| APPEACHING | • appeaching v. Present participle of appeach. • APPEACH v. (Shakespeare) to accuse, impeach. |
| APPROACHED | • approached v. Simple past tense and past participle of approach. • APPROACH v. to come near to. |
| APPROACHES | • approaches n. Movements to gain favour; advances. • approaches n. (Military) The covered roads, trenches, or other works made by besiegers or soldiers in their advances… • approaches n. Plural of approach. |
| CARPOPHORE | • carpophore n. (Botany) A thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants. • carpophore n. (Mycology) The stem of the fruiting body in higher fungi. • CARPOPHORE n. a slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants. |
| CEPHALOPOD | • cephalopod n. Any mollusc, of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc. • CEPHALOPOD n. any marine mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, that includes the octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and pearly nautilus, also CEPHALOPODAN. |
| CHAPPESSES | • chappesses n. Plural of chappess. • CHAPPESS n. a female chap, also CHAPESS. |
| COPPERHEAD | • copperhead n. Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes. • copperhead n. (Derogatory) Someone with ginger hair. • Copperhead n. (US, historical, slang) A northerner who sympathized with the South or wanted to end hostilities during… |
| EPIGRAPHIC | • epigraphic adj. Of or pertaining to an epigraph or to epigraphy. • EPIGRAPHIC adj. relating to an epigraph, also EPIGRAPHICAL. |
| HEPTAPODIC | • HEPTAPODIC adj. of a verse, having seven feet. |
| HOPPERCARS | • hopper␣cars n. Plural of hopper car. • HOPPERCAR n. a container for grain, also HOPPER. |
| HYPERSPACE | • hyperspace n. (Mathematics) An n-dimensional Euclidian space with n > 3. • hyperspace n. (Mathematics) A Euclidian space of unspecified dimension. • hyperspace n. (Science fiction) A notional space orthogonal to the usual dimensions of space-time often used for faster-than-light… |
| PETTICHAPS | • pettichaps n. Alternative form of pettychaps. • PETTICHAPS n. (dialect) the garden warbler. |
| SCHAPPEING | • SCHAPPE v. (German) to process waste silk. |
| SCHNAPPERS | • schnappers n. Plural of schnapper. • SCHNAPPER n. an Australian food-fish, also SNAPPER. |
| SCHNAPPSES | • schnappses n. Plural of schnapps. • SCHNAPPS n. (German) a kind of brandy, also SCHNAPS, SHNAPPS, SHNAPS. |
| SCRAPHEAPS | • scrapheaps n. Plural of scrapheap. • scrap-heaps n. Plural of scrap-heap. • scrap␣heaps n. Plural of scrap heap. |
| SPACESHIPS | • spaceships n. Plural of spaceship. • space␣ships n. Plural of space ship. • SPACESHIP n. a spacecraft. |
| SUPERCHEAP | • supercheap adj. Very cheap. |
| TOUCHPAPER | • touchpaper n. Alternative spelling of touch-paper. • touch-paper n. A strip of paper impregnated with nitre, used as a fuse for firing gunpowder, fireworks etc. • TOUCHPAPER n. paper soaked in saltpetre and used for firing gunpowder. |