ALCARRAZAS | • alcarrazas n. Plural of alcarraza. • ALCARRAZA n. (Spanish) a vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface. |
ALCATRASES | • ALCATRAS n. (Arabic) a kind of large water bird. |
CALAMARIES | • calamaries n. Plural of calamary. • CALAMARY n. any of various species of squid, also CALAMAR, CALAMARI. |
CALANDRIAS | • calandrias n. Plural of calandria. • CALANDRIA n. (Spanish) a sealed vessel through which tubes pass, used in the core of nuclear reactors as a heat exchanger. |
CAMARILLAS | • camarillas n. Plural of camarilla. • CAMARILLA n. (Spanish) a group of unofficial often secret and scheming advisors; a cabal. |
CARAMBOLAS | • carambolas n. Plural of carambola. • CARAMBOLA n. (Portuguese) a small East Indian tree of the wood-sorrel family; its acrid yellow pulpy fruit used for making tarts, preserves, etc., aka starfruit. |
CARNASSIAL | • carnassial n. One of the teeth used by a carnivore for shearing flesh, being the last upper premolar and the first lower molar. • CARNASSIAL adj. adapted for tearing. • CARNASSIAL n. a tooth adapted for tearing. |
CASCARILLA | • cascarilla n. A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton eleutheria). • cascarilla n. The aromatic bark of this shrub, formerly used as a gentle tonic or mixed with tobacco for smoking. • CASCARILLA n. (Spanish) a euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub; its aromatic bark. |
CASUALWEAR | • casualwear n. Clothing for non-formal occasions. |
CHAPARRALS | • chaparrals n. Plural of chaparral. • CHAPARRAL n. (Spanish) a thicket of low evergreen oaks. |
CHARLATANS | • charlatans n. Plural of charlatan. • CHARLATAN n. someone who pretends to have special knowledge or ability, esp. one who claims to have medical knowledge. |
DULCAMARAS | • DULCAMARA n. (Latin) a flower of the potato family, aka bittersweet. |
LACTARIANS | • lactarians n. Plural of lactarian. • LACTARIAN n. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products. |
SACRALGIAS | • SACRALGIA n. inflammation of the sacrum. |
SCARLATINA | • scarlatina n. (Pathology) scarlet fever. • SCARLATINA n. scarlet fever. |