v. to coat protectively, to armour. |
| LORICATES | • loricates n. Plural of loricate. • loricates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of loricate. • LORICATE v. to coat protectively, to armour. |
| 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. |
| MURICATED | • muricated adj. Synonym of muricate. • MURICATED adj. rough or warty with short sharp points, also MURICATE. |
| 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. |
| SURICATES | • suricates n. Plural of suricate. • SURICATE n. (Dutch) a South African carnivore, aka meerkat, related to the ichneumon. |