| ARCHITECTURES | • architectures n. Plural of architecture. • ARCHITECTURE n. the art or science of building. |
| CATECHUMENISM | • catechumenism n. The religious instruction given to a catechumen. • CATECHUMENISM n. being a catechumen. |
| CHEMOSURGICAL | • chemosurgical adj. Of or pertaining to chemosurgery. • CHEMOSURGICAL adj. relating to chemosurgery. |
| CHIAROSCURISM | • CHIAROSCURISM n. the practice of chiaroscuro. |
| CHIAROSCURIST | • chiaroscurist n. A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume. • CHIAROSCURIST n. an artist who specializes in chiaroscuro. |
| CHLORAMBUCILS | • CHLORAMBUCIL n. an oral drug used to treat some cancers, e.g. cancer of the ovary and leukaemia. |
| CHURCHMANSHIP | • churchmanship n. The craft or skill of being a churchman. • CHURCHMANSHIP n. the attitude, belief, or practice of a churchman. |
| CICATRICHULES | • CICATRICHULE n. a white spot, the germinating point in the yolk of an egg, also CICATRICLE, CICATRICULA. |
| CINCHONACEOUS | • cinchonaceous adj. Allied or pertaining to cinchona, or to the plants that produce it. • CINCHONACEOUS adj. belonging to the Cinchona genus of trees, that yield quinine. |
| COACHBUILDERS | • coachbuilders n. Plural of coachbuilder. • COACHBUILDER n. a craftsman who builds the bodies of cars, lorries, railway carriages, etc. |
| PHARMACEUTICS | • pharmaceutics n. The art and science of dispensing medical drugs. • pharmaceutics n. (Plural only) medicines, drugs, or other pharmaceutical compounds. • PHARMACEUTICS n. the science of preparing medicines. |
| SCARAMOUCHING | • SCARAMOUCH v. to behave like a rascal or cowardly fool. |
| SCEUOPHYLACIA | • SCEUOPHYLACIUM n. a sacristy. |
| SCHIZAEACEOUS | • schizaeaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the family Schizaeaceae of mostly tropical ferns. • SCHIZAEACEOUS adj. belonging to the Schizaeaceae, a tropical genus of ferns. |
| SCHIZOCARPOUS | • schizocarpous adj. Of or relating to schizocarps. • SCHIZOCARPOUS adj. of or like a schizocarp, a compound fruit splitting into several one-seeded ones. |
| SCRATCHBUILDS | • SCRATCHBUILD v. to build (usually models) from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
| SQUIRARCHICAL | • SQUIRARCHICAL adj. relating to a squirarchy, also SQUIRARCHAL, SQUIREARCHAL, SQUIREARCHICAL. |
| SUPRACHIASMIC | • SUPRACHIASMIC adj. above the chiasm (esp. in suprachiasmic nucleus, a small area in the hypothalamus thought to regulate the biological clock). |
| UNCHARISMATIC | • uncharismatic adj. Not charismatic; lacking charisma. • UNCHARISMATIC adj. not charismatic. |