| ACANTHUS | • acanthus n. A member of the genus Acanthus of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae… • acanthus n. (Architecture) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of Acanthus spinosus, used in the capitals… • Acanthus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthaceae – prickly herbs that grow in the Mediterranean; the acanthuses. |
| CHAUNTED | • chaunted v. Simple past tense and past participle of chaunt. • CHAUNT v. to sing, also CHANT. |
| CHAUNTER | • chaunter n. (UK, slang, obsolete) A street seller of ballads and other broadsides. • chaunter n. (Colloquial) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey. • chaunter n. The chanter or flute of a bagpipe. |
| CHAUNTRY | • chauntry n. Obsolete form of chantry. • CHAUNTRY n. a chapel or altar built for prayers for its benefactor's soul, also CHANTRY. |
| COUCHANT | • couchant adj. (Of an animal) Lying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching. • couchant adj. (Heraldry) Represented as crouching with the head raised. • COUCHANT adj. in heraldry, lying on the belly with head lifted. |
| DUTCHMAN | • dutchman n. (Carpentry, masonry) A piece of wood or stone used to repair a larger piece, shaped such that it fills… • dutchman n. A flaw or void repaired with such a piece. • dutchman n. (Theater) A cloth strip attached to a flat to conceal a joint. |
| NAUTCHES | • nautches n. Plural of nautch. • NAUTCH n. (Hindi) an entertainment in India consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing girls, also NACH, NAUCH. |
| NUTHATCH | • nuthatch n. Any of various small passerine birds from the family Sittidae (and its single genus Sitta), found throughout… • NUTHATCH n. any of various small passerine birds of the genus Sitta. |
| TRUCHMAN | • truchman n. (Archaic) An interpreter. • TRUCHMAN n. an interpreter. |
| TULCHANS | • tulchans n. Plural of tulchan. • TULCHAN n. (Gaelic) a calf's skin set beside a cow to make her give milk freely. |
| UNCATCHY | • uncatchy adj. Not catchy. • UNCATCHY adj. not catchy. |
| UNCAUGHT | • uncaught adj. Not caught. • UNCAUGHT adj. not caught. |
| UNCHASTE | • unchaste adj. Not chaste; not continent. • UNCHASTE adj. not chaste. |
| UNSTARCH | • unstarch v. (Transitive) To free from starch; to make limp or pliable. • UNSTARCH v. to free from starch. |
| UNTHATCH | • unthatch v. (Transitive) To remove the thatch from. • UNTHATCH v. to strip of thatch. |