| ACANTHINE | • acanthine adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus, or its leaves. • ACANTHINE adj. of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus. |
| ACHAENIUM | • achaenium n. Alternative form of achenium. • ACHAENIUM n. a small one-seeded fruit; a naked seed, also ACHENE, ACHENIUM, AKENE. |
| ANARCHIES | • anarchies n. Plural of anarchy. • ANARCHY n. the absence of law or government. |
| ANARCHISE | • anarchise v. Alternative form of anarchize. • ANARCHISE v. to reduce to anarchy, also ANARCHIZE. |
| ANARCHIZE | • anarchize v. To reduce or elevate to a state of anarchy. • ANARCHIZE v. to reduce to anarchy, also ANARCHISE. |
| AREACHING | • areaching v. Present participle of areach. • AREACH v. (Spenser) to reach. |
| BRANCHIAE | • branchiae n. Plural of branchia. • BRANCHIA n. (Latin) a gill. |
| CATARHINE | • catarhine adj. Dated form of catarrhine. • catarhine n. Dated form of catarrhine. • CATARHINE n. a member of one of the two divisions of primates, including all the Old World monkeys, having a narrow partition between the nostrils, also CATARRHINE. |
| CHATELAIN | • chatelain n. Synonym of castellan: the lord of a castle; a caretaker entrusted to oversee a castle for its lord. • Chatelain prop.n. A surname. • CHATELAIN n. (French) the governor of a castle or fortification, also CASTELLAN. |
| CHINAWARE | • chinaware n. Synonym of china: porcelain tableware. • china-ware n. Alternative form of chinaware. • china␣ware n. Alternative form of chinaware. |
| ECHINACEA | • echinacea n. (Countable) Any of several plants, of genus Echinacea, having pinkish-purple flowers. • echinacea n. (Uncountable) A herbal medicine extracted from the roots and seeds of such plants. • Echinacea prop.n. A taxonomic superorder within the class Echinoidea – sea urchins with solid spines and gills. |
| ENCHILADA | • enchilada n. A Mexican dish made by wrapping a filling in a tortilla, then baking in a sauce. • ENCHILADA n. (Spanish) a Mexican dish consisting of a rolled stuffed tortilla cooked with a chilli-flavoured sauce. |
| HACIENDAS | • haciendas n. Plural of hacienda. • HACIENDA n. (Spanish) a landed estate, a ranch. |
| HANSEATIC | • Hanseatic adj. Of or pertaining to the German Hanse. • HANSEATIC adj. relating to the hansa, a guild of merchants. |
| ICEKHANAS | • icekhanas n. Plural of icekhana. • ICEKHANA n. an automotive event held on a frozen lake. |
| MACHINATE | • machinate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire. • MACHINATE v. to plan; to contrive; esp. to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm. |
| RANCHERIA | • rancheria n. A small settlement in the Americas, especially of Native Americans. • rancheria n. (Philippines, historical) A political division of the native tribes. • RANCHERIA n. (Spanish) in Spanish America and the western US, a collection of Indian huts; a place or house where a number of rancheros live. |
| SELACHIAN | • selachian adj. (Zoology) Pertaining to (what is now classified as) the superorder Selachimorpha or division Selachii… • selachian adj. Sharklike. • selachian n. (Zoology) Any organism of the superorder Selachimorpha or subclass Elasmobranchii; an extant shark (or… |
| SHANACHIE | • shanachie n. (Ireland) storyteller. • SHANACHIE n. (Gaelic) a Highland or Irish genealogist and transmitter of family lore, also SEANNACHIE, SEANNACHY, SENNACHIE. |