| ARCHANGEL | • archangel n. A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging… • archangel n. Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”). • Archangel prop.n. A city in northwestern Russia. |
| BLEACHING | • bleaching v. Present participle of bleach. • bleaching n. The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents. • bleaching n. The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme. |
| CHALCOGEN | • chalcogen n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium. • CHALCOGEN n. an element from group VI(B) of the periodic table, namely sulphur, selenium or tellurium. |
| CHALLENGE | • challenge n. A confrontation; a dare. • challenge n. A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty. • challenge n. (Law) A procedure or action. |
| CHANGEFUL | • changeful adj. (Rare) Changing frequently; very susceptible to change. • CHANGEFUL adj. full of change. |
| CHARGEFUL | • chargeful adj. (Obsolete) costly; expensive. • CHARGEFUL adj. (archaic) costly; expensive. |
| CHELATING | • chelating adj. Having the ability to undergo chelation. • CHELATE v. to combine a metal ion with a compound. |
| CLAUGHTED | • CLAUGHT v. (Scots) to snatch, also CLAUCHT. |
| COLIPHAGE | • coliphage n. Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli. • COLIPHAGE n. any bacteriophage active against E. coli. |
| HALOGENIC | • halogenic adj. (Inorganic chemistry) Relating to, characteristic of, or containing a halogen. • HALOGENIC adj. pertaining to halogens, a group of elements including chlorine, fluorine etc. |
| LEACHINGS | • leachings n. Plural of leaching. • LEACHING n. the act of leaching. |
| LETHARGIC | • lethargic adj. Sluggish, slow. • lethargic adj. Indifferent, apathetic. • LETHARGIC adj. showing lethargy, also LETHARGICAL. |
| LICHGATES | • lichgates n. Plural of lichgate. • LICHGATE n. a roofed churchyard gate, also LYCHGATE. |
| LIGHTFACE | • lightface n. The opposite of boldface, a font that is light (has a low ratio of ink to white space). • LIGHTFACE n. a typeface having comparatively light thin lines. |
| LYCHGATES | • lychgates n. Plural of lychgate (alternative form of lych-gates). • lych-gates n. Plural of lych-gate. • LYCHGATE n. the roofed gate of a churchyard, also LICHGATE. |
| PLEACHING | • pleaching n. Gerund of pleach: an act of entwining or interweaving. • pleaching n. (Horticulture) A technique of interweaving living and dead branches through a hedge for stock control; plashing. • pleaching v. Present participle of pleach. |
| RUGELACHS | • RUGELACH n. (Yiddish) in Jewish cooking, a small crescent-shaped pastry filled with fruit, nuts etc., also RUGALACH, RUGGELACH. |
| RUGGELACH | • RUGGELACH n. (Yiddish) in Jewish cooking, small crescent-shaped pastries filled with fruit, nuts etc., also RUGALACH, RUGELACH. |
| SCHLAGERS | • schlagers n. Plural of schlager. • SCHLAGER n. (German) a duelling sword used in some German universities. |