| CACOGRAPHER | • cacographer n. A person who exhibits the traits of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both. • CACOGRAPHER n. a bad writer or speller. |
| CEROGRAPHIC | • cerographic adj. Of or relating to cerography. • CEROGRAPHIC adj. relating to cerography, writing or printing on plates spread with wax, also CEROGRAPHICAL. |
| CHARCOALIER | • CHARCOALY adj. like charcoal. |
| CHIAROSCURO | • chiaroscuro n. (Painting) An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of strong contrasts… • chiaroscuro n. (Painting) A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color. • chiaroscuro n. (Art) A woodcut technique in which several woodcut blocks are used to print different shades of a color… |
| CHIROMANCER | • chiromancer n. One who practices chiromancy; a palm reader. • CHIROMANCER n. a palm-reader, also CHEIROMANCER. |
| CHRYSOCRACY | • chrysocracy n. Rule by the rich; plutocracy. • CHRYSOCRACY n. the rule of wealth; plutocracy. |
| CLARICHORDS | • clarichords n. Plural of clarichord. • 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. |
| CRESCOGRAPH | • crescograph n. A device for measuring growth in plants. • CRESCOGRAPH n. an instrument for measuring the growth of plants. |
| ENCROACHERS | • encroachers n. Plural of encroacher. • ENCROACHER n. one who encroaches. |
| HIEROCRATIC | • hierocratic adj. Of or relating to (a) hierocracy. • HIEROCRATIC adj. of or like a hierocracy, government by priests or religious ministers, also HIEROCRATICAL. |
| HYDROCRACKS | • hydrocracks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrocrack. • HYDROCRACK v. to crack hydrocarbons in the presence of hydrogen. |
| PROTHORACIC | • prothoracic adj. Of or pertaining to the prothorax. • PROTHORACIC adj. of or relating to the prothorax. |
| RHIZOCARPIC | • rhizocarpic adj. (Botany) Synonym of rhizocarpous. • RHIZOCARPIC adj. of or like a rhizocarp, also RHIZOCARPOUS. |