| ACRONYCHAL | • acronychal adj. Alternative form of acronycal. • acronychal adj. Alternative form of acronical. • ACRONYCHAL adj. occurring at nightfall or sunset (esp. of the rising or setting of stars), also ACRONIC, ACRONICAL, ACRONYCAL. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| CHILIARCHY | • chiliarchy n. (Historical) A regiment of 1000 soldiers, typically commanded by a chiliarch. • chiliarchy n. (Historical) The office or position of a chiliarch. • chiliarchy n. (Rare) A government of 1000 rulers. |
| CHIROMANCY | • chiromancy n. Synonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another’s hand. • CHIROMANCY n. divination by means of palmistry, also CHEIROMANCY. |
| CHURCHWAYS | • churchways n. Plural of churchway. • CHURCHWAY n. the public way or road that leads up to the church. |
| CHURCHYARD | • churchyard n. A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard. • church-yard n. Alternative form of churchyard. • CHURCHYARD n. a yard that belongs to a church and is often used as a burial ground. |
| CYCLOGRAPH | • cyclograph n. Arcograph. • cyclograph n. Cyclogram. • CYCLOGRAPH n. an instrument for describing arcs of circles without compasses. |
| DYARCHICAL | • DYARCHICAL adj. relating to a diarchy, rulership by two people, also DIARCHAL, DIARCHIC, DIARCHICAL, DYARCHIC. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| HAGIOCRACY | • hagiocracy n. Government by a priesthood; hierarchy. • HAGIOCRACY n. government by holy persons, also HAGIARCHY. |
| 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. |
| HYDROCRACK | • hydrocrack v. (Organic chemistry) To convert hydrocarbons by hydrocracking. • HYDROCRACK v. to crack hydrocarbons in the presence of hydrogen. |
| OCHLOCRACY | • ochlocracy n. Mob rule; government by the masses; mobocracy. • OCHLOCRACY n. government by the mob. |
| SACCHARIFY | • saccharify v. (Biochemistry, transitive) To convert (soluble polysaccharides) into simple sugars. • SACCHARIFY v. to convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar. |
| SCRATCHILY | • scratchily adv. In a scratchy manner. • SCRATCHY adv. made by scratching. |
| SPYCATCHER | • spycatcher n. (Informal) A person involved in counterespionage. • SPYCATCHER n. a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities. |
| TRENCHANCY | • trenchancy n. The quality of being trenchant. • trenchancy n. Irony or bitterness of tone. • TRENCHANCY n. the quality of being trenchant. |