| ACOLYTH | • acolyth n. Obsolete form of acolyte. • ACOLYTH n. (obsolete) a faithful follower, also ACOLYTE. |
| BYCATCH | • bycatch n. Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often… • bycatch n. Any person, animal, or thing, captured unintentionally on camera or film. • bycatch v. (Transitive) To catch unintentionally while fishing for something else. |
| 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. |
| CHARITY | • charity n. (Countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose. • charity n. (Countable) The goods or money given to those in need. • charity n. (Uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need. |
| CHAYOTE | • chayote n. Sechium edule, a tropical American perennial herbaceous vine having tendrils, tuberous roots, and a… • chayote n. The fruit of this plant. • CHAYOTE n. (Nahuatl) a tropical American vine, aka choko or chocho; its edible fruit eaten as a vegetable. |
| CYATHIA | • cyathia n. Plural of cyathium. • CYATHIUM n. (Latin) the characteristic inflorescence of the spurges. |
| CYATHUS | • cyathus n. (Historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1⅔ Roman ounce of wine and equivalent… • cyathus n. Synonym of ladle, especially (historical) a small one used for serving wine in ancient Greece and Rome. • cyathus n. (Historical) Synonym of kyathos, an ancient ladle and serving beaker. |
| ECTHYMA | • ecthyma n. An ulcerative pyoderma of the skin, caused by bacteria. • ECTHYMA n. (Greek) a skin disease with large round pustules. |
| FRATCHY | • fratchy adj. (UK, informal) Irritable or argumentative. • FRATCHY adj. quarrelsome. |
| SNATCHY | • snatchy adj. In snatches or glimpses. • SNATCHY adj. irregular, in snatches. |
| STACHYS | • Stachys prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – numerous flowering plants, including hedgenettle, heal-all… • STACHYS n. (Greek) a labiate plant. |
| STARCHY | • starchy adj. Of or pertaining to starch. • starchy adj. Containing starch. • starchy adj. Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched. |
| 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. |
| THATCHY | • thatchy adj. Made of, or resembling, thatch. • THATCHY adj. resembling thatch. |
| YACHTED | • yachted v. Simple past tense and past participle of yacht. • YACHT v. to sail or cruise in a yacht. |
| YACHTER | • yachter n. A person who sails in yachts. • YACHTER n. one who sails a yacht, also YACHTIE, YACHTMAN, YACHTSMAN. |
| YACHTIE | • yachtie n. Alternative spelling of yachty. • YACHTIE n. (Australian slang) a yachtsman, also YACHTER, YACHTMAN, YACHTSMAN. |