| BACKSTITCHED | • backstitched v. Simple past tense and past participle of backstitch. • BACKSTITCH v. to stitch in this way. |
| BACKSTITCHES | • backstitches n. Plural of backstitch. • backstitches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstitch. • BACKSTITCH n. a stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end. |
| CATACHRESTIC | • catachrestic adj. Constituting or related to catachresis. • CATACHRESTIC adj. relating to catachresis, the misuse of words, also CATACHRESTICAL. |
| CATASTROPHIC | • catastrophic adj. Of or pertaining to a catastrophe. • catastrophic adj. Disastrous; ruinous. • catastrophic adj. From which recovery is impossible. |
| CATHOLICATES | • catholicates n. Plural of catholicate. • CATHOLICATE n. the jurisdiction of a catholicos. |
| CHOCOLATIEST | • chocolatiest adj. Superlative form of chocolaty: most chocolaty. • chocolatiest adj. Superlative form of chocolatey: most chocolatey. • CHOCOLATY adj. of or like chocolate, also CHOCOLATEY. |
| CHREMATISTIC | • chrematistic adj. Related to wealth as far as it can be calculated in terms of money. • CHREMATISTIC adj. pertaining to business or the pursuit of wealth. |
| GNATCATCHERS | • gnatcatchers n. Plural of gnatcatcher. • GNATCATCHER n. any of the insectivorous American songbirds of the genus Polioptila. |
| OCTASTICHONS | • OCTASTICHON n. a poem or stanza of eight lines, also OCTASTICH. |
| OCTASTICHOUS | • octastichous adj. (Botany) Having a phyllotaxis of eight leaves in each spiral around a stem. • OCTASTICHOUS adj. in eight rows, also OCTOSTICHOUS. |
| OCTASTROPHIC | • OCTASTROPHIC adj. consisting of eight strophes. |
| ORTHOCLASTIC | • orthoclastic adj. (Crystallography) Having cleavage planes at right angles, as in orthoclase. • ORTHOCLASTIC adj. chiefly of feldspar, having cleavages at right angles. |
| PHONOTACTICS | • phonotactics n. (Linguistics, phonology) A branch of phonology that deals with the restrictions a language applies to… • PHONOTACTICS n. the area of phonology concerned with the analysis and description of the permitted sound sequences of a language. |
| SCATTERMOUCH | • scattermouch n. (Archaic, Pacific slang) Any Latin or Levantine person. • SCATTERMOUCH n. (slang) old nautical slang for any Latin or Levantine person. |
| SCRATCHBUILT | • scratch-built adj. Of a building: built ad hoc, with whatever materials are to hand, and often just from ground level. • scratch-built adj. Of a structure, e.g. a car, model or toy: built with minimal cost and at short notice, with rudimentary materials. • SCRATCHBUILD v. to build (usually models) from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
| SCRATCHPLATE | • scratchplate n. A pickguard. • SCRATCHPLATE n. a plastic or metal plate attached to the front of a guitar to protect it from pick scratches. |
| STITCHCRAFTS | • STITCHCRAFT n. the art of sewing. |
| TECTIBRANCHS | • tectibranchs n. Plural of tectibranch. • TECTIBRANCH n. any member of the Tectibranchiata, molluscs including sea-slugs. |
| TETRASTICHIC | • tetrastichic adj. In the form of a tetrastich. • TETRASTICHIC adj. of or like a tetrastich, also TETRASTICHAL. |