| CATCHPENNY | • catchpenny n. A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods. • catchpenny n. A publication, etc. intended to make money, with no particular merit otherwise. • CATCHPENNY n. a worthless thing made only for profit. |
| CHALCEDONY | • chalcedony n. A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally. • CHALCEDONY n. a crystalline form of quartz, microscopically fibrous with waxy luster, also CALCEDONY. |
| CHARACTERY | • charactery n. (Obsolete) The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark. • charactery n. (Obsolete) That which is charactered; the meaning. • CHARACTERY n. writing; a system of symbols or letters used to express thoughts. |
| CHATOYANCE | • chatoyance n. Chatoyancy. • CHATOYANCE n. the quality of being chatoyant, having a changing lustre, also CHATOYANCY. |
| CHEMICALLY | • chemically adv. Using a chemical reaction, process, or operation. • chemically adv. According to the principles of chemistry. • chemically adj. (Colloquial) Reminiscent of chemicals. |
| CHOANOCYTE | • choanocyte n. (Cytology) any of the cells in sponges that contain a flagellum, and are used to control the movement of water. • CHOANOCYTE n. a cell in which the flagellum is surrounded by a sheath of protoplasm. |
| CHOCOLATEY | • chocolatey adj. Alternative spelling of chocolaty. • CHOCOLATEY adj. of or like chocolate, also CHOCOLATY. |
| CHYLACEOUS | • chylaceous adj. (Physiology) Resembling or consisting of chyle. • CHYLACEOUS adj. possessed of the properties of chyle. |
| CYCLEPATHS | • cyclepaths n. Plural of cyclepath. • cycle␣paths n. Plural of cycle path. • CYCLEPATH n. a special route for cyclists. |
| ECHOICALLY | • echoically adv. In an echoic manner. • ECHOIC adv. resembling an echo. |
| FLYCATCHER | • flycatcher n. Any of many kinds of birds, of the families Muscicapidae (in Europe and Asia) and Tyrannidae (in the… • fly-catcher n. Alternative form of flycatcher. • FLYCATCHER n. one of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing. |
| HECTICALLY | • hectically adv. In a hectic manner. • HECTICAL adv. hectic, flushed. |
| HIEROCRACY | • hierocracy n. Government by ecclesiastics. • hierocracy n. (Historical, Middle Ages) The doctrine that the pope held supreme temporal, and not just spiritual, power. • HIEROCRACY n. government by priests or religious ministers. |
| SPYCATCHER | • spycatcher n. (Informal) A person involved in counterespionage. • SPYCATCHER n. a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities. |
| TACHYPNEIC | • tachypneic adj. Alternative form of tachypnoeic. |
| TRENCHANCY | • trenchancy n. The quality of being trenchant. • trenchancy n. Irony or bitterness of tone. • TRENCHANCY n. the quality of being trenchant. |