| CARYATIDS | • caryatids n. Plural of caryatid. • CARYATID n. (Greek) a draped female figure supporting an entablature. |
| CORDATELY | • cordately adv. In a cordate form. • CORDATE adv. heart-shaped. |
| COURTYARD | • courtyard n. An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings. • COURTYARD n. a court or enclosed ground attached to a building, usually a large house. |
| CRYPTADIA | • cryptadia n. (Very rare) Things to be kept secret. • CRYPTADIA n. (Greek) things to be kept hidden. |
| DAYCENTRE | • day␣centre n. (UK) a place providing care, attention and recreation facilities during the day for people who aren’t… • DAYCENTRE n. a building used for daycare. |
| DEMOCRATY | • democraty n. Obsolete form of democracy. • DEMOCRATY n. (Milton) democracy, also DEMOCRACY. |
| DICASTERY | • dicastery n. A ministry or department of the Roman Curia of the Holy See, whether administrative or ecclesiastical. • dicastery n. A judicial body of the ancient Athenian state, made up of dicasts. • DICASTERY n. a court of justice; a judgment hall. |
| DICTATORY | • dictatory adj. Dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial. • dictatory n. (Nonstandard) Synonym of dictate. • dictatory n. (Nonstandard) Synonym of dictatorship. |
| DYSCRATIC | • dyscratic adj. Of, relating to dyscrasy. • DYSCRATIC adj. relating to dyscrasia, a disordered condition of the body, also DYSCRASIC. |
| EDUCATORY | • educatory adj. (Archaic) Educational; instructive. • EDUCATORY adj. relating to education. |
| HYDROCAST | • hydrocast n. A form of scientific water measurement in which several connected bottles are lowered into the water… • HYDROCAST n. a gathering of water samples for analysis. |
| MORDACITY | • mordacity n. The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality. • MORDACITY n. the quality of being mordacious, biting. |
| MYDRIATIC | • mydriatic adj. (Biology, medicine) Pertaining to or causing mydriasis (the dilation of the pupil of the eye). • mydriatic n. (Pharmacology) A drug that causes mydriasis. • MYDRIATIC adj. causing dilatation of the pupil of the eye. |
| PREDACITY | • predacity n. The quality of being predaceous. • PREDACITY n. being predacious, living by prey. |
| RANCIDITY | • rancidity n. The state of being rancid. • RANCIDITY n. the state of being rancid. |
| STACKYARD | • stackyard n. A farmyard in which stacks of hay etc. are stored. • STACKYARD n. a yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain. |
| STOCKYARD | • stockyard n. (US) An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before… • STOCKYARD n. a large yard with pens where cattle are kept for slaughter, market etc. |
| TRANCEDLY | • trancedly adv. (Obsolete) While entranced. • TRANCED adv. TRANCE, to put into a semiconscious state. |
| TRIDACTYL | • tridactyl adj. (Anatomy) Having three digits on a limb. • tridactyl adj. (Biology) Composed of three movable parts attached to a common base. • tridactyl n. Any animal having three digits on a limb. |
| YARDSTICK | • yardstick n. A measuring rod thirty-six inches (one yard) long. • yardstick n. (Figuratively) A standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged. • YARDSTICK n. a stick three feet long; any standard of measurement, also YARDWAND. |