| ACCOUCHEUR | • accoucheur n. (Medicine) A person, especially a man, who delivers a baby (in childbirth). • ACCOUCHEUR n. (French) a male midwife. |
| BACCHANTIC | • bacchantic adj. Bacchanalian. • bacchantic adj. Pertaining to the clergy of Bacchus. |
| BACKCHECKS | • backchecks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backcheck. • BACKCHECK v. in ice hockey, to return from attack to defence. |
| CACOPHONIC | • cacophonic adj. Discordant. • cacophonic adj. Unmusical. • CACOPHONIC adj. of or like a cacophony, also CACOPHONICAL, CACOPHONIOUS, CACOPHONOUS. |
| CAOUTCHOUC | • caoutchouc n. Latex; natural rubber. • CAOUTCHOUC n. (Quechua) un-vulcanized natural rubber. |
| CAPOCCHIAS | • CAPOCCHIA n. (Shakespeare) a simpleton, also CHIPOCHIA. |
| CATCHCRIES | • catchcries n. Plural of catchcry. • CATCHCRY n. (Australian) a phrase commonly used by a particular group. |
| CATECHETIC | • catechetic adj. Of or pertaining to catechesis. • catechetic adj. In accordance with the catechism of a church. • CATECHETIC adj. relating to catechism, also CATECHETICAL. |
| CHALCOCITE | • chalcocite n. (Mineralogy) Cuprous sulfide, Cu2S, an important ore of copper. • CHALCOCITE n. a greyish-black mineral, native copper sulphide. |
| CHOCAHOLIC | • chocaholic n. Alternative spelling of chocoholic. • CHOCAHOLIC n. one addicted to chocolate, also CHOCOHOLIC. |
| COCKCHAFER | • cockchafer n. Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation. • cockchafer n. Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc. • COCKCHAFER n. any of several kinds of beetle, esp. of the Scarabeidae. |
| COWCATCHER | • cowcatcher n. (Rail transport, principally US) The V-shaped device on the front of a locomotive (or other large vehicle)… • cowcatcher n. (Radio, advertising) An advertisement at the start of a programme. • cow␣catcher n. Alternative form of cowcatcher. |
| ECPHRACTIC | • ecphractic adj. (Medicine, dated) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so remove obstructions; deobstruent. • ecphractic n. (Dated) Any medicine of this kind. • ECPHRACTIC adj. (obsolete) serving to remove obstructions. |
| MOCHACCINO | • mochaccino n. (US) The coffee drink cappuccino made with chocolate. |
| OCHLOCRACY | • ochlocracy n. Mob rule; government by the masses; mobocracy. • OCHLOCRACY n. government by the mob. |
| PATCHCOCKE | • PATCHCOCKE n. (Spenser) perhaps a clown, also PATCHOCKE. |
| SPATCHCOCK | • spatchcock n. (Cooking, also attributively) Poultry which has been cut along the spine and spread out for more even cooking. • spatchcock v. (Cooking) To cut (poultry) along the spine and spread the halves apart for more even cooking. • spatchcock v. (Figuratively) Often followed by in or into: to interpolate or insert (something into another thing);… |