| CHIAROSCUROS | • chiaroscuros n. Plural of chiaroscuro. • CHIAROSCURO n. (Italian) the quality of being veiled or partly in shadow. |
| CROSSCURRENT | • crosscurrent n. (Nautical) A turbulent stretch of water caused by multiple currents. • crosscurrent n. (By extension) A situation in which there are conflicting opinions. • CROSSCURRENT n. a current running counter to the general forward direction. |
| DISCURSIVELY | • discursively adv. In a discursive manner. • DISCURSIVE adv. moving from topic to topic without order. |
| OBSCURANTISM | • obscurantism n. A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment. • obscurantism n. Deliberate obscurity or vagueness. • OBSCURANTISM n. opposition to the spread of knowledge; deliberate vagueness or abstruseness. |
| OBSCURANTIST | • obscurantist n. A practitioner of obscurantism; an obscurant. • obscurantist adj. Of or relating to obscurantism. • OBSCURANTIST n. one who employs deliberate obscurity. |
| OBSCURATIONS | • obscurations n. Plural of obscuration. • OBSCURATION n. the act of obscuring. |
| OBSCUREMENTS | • obscurements n. Plural of obscurement. • OBSCUREMENT n. the act of obscuring. |
| SCURFINESSES | • SCURFINESS n. the state of being scurfy. |
| SCURRILITIES | • scurrilities n. Plural of scurrility. • SCURRILITY n. the state of being scurrilous. |
| SCURRILOUSLY | • scurrilously adv. In a scurrilous manner. • SCURRILOUS adv. using or given to coarse language. |
| SCURVINESSES | • SCURVINESS n. the state of being scurvy. |
| TRANSCURRENT | • transcurrent adj. Passing transversely. • transcurrent adj. (Geology) Pertaining to a fault caused by horizontal displacement. • TRANSCURRENT adj. running across, transverse. |