| ARCHDUCHESSES | • archduchesses n. Plural of archduchess. • ARCHDUCHESS n. the wife or widow of an archduke. |
| BACKSCRATCHED | • backscratched v. Simple past tense and past participle of backscratch. • BACKSCRATCH v. to scratch the back; (figurative) to do favours in return for favours, to engage in servile flattery. |
| CHALCEDONYXES | • CHALCEDONYX n. an agate of alternating white opaque and greyish transparent chalcedony. |
| CHALCOGENIDES | • chalcogenides n. Plural of chalcogenide. • CHALCOGENIDE n. a binary compound of a chalcogen with a more electropositive element or radical. |
| CHARACTERISED | • characterised v. Simple past tense and past participle of characterise. • CHARACTERISE v. to give a character to, also CHARACTERIZE. |
| CHECKERBOARDS | • checkerboards n. Plural of checkerboard. • CHECKERBOARD n. a board used in various games (as checkers) with usually 64 squares in 2 alternating colors. |
| CHICKABIDDIES | • chickabiddies n. Plural of chickabiddy. • CHICKABIDDY n. a term of endearment. |
| CHURCHWARDENS | • churchwardens n. Plural of churchwarden. • CHURCHWARDEN n. one of two lay parish officers in Anglican churches with responsibility esp. for parish property and alms. |
| COACHBUILDERS | • coachbuilders n. Plural of coachbuilder. • COACHBUILDER n. a craftsman who builds the bodies of cars, lorries, railway carriages, etc. |
| DISACCHARIDES | • disaccharides n. Plural of disaccharide. • DISACCHARIDE n. any sugar that consists of two monosaccharide residues linked together. |
| HOMOSCEDASTIC | • homoscedastic adj. (Statistics) Having the same finite variance for all elements. • HOMOSCEDASTIC adj. of equal scatter or variation; having equal variances. |
| HYDROCRACKERS | • hydrocrackers n. Plural of hydrocracker. • HYDROCRACKER n. one engaged in hydrocracking. |
| SYNECDOCHICAL | • synecdochical adj. Using an inclusive term for something included, or vice versa; using something spoken of as the whole… • SYNECDOCHICAL adj. relating to synecdoche, also SYNECDOCHIC. |
| TECHNICALISED | • TECHNICALISE v. to give a technical slant to, also TECHNICALIZE. |
| TRISACCHARIDE | • trisaccharide n. (Biochemistry) An oligosaccharide consisting of three monosaccharide units joined together. • TRISACCHARIDE n. a sugar that yields on complete hydrolysis three monosaccharide molecules. |