| 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. |
| CATCHWORDS | • catchwords n. Plural of catchword. • CATCHWORD n. among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next. |
| CHANCROIDS | • chancroids n. Plural of chancroid. • CHANCROID n. a type of venereal sore. |
| CHARCOALED | • charcoaled v. Simple past tense and past participle of charcoal. • charcoaled adj. Cooked over charcoal. • CHARCOAL v. to draw or blacken with charcoal. |
| CLARICHORD | • clarichord n. An old musical instrument in the form of a spinet; the manichord or clavichord. • CLARICHORD n. an old keyboard stringed instrument in which the tangent striking the string and producing the sound also determines the vibrating length, also CLAVICHORD. |
| CLAVICHORD | • clavichord n. (Music) An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades (called tangents)… • CLAVICHORD n. an old keyboard stringed instrument, also CLARICHORD. |
| COANCHORED | • coanchored v. Simple past tense and past participle of coanchor. • COANCHOR v. to present televised news reports jointly. |
| DECACHORDS | • decachords n. Plural of decachord. • DECACHORD n. an old ten-stringed musical instrument. |
| DIACHRONIC | • diachronic adj. Occurring over or changing with time. • diachronic adj. Of, pertaining to or concerned with changes that occur over time. • DIACHRONIC adj. of the study of a subject (esp. a language) through its historical development, as opposed to synchronic. |
| DOGCATCHER | • dogcatcher n. A person whose job is to catch and remove stray dogs. • dog-catcher n. Alternative form of dogcatcher. • DOGCATCHER n. one whose job is to catch stray dogs. |
| ENCROACHED | • encroached v. Simple past tense and past participle of encroach. • ENCROACH v. to intrude on another's territory. |
| HYDROCRACK | • hydrocrack v. (Organic chemistry) To convert hydrocarbons by hydrocracking. • HYDROCRACK v. to crack hydrocarbons in the presence of hydrogen. |
| OCTACHORDS | • octachords n. Plural of octachord. • OCTACHORD n. an instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones. |
| RADICCHIOS | • radicchios n. Plural of radicchio. • RADICCHIO n. (Italian) a purple-leaved variety of chicory from Italy. |
| 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. |