| ANABRANCHES | • anabranches n. Plural of anabranch. • ANABRANCH n. a stream that leaves a river and reenters lower down. |
| ANACHRONISM | • anachronism n. A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. • anachronism n. A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. • anachronism n. The aberrant projection of the present onto the past. |
| ANACHRONOUS | • anachronous adj. Anachronistic. • ANACHRONOUS adj. relating to anachronism. |
| ANARCHISING | • anarchising v. Present participle of anarchise. • ANARCHISE v. to reduce to anarchy, also ANARCHIZE. |
| ANTHRACENES | • anthracenes n. Plural of anthracene. • ANTHRACENE n. a tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, found in coal tar and isolated as colourless crystals. |
| ANTHRACNOSE | • anthracnose n. (Phytopathology) Any of several fungal diseases that affect many plants and trees. • ANTHRACNOSE n. any of several plant diseases caused by a fungus and characterized by the appearance of dark, sunken spots. |
| ARACHNIDANS | • arachnidans n. Plural of arachnidan. • ARACHNIDAN n. any member of class Arachnida. |
| ASPLANCHNIC | • ASPLANCHNIC adj. having no gut. |
| CACHINNATES | • cachinnates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cachinnate. • CACHINNATE v. to laugh loudly or immoderately. |
| CATANANCHES | • CATANANCHE n. any plant of the South European genus Catananche, some of which are grown for their blue and white flowers. |
| CHAINSAWING | • chainsawing v. Present participle of chainsaw. • CHAINSAW v. to cut with a power saw. |
| CHARDONNAYS | • chardonnays n. Plural of chardonnay. • Chardonnays n. Plural of Chardonnay. • CHARDONNAY n. a type of grape, originally from the Burgundy region of France. |
| CHINACHINAS | • CHINACHINA n. (Quechua) a tree yielding cinchona bark, from which quinine is made, also CINCHONA, KINA, KINAKINA, QUINA, QUINAQUINA, QUINQUINA. |
| OUANANICHES | • OUANANICHE n. a landlocked variety of the Atlantic salmon, found in lakes in SE Canada. |
| PHENACAINES | • PHENACAINE n. a crystalline base or its hydrochloride of local anaesthetic. |
| PLAINCHANTS | • plainchants n. Plural of plainchant. • PLAINCHANT n. plainsong. |
| SEANNACHIES | • seannachies n. Plural of seannachie. • seannachies n. Plural of seannachy. • SEANNACHY n. (Gaelic) a Highland or Irish genealogist and transmitter of family lore, also SEANNACHIE, SENNACHIE, SHANACHIE. |
| SNAPHAUNCES | • snaphaunces n. Plural of snaphaunce. • SNAPHAUNCE n. (obsolete) a freebooter; a flintlock; a spring catch or trap, also SNAPHANCE, SNAPHAUNCH. |
| TRANSMANCHE | • transmanche adj. Cross-channel; pertaining to coastal areas of both southern England and northern France. • TRANSMANCHE adj. (French) relating to the tunnel under the English Channel. |