ACATOURS | • acatours n. Plural of acatour. • ACATOUR n. (obsolete) an officer who buys provisions; a chandler, also ACATER. |
CATOLYTE | • CATOLYTE n. the electrolyte near the cathode, also CATHOLYTE. |
DUCATOON | • ducatoon n. (Historical) A silver coin formerly used in Holland and other Dutch-speaking territories. • DUCATOON n. an old silver coin in Venice and elsewhere. |
EDUCATOR | • educator n. A person distinguished for their educational work, a teacher. • EDUCATOR n. one who educates. |
EVOCATOR | • evocator n. Someone who evokes. • evocator n. (Medicine) A particular factor that controls the morphogenesis of the early embryo; the inductor. • EVOCATOR n. one who evokes, calls forth. |
HECATOMB | • hecatomb n. (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) A great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen. • hecatomb n. (By extension) Any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed… • HECATOMB n. a great public sacrifice. |
LOCATORS | • locators n. Plural of locator. • LOCATOR n. one who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim, also LOCATER. |
MARCATOS | • MARCATO n. a musical passage with strong accentuation. |
MOSCATOS | • MOSCATO n. a sweet dessert wine. |
PISCATOR | • piscator n. (Archaic, formal) A fisherman; an angler. • PISCATOR n. a fisherman. |
SACATONS | • sacatons n. Plural of sacaton. • SACATON n. (Spanish) a type of coarse perennial grass growing in alkaline regions of the southern US, also ZACATON. |
SCATOLES | • scatoles n. Plural of scatole. • SCATOLE n. a crystalline compound found in faeces and coal tar, also SKATOL, SKATOLE. |
SPICCATO | • spiccato adj. (Music) detached; separated; with every note performed in a distinct and pointed manner. • spiccato n. (Music) A manner of playing a stringed instrument such that the bow is bounced off the strings after each note. • SPICCATO n. (Italian) a method of playing a stringed instrument with staccato bowing. |
STACCATO | • staccato n. (Music) An articulation marking directing that a note or passage of notes are to be played in an abruptly… • staccato n. (Music) A passage having this mark. • staccato n. (Figurative) Any sound resembling a musical staccato. |
STICCATO | • sticcato n. Alternative form of sticcado. • STICCATO n. (Italian) an instrument like a xylophone, also STICCADO. |
ZACATONS | • zacatons n. Plural of zacaton. • ZACATON n. (Spanish) a type of coarse perennial grass growing in alkaline regions of the southern US, also SACATON. |