| CATCHFLIES | • catchflies n. Plural of catchfly. • catch␣flies v. (Idiomatic) To have one’s mouth wide open for a prolonged period. • catch␣flies v. (Theater, informal) Of an actor: to distract the audience by moving or gesturing when the focus should be elsewhere. |
| CHALKFACES | • chalkfaces n. Plural of chalkface. • CHALKFACE n. as in the phrase at the chalkface, i.e. in the classroom, as the centre of a teacher's activities. |
| FACECLOTHS | • facecloths n. Plural of facecloth. • face␣cloths n. Plural of face cloth. • FACECLOTH n. a cloth used in washing the face. |
| BACKFISCHES | • backfisches n. Plural of backfisch. • BACKFISCH n. (German) a young girl, a flapper. |
| CHAFFINCHES | • chaffinches n. Plural of chaffinch. • CHAFFINCH n. a bird of the finch family. |
| COCKCHAFERS | • cockchafers n. Plural of cockchafer. • COCKCHAFER n. any of several kinds of beetle, esp. of the Scarabeidae. |
| FLYCATCHERS | • flycatchers n. Plural of flycatcher. • FLYCATCHER n. one of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing. |
| LEECHCRAFTS | • leechcrafts n. Plural of leechcraft. • LEECHCRAFT n. (archaic) the art of healing. |
| SPEECHCRAFT | • speechcraft n. The art, skill or science of speech or language. • speechcraft n. Grammar. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • SPEECHCRAFT n. the art of making speeches. |
| MISCHANCEFUL | • mischanceful adj. Unlucky. • MISCHANCEFUL adj. (archaic) full of mischance, unlucky. |
| SACCHARIFIED | • saccharified v. Simple past tense and past participle of saccharify. • saccharified adj. Converted into simple sugars. • SACCHARIFY v. to convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar. |
| SACCHARIFIES | • saccharifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of saccharify. • SACCHARIFY v. to convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar. |
| SPEECHCRAFTS | • speechcrafts n. Plural of speechcraft. • SPEECHCRAFT n. the art of making speeches. |
| CHIEFTAINCIES | • chieftaincies n. Plural of chieftaincy. • CHIEFTAINCY n. the office of a chieftain. |
| SACCHARIFEROUS | • sacchariferous adj. Producing or containing sugar. • SACCHARIFEROUS adj. bearing sugar. |
| SCHIZOAFFECTIVE | • schizoaffective adj. (Psychiatry) Combining the symptoms of schizophrenia with those of bipolar disorder. • schizoaffective n. A person who has a schizoaffective disorder. |
| SPEECHIFICATION | • speechification n. (Derogatory or humorous) The act of speechifying. • SPEECHIFICATION n. the making of speeches. |