| CATCHMENT | • catchment n. (Often attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water. • catchment n. A catchment area, or the people it serves. • catchment v. To divide into catchment areas. |
| HATCHMENT | • hatchment n. (Heraldry) An escutcheon of a deceased person, placed within a black lozenge and hung on a wall. • HATCHMENT n. a diamond-shaped escutcheon bearing a deceased person's arms. |
| HEMATINIC | • hematinic adj. (Medicine) That improves the quality of blood, especially by increasing the amount of hemoglobin or… • hematinic n. (Medicine) Any substance that has this effect. • HEMATINIC n. a substance having the effect of increasing the haemoglobin or of stimulating the production of red blood cells, also HAEMATINIC. |
| HUMECTANT | • humectant n. Any substance that promotes the retention of water, especially one used to keep a food product moist. • HUMECTANT adj. absorbing moisture. • HUMECTANT n. a substance that absorbs moisture. |
| LUNCHMEAT | • lunchmeat n. Alternative spelling of lunch meat. • lunch␣meat n. Any processed, prepackaged molded meat served sliced for consumption in sandwiches or salads. • LUNCHMEAT n. a mixture of meat and cereal. |
| 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. |
| MECHANIST | • mechanist n. A person who takes a mechanical view. • mechanist n. (Archaic) A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics. • MECHANIST n. an adherent of mechanism, the belief that life is explainable by mechanical forces. |
| MERCHANTS | • merchants n. Plural of merchant. • MERCHANT v. to buy and sell goods for profit. |
| METARCHON | • METARCHON n. a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest. |
| METHANOIC | • methanoic adj. Of or pertaining to methanoic acid or its derivatives; formic. • METHANOIC adj. as in methanoic acid, formic acid. |
| PARCHMENT | • parchment n. Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing. • parchment n. A document made on such material. • parchment n. A diploma (traditionally written on parchment). |
| SCYTHEMAN | • scytheman n. One who uses a scythe; a mower. • SCYTHEMAN n. one who uses a scythe. |
| THEOMANCY | • theomancy n. (Historical) A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles. • THEOMANCY n. divination by means of oracles. |
| UNMATCHED | • unmatched adj. (Of a pair of things) not matched; odd. • unmatched adj. (Of a single thing) not matched with anything else. • unmatched adj. Peerless; unrivalled; beyond comparison. |
| YACHTSMEN | • yachtsmen n. Plural of yachtsman. • YACHTSMAN n. one who sails a yacht, also YACHTER, YACHTIE, YACHTMAN. |