| BACKCOURTS | • backcourts n. Plural of backcourt. • BACKCOURT n. in lawn tennis, that part of the court lying behind the service line. |
| CLOCKMAKER | • clockmaker n. A person who makes clocks. • CLOCKMAKER n. one who makes clocks. |
| COACHWORKS | • coachworks n. Plural of coachwork. • COACHWORK n. vehicle bodywork. |
| COCKALORUM | • cockalorum n. (Countable) A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boasts. • cockalorum n. (Uncountable) Boastful speech, crowing. • cockalorum n. (Uncountable) A game similar to leapfrog. |
| COCKATRICE | • cockatrice n. (Mythology) A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling… • cockatrice n. (Obsolete) Mistress, harlot. • cockatrice n. (Fantasy, folklore) A snake or serpent that appears to be hatched of a rooster, or cock’s, egg. |
| COCKCHAFER | • cockchafer n. Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation. • cockchafer n. Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc. • COCKCHAFER n. any of several kinds of beetle, esp. of the Scarabeidae. |
| COCKTEASER | • cockteaser n. (Vulgar, slang) A habitual cocktease; someone who is flirtatious and frequently sexually arouses men… • cock-teaser n. Alternative form of cockteaser. • cock␣teaser n. Alternative form of cockteaser. |
| COMEBACKER | • comebacker n. (Baseball) A batted ball that travels toward the pitcher. |
| CORNCRAKES | • corncrakes n. Plural of corncrake. • corn-crakes n. Plural of corn-crake. • corn␣crakes n. Plural of corn crake. |
| CORNERBACK | • cornerback n. (American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Any of the defensive players who are in position on each… • CORNERBACK n. a position in American football. |
| CRACKDOWNS | • crackdowns n. Plural of crackdown. • CRACKDOWN n. the taking of a firm action. |
| CROOKBACKS | • crookbacks n. Plural of crookback. • CROOKBACK n. (Shakespeare) a hunchback. |
| CROSSJACKS | • crossjacks n. Plural of crossjack. • CROSSJACK n. a square sail set on the mizzenmast. |
| HYDROCRACK | • hydrocrack v. (Organic chemistry) To convert hydrocarbons by hydrocracking. • HYDROCRACK v. to crack hydrocarbons in the presence of hydrogen. |
| MICROCRACK | • microcrack n. A microscopic crack. • microcrack v. To cause the formation of microscopic cracks. • MICROCRACK v. to crack microscopically. |
| PEACOCKERY | • peacockery n. Gaudy showiness; ostentation. • PEACOCKERY n. vain ostentation. |
| PEACOCKIER | • PEACOCKY adj. vain, strutting. |