| ALCHYMIES | • alchymies n. Plural of alchymy. • ALCHYMY n. the infant stage of chemistry, also ALCHEMY. |
| ARCHENEMY | • archenemy n. A principal enemy. • archenemy n. A supreme and most powerful enemy. • Archenemy prop.n. (Christianity) Satan. |
| CAMPEACHY | • CAMPEACHY adj. as in campeachy wood, a logwood, first exported from Campeachy (Campeche, in SE Mexico). |
| CHAMPERTY | • champerty n. (Law) The investing of money into an individual’s lawsuit. • CHAMPERTY n. an illegal contract to finance a lawsuit for a percentage fee. |
| CHERIMOYA | • cherimoya n. A subtropical tree, Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America. • cherimoya n. A conical fruit with white flesh from that tree. • CHERIMOYA n. (Quechua) a Peruvian fruit resembling the custard apple, also CHERIMOYER, CHIRIMOYA. |
| CHLAMYDES | • chlamydes n. Plural of chlamys. • CHLAMYS n. (Greek) a horseman's loose cloak. |
| CHLAMYSES | • chlamyses n. Plural of chlamys. • CHLAMYS n. (Greek) a horseman's loose cloak. |
| CHROMAKEY | • chromakey n. (Television, film) The use of a particular colour (usually either green or blue) as a key in a TV studio… • chromakey v. (Transitive) To modify an image in this way. • chroma-key n. Alternative spelling of chromakey. |
| CYMOPHANE | • cymophane n. (Mineralogy) A translucent yellowish chatoyant chrysoberyl. • CYMOPHANE n. cat's-eye, a variety of chrysoberyl with wavy opalescence. |
| ECTHYMATA | • ecthymata n. Plural of ecthyma. • ECTHYMA n. (Greek) a skin disease with large round pustules. |
| HAEMOCYTE | • haemocyte n. Alternative spelling of hemocyte. • HAEMOCYTE n. a blood cell, esp. a red cell, also HEMOCYTE. |
| HERCOGAMY | • hercogamy n. (Botany) The condition where self-pollination is impossible (e.g. due to physical obstacles or mutations). • HERCOGAMY n. the prevention of self-pollination in plants, also HERKOGAMY. |
| LECHAYIMS | • LECHAYIM n. (Hebrew) a traditional Jewish toast, also LEHAYIM, LECHAIM, LEHAIM. |
| MACHINERY | • machinery n. The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively. • machinery n. The working parts of a machine as a group. • machinery n. The collective parts of something which allow it to function. |
| PACHYDERM | • pachyderm n. (Obsolete, zoology) A member of the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned… • pachyderm n. (Informal) An elephant. • pachyderm n. (Idiomatic) A person with thick skin; someone who is not affected by or does not care what others say… |
| SCYTHEMAN | • scytheman n. One who uses a scythe; a mower. • SCYTHEMAN n. one who uses a scythe. |
| THEOMACHY | • theomachy n. A fight against the gods, as the mythological battle of the giants against the gods. • theomachy n. A battle among gods. • theomachy n. Opposition to divine will. |
| THEOMANCY | • theomancy n. (Historical) A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles. • THEOMANCY n. divination by means of oracles. |
| YACHTSMEN | • yachtsmen n. Plural of yachtsman. • YACHTSMAN n. one who sails a yacht, also YACHTER, YACHTIE, YACHTMAN. |