| ARACHNOID | • arachnoid adj. Relating to or resembling spider webs; covered with or composed of soft loose hairs or fibers. • arachnoid adj. (Anatomy) Relating to the arachnoid mater. • arachnoid n. (Neuroanatomy) Ellipsis of arachnoid mater.. |
| CARDPHONE | • cardphone n. A public telephone that accepts prepaid cards rather than coins. • CARDPHONE n. a public telephone from which calls are made using a prepaid plastic card. |
| CHALDRONS | • chaldrons n. Plural of chaldron. • CHALDRON n. an old unit of capacity, equal to 36 heaped bushels, also CHALDER. |
| CHANCROID | • chancroid n. (Pathology) A sexually transmitted infection, caused by bacteria of species Haemophilus ducreyi, characterized… • chancroid n. A sore characteristic of this infection. • CHANCROID n. a type of venereal sore. |
| CHAWDRONS | • chawdrons n. Plural of chawdron. • CHAWDRON n. (Shakespeare) the entrails of an animal. |
| CHLORDANE | • chlordane n. (Organic chemistry) A very toxic chlorinated polycyclic hydrocarbon once used as an insecticide. • CHLORDANE n. a highly poisonous liquid insecticide, also CHLORDAN. |
| CHLORDANS | • chlordans n. Plural of chlordan. • CHLORDAN n. a toxic compound of chlorine, used as an insecticide. |
| CHONDROMA | • chondroma n. (Medicine) A benign tumour formed from cartilage cells. • CHONDROMA n. a benign cartilaginous growth. |
| DIACHRONY | • diachrony n. The study of change over time, especially changes to language. • DIACHRONY n. the historical development of a language etc. |
| DICHONDRA | • dichondra n. Any of the genus Dichondra of prostrate perennial herbaceous plants with creeping stems. • DICHONDRA n. a genus of tropical perennial herbs of the morning glory family. |
| DISANCHOR | • disanchor v. (Obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor. • DISANCHOR v. to raise the anchor, as of a ship. |
| HOLANDRIC | • holandric adj. (Genetics, of a trait) Encoded by genes on the Y chromosome and thus transmitted from father to son. • HOLANDRIC adj. transmitted by a gene in the nonhomologous portion of the Y chromosome. |
| PHONECARD | • phonecard n. A chargecard used to pay for telephone calls. • phone␣card n. Synonym of telephone card. • PHONECARD n. a card used to make phone calls. |
| RONDACHES | • rondaches n. Plural of rondache. • RONDACHE n. (French) a circular shield carried by foot soldiers. |
| ROUNDARCH | • ROUNDARCH adj. having semicircular arches, also ROUNDARCHED. |