ACADEMIC | • academic adj. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato. • academic adj. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization. • academic adj. In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than… |
ACCIDIAS | • ACCIDIA n. (Latin) sloth; physical torpor, also ACCIDIE, ACEDIA. |
ACCOLADE | • accolade n. An expression of approval; praise. • accolade n. A special acknowledgment; an award. • accolade n. An embrace of greeting or salutation. |
ADVOCACY | • advocacy n. The profession of an advocate. • advocacy n. The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something. • advocacy n. The practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard. |
BACCATED | • baccated adj. Having many berries. • baccated adj. (Obsolete) Set or adorned with pearls. • BACCATED adj. having berries; berrylike, also BACCATE. |
CADUCEAN | • caducean adj. Of or relating to Mercury’s caduceus, or wand. • CADUCEAN adj. of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand. |
CARCASED | • CARCASE v. to put a carcase or frame on, also CARCASS. |
CARDCASE | • cardcase n. A case for visiting cards. • CARDCASE n. a case or wallet for carrying business or credit cards. |
CARDIACS | • cardiacs n. Plural of cardiac. • CARDIAC n. a person with a heart disorder. |
CASCADED | • cascaded v. Simple past tense and past participle of cascade. • CASCADE v. to fall like a waterfall. |
CASCADES | • cascades n. Plural of cascade. • cascades v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cascade. • Cascades prop.n. Synonym of Cascade Range. |
CHARACID | • characid n. (Zoology) Any fish in the family Characidae. • CHARACID n. any carnivorous freshwater fish of the family Characidae, which includes the pirana, also CHARACIN. |
DANCICAL | • DANCICAL n. a type of dance show in which choreographed performers dance to pop songs. |
MEDACCAS | • MEDACCA n. (Japanese) a small Japanese fish, also MEDAKA. |
RACECARD | • racecard n. (Sports) Alternative form of race card. • race␣card n. (Sports) A printed card or pamphlet giving information about a series of horse races and listing the… • race␣card n. The invocation of a person’s race in a discussion in order to score points in that discussion. |
SACCADES | • saccades n. Plural of saccade. • SACCADE n. (French) a brief rapid movement of the eye from one position of rest to another, whether voluntary or involuntary. |
SACCADIC | • saccadic adj. Relating to saccade; thus (often, more specifically)… • SACCADIC adj. jerky; twitching. |