| CHECKMATE | • checkmate interj. (Chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game. • checkmate interj. (By extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape. • checkmate n. The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent’s king is threatened with unavoidable… |
| COCKMATCH | • cockmatch n. (Archaic) A cockfight. • COCKMATCH n. a cockfight. |
| MATCHLOCK | • matchlock n. Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan. • matchlock n. The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match. • MATCHLOCK n. an early form of gun. |
| TACMAHACK | • tacmahack n. Archaic form of tacamahac. • TACMAHACK n. (Nahuatl) a gum resin yielded by various tropical trees, also TACAMAHAC, TAKAMAKA. |
| CHECKMATED | • checkmated adj. (Chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game. • checkmated adj. (Figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss. • checkmated v. Simple past tense and past participle of checkmate. |
| CHECKMATES | • checkmates n. Plural of checkmate. • checkmates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkmate. • CHECKMATE v. in chess, to put (a player's king) in checkmate; to defeat or render incapable of counterattack. |
| HACKMATACK | • hackmatack n. A larch, a tree of the species Larix laricina. • hackmatack n. A balsam poplar, a tree of the species Populus balsamifera. • HACKMATACK n. (Native American) the American larch, a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves. |
| MATCHLOCKS | • matchlocks n. Plural of matchlock. • MATCHLOCK n. an early form of gun. |
| MATCHSTICK | • matchstick n. A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match. • matchstick n. (Chiefly in the plural) Any similarly small and thin piece. • match␣stick n. Alternative spelling of matchstick. |
| TACMAHACKS | • TACMAHACK n. (Nahuatl) a gum resin yielded by various tropical trees, also TACAMAHAC, TAKAMAKA. |
| CHECKMATING | • checkmating v. Present participle of checkmate. • CHECKMATE v. in chess, to put (a player's king) in checkmate; to defeat or render incapable of counterattack. |
| COCKMATCHES | • cockmatches n. Plural of cockmatch. • COCKMATCH n. a cockfight. |
| HACKMATACKS | • hackmatacks n. Plural of hackmatack. • HACKMATACK n. (Native American) the American larch, a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves. |
| MATCHSTICKS | • matchsticks n. Plural of matchstick. • match␣sticks n. Plural of match stick. • MATCHSTICK n. a slender piece esp. of wood from which a match is made. |
| PHARMACOKINETIC | • pharmacokinetic adj. (Pharmacology) Of or relating to pharmacokinetics. • PHARMACOKINETIC adj. relating to pharmacokinetics, the study of the way the body deals with drugs. |