| CONFESSANT | • confessant n. (Obsolete) One who confesses to a priest. • CONFESSANT n. one who confesses to a priest. |
| CROISSANTS | • croissants n. Plural of croissant. • CROISSANT n. (French) a crescent-shaped roll. |
| CROSSANDRA | • crossandra n. (Botany) Any of the genus Crossandra of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. • CROSSANDRA n. any evergreen shrub of the genus Crossandra. |
| DEPRESSANT | • depressant n. (Pharmacology) A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity. • depressant n. (Mining) An agent that inhibits the flotation of a mineral or minerals. • depressant adj. (Pharmacology) reducing functional or nervous activity. |
| DISCUSSANT | • discussant n. Someone involved in a discussion, especially a participant in a formal discussion or who has been assigned… • DISCUSSANT n. one who takes part in a formal symposium. |
| GLISSANDOS | • glissandos n. Plural of glissando; glissandi. • GLISSANDO n. (Italian) a gliding effect. |
| IMPUISSANT | • impuissant adj. Weak; impotent; feeble. • IMPUISSANT adj. (archaic) powerless. |
| INCESSANCY | • incessancy n. The quality of being incessant; unceasingness. • INCESSANCY n. the quality of being incessant. |
| JOUISSANCE | • jouissance n. (Obsolete) Enjoyment, delight, pleasure. • jouissance n. In poststructuralism, a transgressive, excessive kind of pleasure linked to the division and splitting… |
| NAISSANCES | • NAISSANCE n. (French) birth. |
| PERCUSSANT | • percussant adj. (Heraldry) Bent round and striking the side, as a lion’s tail. • PERCUSSANT adj. bent round and striking the side e.g. a lion's tail. |
| PUISSANCES | • puissances n. Plural of puissance. • Puissances n. Plural of Puissance. (Alternative letter-case form of puissances.) • PUISSANCE n. (archaic) power, also PUISSAUNCE. |
| PUISSANTLY | • puissantly adv. In a puissant manner; powerfully; with great strength. • PUISSANT adv. (archaic) powerful, also PUISSAUNT. |
| VIPASSANAS | • VIPASSANA n. (Sanskrit) meditative practice in Buddhism, aimed at obtaining a true metaphysical picture of reality, which means dissolving the stable categories of substance and self in favour of the evanescent. |