| ACCOUCHEURS | • accoucheurs n. Plural of accoucheur. • ACCOUCHEUR n. (French) a male midwife. |
| ACCOUCHEUSE | • accoucheuse n. (Rare) A midwife. • ACCOUCHEUSE n. (French) a female midwife. |
| BACKCHECKED | • backchecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of backcheck. • BACKCHECK v. in ice hockey, to return from attack to defence. |
| CACHECTICAL | • cachectical adj. Alternative form of cachectic. • CACHECTICAL adj. relating to cachexy, severe wasting of the body, also CACHECTIC, CACHEXIC. |
| CATECHETICS | • catechetics n. Religious teaching, especially that given to children before confirmation. • catechetics n. (Archaic) The science or practice of instructing by questions and answers. • CATECHETICS n. the art or practice of teaching by question and answer; that part of theology which deals with catechesis. |
| CATECHISTIC | • catechistic adj. Pertaining to a catechism. • CATECHISTIC adj. relating to catechism, also CATECHISTICAL. |
| CHALCEDONIC | • chalcedonic adj. Of or pertaining to chalcedony. • CHALCEDONIC adj. of or like chalcedony. |
| CHALCOCITES | • chalcocites n. Plural of chalcocite. • CHALCOCITE n. a greyish-black mineral, native copper sulphide. |
| CHEMOTACTIC | • chemotactic adj. Relating to or exhibiting chemotaxis. • CHEMOTACTIC adj. exhibiting chemotaxis. |
| CHLORACETIC | • chloracetic adj. Alternative form of chloroacetic. • CHLORACETIC adj. an acid made by chlorinating acetic acid, also CHLOROACETIC. |
| COCKCHAFERS | • cockchafers n. Plural of cockchafer. • COCKCHAFER n. any of several kinds of beetle, esp. of the Scarabeidae. |
| COCKMATCHES | • cockmatches n. Plural of cockmatch. • COCKMATCH n. a cockfight. |
| COCKROACHES | • cockroaches n. Plural of cockroach. • COCKROACH n. an orthopterous insect, the so-called black beetle. |
| COWCATCHERS | • cowcatchers n. Plural of cowcatcher. • cow␣catchers n. Plural of cow catcher. • COWCATCHER n. a device on the front of a train for clearing obstacles off the track. |
| ECCLESIARCH | • ecclesiarch n. An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church. • ECCLESIARCH n. (archaic) a church ruler. |
| ECPHRACTICS | • ecphractics n. Plural of ecphractic. • ECPHRACTIC n. a drug that removes obstructions. |
| PATCHCOCKES | • PATCHCOCKE n. (Spenser) perhaps a clown, also PATCHOCKE. |
| TECHNOCRACY | • technocracy n. A system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise. • TECHNOCRACY n. government by technical experts. |