ACCEPTANCE | • acceptance n. (Uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation… • acceptance n. (Countable) An instance of that act. • acceptance n. Belief in something; agreement, assent. |
ACCEPTANCY | • acceptancy n. (Dated) acceptance. • ACCEPTANCY n. the act of accepting, also ACCEPTANCE. |
ACCORDANCE | • accordance n. Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance. • accordance n. The act of granting something. • ACCORDANCE n. agreement, also ACCORDANCY. |
ACCORDANCY | • accordancy n. (Obsolete, rare) accordance. • ACCORDANCY n. accordance, also ACCORDANCE. |
ACCURACIES | • accuracies n. Plural of accuracy. • ACCURACY n. exactness. |
ASCOCARPIC | • ascocarpic adj. Relating to an ascocarp. • ASCOCARPIC adj. relating to an ascocarp, a spore-producing organ of certain fungi. |
BACCHANTIC | • bacchantic adj. Bacchanalian. • bacchantic adj. Pertaining to the clergy of Bacchus. |
BECCACCIAS | • BECCACCIA n. (Italian) a woodcock. |
CACCIATORA | • cacciatora n. A style of cooking in which meat is cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots, tomatoes, white wine and herbs. • CACCIATORA adj. (Italian) of meat, cooked with tomatoes, mushrooms, onions and herbs, also CACCIATORE. |
CACCIATORE | • cacciatore adj. (Of chicken, rabbit, etc.) Prepared in an Italian style with wine, mushrooms, spices and tomatoes. • cacciatore n. A meal prepared in this style. • Cacciatore prop.n. A surname, equivalent to English Hunter or Huntsman. |
CACTACEOUS | • cactaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example. • CACTACEOUS adj. belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example. |
CAPOCCHIAS | • CAPOCCHIA n. (Shakespeare) a simpleton, also CHIPOCHIA. |
CARPACCIOS | • carpaccios n. Plural of carpaccio. • CARPACCIO n. (Italian) an hors d'oeuvre made of thin strips of raw meat or fish, often eaten with a relish. |
CATALECTIC | • catalectic adj. (Poetry) (said of a line with incomplete meter) lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot. • catalectic adj. Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance. • catalectic n. (Poetry) A line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot. |
CATENACCIO | • catenaccio n. (Soccer) A system of defensive play focused on nullifying opponents’ attacks and preventing goal-scoring… • CATENACCIO n. (Italian) a defensive system of play in football. |
CRACKAJACK | • crackajack adj. Alternative spelling of crackerjack. • crackajack n. Alternative spelling of crackerjack. • crack-a-jack adj. Alternative spelling of crackerjack. |
CRACKBACKS | • crackbacks n. Plural of crackback. • CRACKBACK n. in American football, an illegal block made by an offensive player. |
INACCURACY | • inaccuracy n. (Uncountable) The property of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy. • inaccuracy n. (Countable) A statement, passage etc. that is inaccurate or false. • inaccuracy n. (Uncountable) Incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision. |