| ANTHRACOID | • anthracoid adj. (Biology) Resembling anthrax. • ANTHRACOID adj. resembling anthrax; resembling carbon, coal or charcoal. |
| APPROACHED | • approached v. Simple past tense and past participle of approach. • APPROACH v. to come near to. |
| ARACHNOIDS | • arachnoids n. Plural of arachnoid. • ARACHNOID n. the arachnoid membrane, a fine delicate membrane which is the middle of the three meninges enveloping the brain and spinal cord. |
| ARCHDEACON | • archdeacon n. (Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) A senior administrative official in a diocese, just under the bishop… • ARCHDEACON n. a clergyman having the duty of assisting a diocesan bishop in ceremonial functions or administrative work. |
| CARDOPHAGI | • CARDOPHAGUS n. (obsolete) a donkey; something that eats thistles. |
| CHALKBOARD | • chalkboard n. A slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard. • chalkboard v. To write or draw on a chalkboard. • CHALKBOARD n. a blackboard. |
| CHARCOALED | • charcoaled v. Simple past tense and past participle of charcoal. • charcoaled adj. Cooked over charcoal. • CHARCOAL v. to draw or blacken with charcoal. |
| CHARDONNAY | • chardonnay n. Alternative letter-case form of Chardonnay. • Chardonnay n. (Countable) A green-skinned grape variety used to make a white wine. • Chardonnay n. (Uncountable) A variety of wine made from this grape. |
| ICOSAHEDRA | • icosahedra n. Plural of icosahedron. • ICOSAHEDRON n. a polyhedron having 20 faces. |
| MATCHBOARD | • matchboard n. (Carpentry) A type of wooden board that connects with others using a tongue and groove system. • matchboard n. (Sand casting) A thin piece of material (such as wood, plaster, or metal) that forms and aligns the… • MATCHBOARD n. one of a number of boards with a tongue cut along one edge and a groove in the opposite edge, fitted one into the next to make a wall-facing, etc. |
| OCTAHEDRAL | • octahedral adj. Having eight plane surfaces; thus, in the shape or form of an octahedron. • octahedral adj. Of, or pertaining to octahedra. • OCTAHEDRAL adj. having eight faces or sides. |
| ORCHARDMAN | • orchardman n. A man who owns or tends an orchard. • ORCHARDMAN n. one who grows and sells orchard fruits. |
| PATCHBOARD | • patchboard n. A component of a manual telephone switchboard, or of various early data processing equipment, in which… • PATCHBOARD n. a panel with multiple electrical terminals. |
| SACCHAROID | • saccharoid adj. (Mineralogy) Having a texture like granulated sugar. • saccharoid n. (Biochemistry) A polysaccharide that resembles a sugar, often insoluble and not sweet. • SACCHAROID adj. like loaf sugar in texture, also SACCHAROIDAL. |