| CARPENTRY | • carpentry n. (Uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures;… • carpentry n. (Countable) A carpenter’s workshop. • carpentry n. (Uncountable) A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor… |
| CARRYCOTS | • carrycots n. Plural of carrycot. • CARRYCOT n. a cot for carrying a baby in. |
| CARRYOUTS | • carryouts n. Plural of carryout. • CARRYOUT n. a takeout order of food. |
| CARRYTALE | • carrytale n. An indiscreet person who spreads gossip. • CARRYTALE n. (Shakespeare) a talebearer. |
| CARTULARY | • cartulary n. A medieval manuscript register containing full or excerpted transcriptions of important documents, especially… • cartulary n. A collection of original documents bound in one volume. • cartulary n. An officer who had charge of records or other public papers. |
| 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. |
| CRAYTHURS | • CRAYTHUR n. (Irish) a woman, also CRATHUR, CRATUR. |
| CREMATORY | • crematory adj. Pertaining to the act of cremating bodies. • crematory n. The establishment or furnace that cremates bodies. • CREMATORY n. a place where bodies are cremated, also CREMATORIUM. |
| FRUCTUARY | • fructuary n. One who enjoys the profits or increase of anything. • FRUCTUARY n. a person enjoying the fruits of anything. |
| IRRITANCY | • irritancy n. The quality of being irritant or irritating. • irritancy n. (Law, Scotland) The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity. • IRRITANCY n. the state of being null and void. |
| PRECATORY | • precatory adj. Expressing a wish. • precatory adj. (Law) Expressing a wish but not creating any legal obligation or duty. • PRECATORY adj. expressing a wish. |
| SECRETARY | • secretary n. (Obsolete) Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant. • secretary n. (Obsolete) Someone employed as a scribe for personal correspondence. • secretary n. A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work. |
| TETRARCHY | • tetrarchy n. (Politics) A government where power is shared by four people, especially (historical) the Herodian tetrarchy… • tetrarchy n. (Geography) The land ruled by such a government, either together or separately. • TETRARCHY n. government by four people. |
| TRACHEARY | • tracheary adj. Tracheal; breathing by means of tracheae. • tracheary n. (Zoology, archaic) Any of the Trachearia. • TRACHEARY adj. breathing by means of tracheae. |
| TREACHERY | • treachery n. Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith. • treachery n. The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain. • treachery n. Treason. |