Acatalectic :: Acatalectic (a.) Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse..

Acatalectic :: Acatalectic (n.) A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables.

Acatalepsy :: Acatalepsy (n.) Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability..

Acataleptic :: Acataleptic (a.) Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible.

Brachycatalectic :: Brachycatalectic (n.) A verse wanting two syllables at its termination.

Cantalever :: Cantalever (n.) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like..

Cantalever :: Cantalever (n.) A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs..

Carrytale :: Carrytale (n.) A talebearer.

Catalectic :: Catalectic (a.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse..

Catalectic :: Catalectic (a.) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance.

Catalepsis :: Catalepsis (n.) A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while the action of the heart and lungs continues..

Catalepsy :: Catalepsy (n.) Alt. of Catalepsi.

Cataleptic :: Cataleptic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, catalepsy; affected with catalepsy; as, a cataleptic fit..

Hospitaler :: Hospitaler (n.) One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers..

Hospitaler :: Hospitaler (n.) One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of Malta..

Hypercatalectic :: Hypercatalectic (a.) Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse..

Maltalent :: Maltalent (n.) Ill will; malice.

Metaled :: Metaled (imp. & p. p.) of Meta.

Metalepses :: Metalepses (pl. ) of Metalepsi.

Metalepsis :: Metalepsis (n.) The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word..

Metalepsy :: Metalepsy (n.) Exchange; replacement; substitution; metathesis.

Metaleptic :: Metaleptic (a.) Of or pertaining to a metalepsis.

Metaleptic :: Metaleptic (a.) Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle..

Metaleptic :: Metaleptic (a.) Of, pertaining to, concerned in, or occurring by, metalepsy..

Metaleptical :: Metaleptical (a.) Metaleptic.

Nightertale :: Nightertale (n.) period of night; nighttime.

Pantalet :: Pantalet (n.) One of the legs of the loose drawers worn by children and women; particularly, the lower part of such a garment, coming below the knee, often made in a separate piece; -- chiefly in the plural..

Pedestaled :: Pedestaled (a.) Placed on, or supported by, a pedestal; figuratively, exalted..

Petaled :: Petaled (a.) Having petals; as, a petaled flower; -- opposed to apetalous, and much used in compounds; as, one-petaled, three-petaled, etc..

Potale :: Potale (n.) The refuse from a grain distillery, used to fatten swine..

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