| ACANTHACEOUS | • acanthaceous adj. (Botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family. • acanthaceous adj. Armed with prickles, as a plant. • ACANTHACEOUS adj. prickly; of the Acanthaceae. |
| ACCOUCHEMENT | • accouchement n. Delivery in childbed; parturition. • ACCOUCHEMENT n. (French) childbirth; a confinement. |
| ANTIBACCHIUS | • antibacchius n. (Poetry) A rare metrical foot consisting of two accented syllables followed by one unaccented syllable. • ANTIBACCHIUS n. (Latin) a foot of two long (or stressed) syllables followed by a short (or unstressed) one. |
| AUTOCHTHONIC | • autochthonic adj. Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous. • AUTOCHTHONIC adj. indigenous, aboriginal, also AUTOCHTHONAL, AUTOCHTHONOUS. |
| BUCCANEERISH | • buccaneerish adj. Like a buccaneer; piratical. • BUCCANEERISH adj. of or like a buccaneer. |
| CACOPHONIOUS | • cacophonious adj. Cacophonous; harsh-sounding; unmusical. • CACOPHONIOUS adj. relating to a cacophony, also CACOPHONIC, CACOPHONICAL, CACOPHONOUS. |
| CATECHUMENAL | • catechumenal adj. Of or pertaining to a catechumen, or to the process and preparation for baptism. • CATECHUMENAL adj. of or like a catechumen, also CATECHUMENICAL. |
| CHAUVINISTIC | • chauvinistic adj. (Derogatory) Of or pertaining to chauvinism or chauvinists. • CHAUVINISTIC adj. relating to chauvinism. |
| CHURCHIANITY | • Churchianity n. (Derogatory) Any practices of Christianity that place a larger emphasis on the habits of church life… • CHURCHIANITY n. a usually excessive or narrowly sectarian attachment to the practices and interests of a particular church. |
| CHURCHWARDEN | • churchwarden n. (Britain) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish. • churchwarden n. (US) A similar functionary of the Episcopal church. • churchwarden n. (UK, slang) A churchwarden pipe. |
| COUNTERCHARM | • countercharm n. That which counteracts a charm; a counterspell. • countercharm v. To destroy the effect of a charm upon. • COUNTERCHARM v. to destroy or dissolve the effects of (another charm). |
| COUNTERMARCH | • countermarch n. A march back along the same route. • countermarch v. To march back along the same route. • COUNTERMARCH v. to march or cause to march back or in a direction opposite to a former one. |
| CRAUNCHINESS | • CRAUNCHINESS n. the state of being craunchy, crunchy. |
| IPECACUANHAS | • ipecacuanhas n. Plural of ipecacuanha. • IPECACUANHA n. (Portuguese) the dried root of various South American plants, used as a purgative, expectorant and emetic, also IPECAC. |
| MISCHANCEFUL | • mischanceful adj. Unlucky. • MISCHANCEFUL adj. (archaic) full of mischance, unlucky. |
| UNCATCHABLES | Sorry, definition not available. |
| UNMECHANICAL | • unmechanical adj. Not mechanical. • UNMECHANICAL adj. not mechanical. |