| BEACHCOMB | • beachcomb v. To go beachcombing. • beachcomb n. An instance of beachcombing. • BEACHCOMB v. to wander along a beach looking for useful objects. |
| CACHAEMIA | • cachaemia n. (Medicine, obsolete) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. • CACHAEMIA n. (archaic) a degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. |
| CACHAEMIC | • cachaemic adj. Of or relating to cachaemia. • CACHAEMIC adj. (archaic) relating to cachaemia, a degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. |
| CAMPEACHY | • CAMPEACHY adj. as in campeachy wood, a logwood, first exported from Campeachy (Campeche, in SE Mexico). |
| CATCHMENT | • catchment n. (Often attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water. • catchment n. A catchment area, or the people it serves. • catchment v. To divide into catchment areas. |
| CATECHISM | • catechism n. A book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity. • catechism n. A basic manual in some subject. • catechism n. A set of questions designed to determine knowledge. |
| CAUCHEMAR | • cauchemar n. (Folklore) A demon or witch in French folklore that drains a sleeping person’s energy by night. • CAUCHEMAR n. (French) a nightmare. |
| CHECKMARK | • checkmark n. Alternative form of check mark. • checkmark v. (Transitive) To mark with a ✓ symbol; to tick. • check␣mark n. (North America, Philippines) A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement. |
| CHECKMATE | • checkmate interj. (Chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game. • checkmate interj. (By extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape. • checkmate n. The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent’s king is threatened with unavoidable… |
| CHEMICALS | • chemicals n. Plural of chemical. • chemicals n. The chemical industry. • CHEMICAL n. a substance obtained by a process of chemistry. |
| CHIMAERIC | • chimaeric adj. Alternative form of chimeric. • chimæric adj. Obsolete form of chimaeric. • CHIMAERIC adj. of the nature of a chimaera; imaginary, fanciful, visionary, also CHIMERIC, CHIMERICAL. |
| CHOLAEMIC | • cholaemic adj. Having or relating to cholaemia. • CHOLAEMIC adj. relating to cholaemia, an accumulation of bile pigments in the blood. |
| ISCHAEMIC | • ischaemic adj. (UK) (pathology, cardiology) Alternative spelling of ischemic. • ischæmic adj. Archaic form of ischemic. • ISCHAEMIC adj. relating to ischaemia, an inadequate supply of blood to part of the body, also ISCHEMIC. |
| MECHANICS | • mechanics n. (Physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass. • mechanics n. The design and construction of machines. • mechanics n. (Writing) Spelling and punctuation. |
| MISCHANCE | • mischance n. Bad luck, misfortune. • mischance n. A mishap, an unlucky circumstance. • mischance v. (Transitive, intransitive) To undergo (a misfortune); to suffer (something unfortunate). |
| MUMCHANCE | • mumchance adj. Mute, or not speaking; silent. • mumchance n. An old game of chance played with cards in silence. • mumchance n. A silent, stupid person. |
| NAMECHECK | • namecheck v. (Music, especially in jazz) To announce the name of a person before they play a solo. • namecheck v. To name-drop. • name-check v. Alternative form of namecheck. |
| SCHEMATIC | • schematic adj. Represented too simply or in an overly formulaic way, reflecting a shallow or incomplete understanding… • schematic adj. Sketchy, incomplete. • schematic adj. Relating to a schema. |