| ANARCHY | • anarchy n. (Uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body. • anarchy n. (Uncountable) Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation… • anarchy n. (Countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government. |
| ANCHOVY | • anchovy n. Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in 16 genera, of which… • ANCHOVY n. a small edible Mediterranean fish of the herring family. |
| BRANCHY | • branchy adj. Having many branches. • branchy adj. Tending to branch frequently. • BRANCHY adj. having many branches. |
| CHANCEY | • chancey adj. Alternative spelling of chancy. • Chancey prop.n. A surname. • CHANCEY adj. risky, also CHANCY. |
| CHANOYO | • CHANOYO n. (Japanese) a Japanese tea ceremony, also CHADO, SADO, CHANOYU. |
| CHANOYU | • chanoyu n. A traditional Japanese tea ceremony in which matcha is prepared and presented. • CHANOYU n. (Japanese) a tea ceremony, also CHADO, CHANOYO, SADO. |
| CHANTEY | • chantey n. Alternative form of shanty (sailor’s song). • CHANTEY n. a song sung by sailors as they worked, also CHANTIE, CHANTY, SHANTEY, SHANTY. |
| CHANTRY | • chantry n. An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people. • chantry n. A chapel set up for this purpose. • CHANTRY n. a chapel or altar built for prayers for its benefactor's soul, also CHAUNTRY. |
| HACKNEY | • hackney n. (Archaic) An ordinary horse. • hackney n. A carriage for hire or a cab. • hackney n. A horse used to ride or drive. |
| HALCYON | • halcyon n. (Poetic) A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to… • halcyon n. A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia. • halcyon adj. Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher. |
| HYACINE | • hyacine n. (Obsolete) A hyacinth. • HYACINE n. (Spenser) a blue gemstone, hyacinth. |
| HYAENIC | • hyaenic adj. Alternative form of hyenic. • HYAENIC adj. of or like a hyaena, also HYENIC, HYENINE, HYENOID. |
| ONYCHAS | • ONYCHA n. (Greek) an ingredient in ancient Jewish incense; the nail-like operculum of a mollusc. |
| ONYCHIA | • onychia n. A whitlow. • onychia n. An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in… • onychia n. Plural of onychium. |
| PAUNCHY | • paunchy adj. Having a paunch; having a prominent stomach; potbellied. • PAUNCHY adj. having a protruding belly. |
| RAUNCHY | • raunchy adj. Smutty; indecent. • raunchy adj. Lecherous. • raunchy adj. Sexually seductive. |
| SNATCHY | • snatchy adj. In snatches or glimpses. • SNATCHY adj. irregular, in snatches. |
| TACHYON | • tachyon n. (Physics) A hypothetical particle that travels faster than the speed of light. • tachyon n. (Physics) A flaw in a physical theory that predicts the existence of tachyons or similar paradoxical… • TACHYON n. a theoretical elementary particle moving faster than light. |
| UNCHARY | • unchary adj. Not chary; lacking caution; reckless. • UNCHARY adj. not chary. |