| BRAINCHILD | • brainchild n. A creation, original idea, or innovation, usually used to indicate the originators. • brainchild v. (Transitive, rare) To think up; to come up with. • BRAINCHILD n. a product of one's creative imagination. |
| CHANDELIER | • chandelier n. A branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling. • chandelier n. (Auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction. • chandelier n. (Obsolete, military) A portable frame used to support temporary wooden fences. |
| CHARLADIES | • charladies n. Plural of charlady. • CHARLADY n. a cleaning woman. |
| CHILDCARES | • childcares n. Plural of childcare. • CHILDCARE n. care of children, esp. as professionally provided. |
| CHILDERMAS | • Childermas prop.n. (Christianity) A religious service and holiday commemorating the supposed Massacre of the Innocents… • CHILDERMAS n. a church festival held on December 28, Holy Innocents' Day. |
| CHLORIDATE | • chloridate v. (Transitive) To treat or prepare with a chloride. • CHLORIDATE v. to treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography. |
| CHRYSALIDS | • chrysalids n. Plural of chrysalid. • CHRYSALID n. a pupa, esp. of a moth or butterfly, enclosed in a firm case or cocoon, also CHRYSALIS. |
| 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. |
| CRITHIDIAL | • crithidial adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the Crithidia. • CRITHIDIAL adj. relating to the flagellate genus Crithidia. |
| DIARCHICAL | • diarchical adj. Of or pertaining to a diarchy. • DIARCHICAL adj. relating to a diarchy, rulership by two people, also DIARCHAL, DIARCHIC, DYARCHICAL. |
| DYARCHICAL | • DYARCHICAL adj. relating to a diarchy, rulership by two people, also DIARCHAL, DIARCHIC, DIARCHICAL, DYARCHIC. |
| GRANDCHILD | • grandchild n. A child of someone’s child. • GRANDCHILD n. the child of one's son or daughter. |
| HARMOLODIC | • harmolodic adj. Of or pertaining to harmolodics. • HARMOLODIC adj. relating to a jazz technique where each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune. |
| HERBICIDAL | • herbicidal adj. Of, or relating to herbicides. • herbicidal adj. Having the ability to damage or destroy plants, especially weeds. • HERBICIDAL adj. having the properties of a herbicide, killing grass. |
| HYDRAULICS | • hydraulics n. The engineering science that deals with practical applications where liquid is in motion and transmits energy. • hydraulics n. The hydraulic system of a vehicle or other machine. • HYDRAULIC v. to excavate and wash out with powerful jets of water. |
| HYDRICALLY | • HYDRIC adv. adapted to life with an abundance of moisture. |
| RHACHIDIAL | • RHACHIDIAL adj. of or like a rhachis, the spine or axis of a feather, also RACHIDIAL, RACHIDIAN. |
| TRACHEIDAL | • TRACHEIDAL adj. of or like a tracheid, a long tubelike but closed cell in xylem. |
| TROCHOIDAL | • trochoidal adj. Of, pertaining to, or shaped like a trochoid. • TROCHOIDAL adj. of or pertaining to a trochoid. |