| CACHEPOTS | • cachepots n. Plural of cachepot. • CACHEPOT n. (French) an ornamental container used to conceal a flowerpot. |
| CACOETHES | • cacoethes n. Compulsion; mania. • cacoethes n. (Medicine, obsolete) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; a malignant tumour or ulcer. • cacoëthes n. Alternative form of cacoethes. |
| CACOETHIC | • cacoethic adj. Ill-conditioned, malignant; cacoethical. • cacoethic adj. (Medicine, obsolete) Of or pertaining to a cacoethes (a malignant tumour or ulcer). • cacoëthic adj. Alternative form of cacoethic. |
| CARTOUCHE | • cartouche n. (Architecture) An ornamental figure, often on an oval shield. • cartouche n. (Egyptian hieroglyphs) An oval figure containing the characters of an important personal name, such… • cartouche n. A paper cartridge. |
| CATCHPOLE | • catchpole n. (Obsolete) A taxman, one who gathers taxes. • catchpole n. A sheriff’s officer, usually one who arrests debtors. • catchpole n. (Historical) An implement formerly used for seizing and securing a man who would otherwise be out of reach. |
| CATECHOLS | • catechols n. Plural of catechol. • CATECHOL n. a chemical used in photography. |
| CHICALOTE | • chicalote n. Argemone munita, a species of prickly poppy native to California. • CHICALOTE n. (Nahuatl) a prickly poppy of the SW US. |
| CHOCOLATE | • chocolate n. (Chiefly uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans. • chocolate n. (Chiefly uncountable) A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk or water. • chocolate n. (Countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate. |
| CHOREATIC | • choreatic adj. Of or relating to chorea. • CHOREATIC adj. of or like chorea. |
| COACHIEST | • coachiest adj. Superlative form of coachy: most coachy. • COACHY adj. relating to a coach. |
| COCHLEATE | • cochleate adj. Having the form of a snail’s shell; spiral; turbinated. • cochleate n. A particulate composed of lipid bilayers rolled up into a spiral. • COCHLEATE adj. having the form of a snail shell, also COCHLEATED. |
| FACECLOTH | • facecloth n. A flannel for washing the face. • facecloth n. A cloth laid over the face of a corpse. • face␣cloth n. A small cloth used to wash one’s face. |
| HEATHCOCK | • heathcock n. Alternative form of heath cock. • Heathcock prop.n. A surname transferred from the nickname. • heath␣cock n. The male black grouse. |
| OVERCATCH | • overcatch v. (Transitive, UK dialectal) To overtake. • overcatch v. To catch too many; to overfish. • OVERCATCH v. to overtake. |
| PATCHOCKE | • PATCHOCKE n. (Spenser) perhaps a clown, also PATCHCOCKE. |
| THEOCRACY | • theocracy n. Government under the control of a state religion. • theocracy n. Rule by a god. • THEOCRACY n. government by priests or by religious law. |