| alcahest | (noun) hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists | Synonyms: alkahest, universal solvent |
|---|
| alcalde | (noun) a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town | - |
|---|
| alcapton | (noun) an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine | Synonyms: alkapton, homogentisic acid |
|---|
| alcaptonuria | (noun) a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine | Synonyms: alkaptonuria |
|---|
| alcazar | (noun) any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors | - |
|---|
| calcaneus | (noun) the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel | Synonyms: heelbone, os tarsi fibulare |
|---|
| cavalcade | (noun) a procession of people traveling on horseback | - |
|---|
| chalcanthite | (noun) hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate | Synonyms: blue copperas, blue stone, blue vitriol |
|---|
| defalcation | (noun) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else | Synonyms: embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation |
|---|
| (noun) the sum of money that is misappropriated | - |
| defalcator | (noun) someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use | Synonyms: embezzler, peculator |
|---|
| hypercalcaemia | (noun) the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease | Synonyms: hypercalcemia |
|---|
| hypocalcaemia | (noun) abnormally low level of calcium in the blood; associated with hypoparathyroidism or kidney malfunction or vitamin D deficiency | Synonyms: hypocalcemia |
|---|