| CANTUSES | • CANTUS n. (Latin) a melody or chant, esp. in mediaeval ecclesiastical music. |
| CHASTENS | • chastens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chasten. • CHASTEN v. to chastise. |
| CINEASTS | • cineasts n. Plural of cineast. • CINEAST n. (French) a devotee of motion pictures, also CINEASTE. |
| CONTESSA | • contessa n. A countess, often specifically an Italian countess. • CONTESSA n. (Italian) an Italian countess. |
| COSTEANS | • costeans v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of costean. • COSTEAN v. in mining, to sink pits through the surface soil to the underlying rock in order to establish the direction of a lode. |
| CRANTSES | • crantses n. Plural of crants. • CRANTS n. (Shakespeare) the garland carried before the bier of a maiden and hung over her grave. |
| DESCANTS | • descants n. Plural of descant. • descants v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of descant. • DESCANT v. to comment on a theme, also DISCANT. |
| NEWSCAST | • newscast n. (Broadcasting, journalism) A broadcast of the news; a news report that is transmitted over the air for… • newscast v. (Transitive) To broadcast the news. • NEWSCAST n. a news broadcast. |
| NUTCASES | • nutcases n. Plural of nutcase. • nut-cases n. Plural of nut-case. • nut␣cases n. Plural of nut case. |
| SCANTEST | • scantest adj. Superlative form of scant: most scant. • SCANT adj. scarce. |
| SCANTIES | • scanties n. Small panties; skimpy underwear for a woman or girl. • SCANTIES n. brief panties for women. |
| SCANTLES | • scantles v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scantle. • SCANTLE v. to stint, make scant. |
| SNATCHES | • snatches n. Plural of snatch. • snatches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of snatch. • SNATCH v. to seize suddenly. |
| STANCHES | • stanches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stanch. • STANCH v. to stop the flowing of, as blood, also STAUNCH. |