| APOCHROMAT | • apochromat n. (Optics) A kind of lens corrected for chromatic and spherical aberration. • APOCHROMAT n. an apochromatic lens or instrument. |
| BROADCLOTH | • broadcloth n. A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend. • broadcloth n. (Historical) A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men’s garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard… • BROADCLOTH n. dense twilled wool or worsted fabric. |
| CACOTROPHY | • cacotrophy n. (Medicine, obsolete) Disordered or defective nutrition. • CACOTROPHY n. bad or inadequate diet. |
| CARTOONISH | • cartoonish adj. Exaggerated or caricatured, in the manner of a cartoon. • CARTOONISH adj. like a cartoon. |
| CHINAROOTS | • chinaroots n. Plural of chinaroot. • china-roots n. Plural of china-root. • china␣roots n. Plural of china root. |
| CHROMATOID | • chromatoid adj. Resembling chromatin. • chromatoid n. (Cytology) The part of a nucleus comprising DNA and proteins where chromosomes are formed. • CHROMATOID adj. relating to chromatin, a protein/DNA complex making the chromosome. |
| COAUTHORED | • coauthored v. Simple past tense and past participle of coauthor. • co-authored v. Simple past tense and past participle of co-author. • COAUTHOR v. to write together. |
| COHABITORS | • cohabitors n. Plural of cohabitor. • COHABITOR n. one who cohabits, also COHABITER. |
| COLCOTHARS | • colcothars n. Plural of colcothar. • COLCOTHAR n. (Arabic) a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass. |
| CRAPSHOOTS | • crapshoots n. Plural of crapshoot. • crap-shoots n. Plural of crap-shoot. • crap␣shoots n. Plural of crap shoot. |
| MOTORCOACH | • motorcoach n. A motorised bus, or coach. • motorcoach n. Alternative form of motor coach (a rail vehicle). • motor-coach n. (Rail transport) Alternative form of motor coach. |
| OCHLOCRATS | • ochlocrats n. Plural of ochlocrat. • OCHLOCRAT n. a mob ruler. |
| OCTACHORDS | • octachords n. Plural of octachord. • OCTACHORD n. an instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones. |
| OCTAHEDRON | • octahedron n. (Geometry) a polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and… • OCTAHEDRON n. (Greek) a solid bounded by eight plane faces, also OCTOHEDRON. |
| ORTHOCAINE | • orthocaine n. Methyl m-amino-p-hydroxybenzoate, a fine white crystalline powder used as an anesthetic on open wounds. • ORTHOCAINE n. a white crystalline substance used as a local anaesthetic. |
| ORTHOCLASE | • orthoclase n. (Mineralogy) Potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi3O8, a common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic… • ORTHOCLASE n. common or potash feldspar crystallizing in the monoclinic system and having two cleavages at right angles to each other. |
| PHOTOCARDS | • photocards n. Plural of photocard. • PHOTOCARD n. an identity card containing a photograph of the bearer. |
| RACHIOTOMY | • rachiotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra. • RACHIOTOMY n. another name for laminectomy. |
| TROCHOIDAL | • trochoidal adj. Of, pertaining to, or shaped like a trochoid. • TROCHOIDAL adj. of or pertaining to a trochoid. |