| ACROPHOBIC | • acrophobic adj. Of or pertaining to or suffering from acrophobia. • acrophobic n. A person who has acrophobia. • ACROPHOBIC adj. suffering from acrophobia, fear of heights. |
| ACROPHONIC | • acrophonic adj. Conforming to acrophony. • ACROPHONIC adj. relating to acrophony, the use of a word starting with a letter of the alphabet as the name of the letter, also ACROPHONETIC. |
| ARCHEPARCH | • archeparch n. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The archbishop of an archeparchy. |
| ARCHICARPS | • archicarps n. Plural of archicarp. • ARCHICARP n. a female reproductive structure in certain types of fungi. |
| CACOGRAPHY | • cacography n. Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect. • cacography n. Poor or illegible handwriting. • CACOGRAPHY n. bad handwriting (the antithesis of calligraphy) or orthography. |
| CACOTROPHY | • cacotrophy n. (Medicine, obsolete) Disordered or defective nutrition. • CACOTROPHY n. bad or inadequate diet. |
| CATAPHORIC | • cataphoric adj. Of or relating to cataphora. • CATAPHORIC adj. relating to a cataphora, a rhetorical term. |
| CATAPHRACT | • cataphract n. (Military, historical) Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier’s… • cataphract n. (Ichthyology, by extension, obsolete) An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate. • cataphract adj. (Nautical, historical) Of a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed. |
| CROSSPATCH | • crosspatch n. A grumpy, bad-tempered or irascible person. • cross-patch n. Alternative form of crosspatch. • CROSSPATCH n. a bad-tempered person. |
| CYCLOGRAPH | • cyclograph n. Arcograph. • cyclograph n. Cyclogram. • CYCLOGRAPH n. an instrument for describing arcs of circles without compasses. |
| 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. |
| EMPHRACTIC | • emphractic adj. (Medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin. • EMPHRACTIC adj. blocking the pores of the skin. • EMPHRACTIC n. a substance that stops the pores of the skin. |
| GRAPHICACY | • graphicacy n. The ability to comprehend information presented in graphical form, such as maps and charts. • GRAPHICACY n. accurate understanding and use of visual information. |
| HEPTARCHIC | • heptarchic adj. Of or pertaining to a heptarchy. • HEPTARCHIC adj. of or like a heptarchy, government by seven persons, also HEPTARCHAL. |
| PARACHUTIC | • parachutic adj. Of or relating to a parachute. • PARACHUTIC adj. relating to a parachute. |
| SCHIZOCARP | • schizocarp n. (Botany) A dry fruit that develops from multiple carpels and splits into multiple, one-seeded mericarps at maturity. • SCHIZOCARP n. a compound fruit splitting into several one-seeded ones, e.g. the winged seed pod of maple trees. |
| SPYCATCHER | • spycatcher n. (Informal) A person involved in counterespionage. • SPYCATCHER n. a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities. |
| WHIPCRACKS | • whipcracks n. Plural of whipcrack. • WHIPCRACK n. a sound made by a whip. |