| ACHROMATOUS | • achromatous adj. Lacking normal colour; colourless. • ACHROMATOUS adj. having little or no colour. |
| AUXOCHROMES | • auxochromes n. Plural of auxochrome. • AUXOCHROME n. a group of atoms that can be attached to a chromogen to convert it into a dye. |
| CHAMPERTOUS | • champertous adj. Having the quality of champerty; being an instance of champerty. • CHAMPERTOUS adj. relating to champerty, an illegal contract to finance a lawsuit for a percentage fee. |
| CHAULMUGRAS | • chaulmugras n. Plural of chaulmugra. • CHAULMUGRA n. a kind of Asian tree, yielding an oil used in the treatment of leprosy, also CHAULMOOGRA. |
| CHURNALISMS | • CHURNALISM n. a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research. |
| DEUTSCHMARK | • Deutschmark n. Alternative spelling of Deutsche Mark. |
| ESCARMOUCHE | • escarmouche n. (Obsolete) A skirmish. • ESCARMOUCHE n. (obsolete) a skirmish. |
| HERCOGAMOUS | • hercogamous adj. (Botany) Not capable of self-fertilization; said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle… • HERCOGAMOUS adj. related to hercogamy, the prevention of self-pollination in plants. |
| MEERSCHAUMS | • meerschaums n. Plural of meerschaum. • MEERSCHAUM n. (German) hydrated magnesium silicate occurring as a soft white or yellowish claylike mineral, aka sepiolite. |
| RAMGUNSHOCH | • RAMGUNSHOCH adj. (Scots) rough. |
| RHAMNACEOUS | • rhamnaceous adj. Of or pertaining to plants in the family Rhamnaceae, the buckthorns. • RHAMNACEOUS adj. relating to the buckthorn family. |
| SCARAMOUCHE | • Scaramouche prop.n. A roguish clown character from the 16th-century Italian commedia dell’arte. • SCARAMOUCHE n. a bragging cowardly buffoon, also SCARAMOUCH. |
| SUBHARMONIC | • subharmonic adj. (Physics) Having a frequency that is a fraction of a fundamental frequency. • subharmonic n. Such a frequency. • SUBHARMONIC n. a tone below a harmonic. |
| THALICTRUMS | • thalictrums n. Plural of thalictrum. • THALICTRUM n. a plant of the meadow-rue genus. |