| CARTHORSE | • carthorse n. A large, strong horse used for pulling heavy loads. • CARTHORSE n. a horse used to draw a cart. |
| CHIROPTER | • chiropter n. A member of the order Chiroptera, a bat. • CHIROPTER n. a type of bat. |
| CHORISTER | • chorister n. A singer in a choir. • chorister n. A director or leader of a choral group. • CHORISTER n. a member of a choir, also CHORALIST, CHORIST, QUIRISTER. |
| CHORTLERS | • chortlers n. Plural of chortler. • CHORTLER n. one who chortles. |
| COHERITOR | • coheritor n. One of several who are heritors to an estate. • COHERITOR n. a joint heir, also COHEIR. |
| CROCHETER | • crocheter n. One who crochets. • CROCHETER n. one who crochets. |
| HECTORERS | • hectorers n. Plural of hectorer. • HECTORER n. one who hectors. |
| HIEROCRAT | • hierocrat n. A ruler in a hierocracy (government by priests). • hierocrat n. (Chiefly historical) A supporter of hierocracy (any sense). • HIEROCRAT n. a governing priest. |
| ORCHESTRA | • orchestra n. (Music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some… • orchestra n. A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres. • orchestra n. The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the… |
| PETRICHOR | • petrichor n. The distinctive scent, caused by geosmin, which accompanies the first rain after a long, warm, dry spell. • petrichor n. The yellow organic oil that yields this scent. • PETRICHOR n. a sweet smell that is produced when rain falls on parched earth. |
| RETOUCHER | • retoucher n. One who retouches. • RETOUCHER n. one who retouches. |
| RHETORICS | • rhetorics n. Plural of rhetoric. • RHETORIC n. the study of effective speech and writing. |
| TORCHERES | • torchères n. Plural of torchère. • TORCHERE n. (French) a tall ornamental candlestick or lampstand. |
| TORCHIERE | • torchiere n. A floor lamp with a bowl on top for reflecting light upwards. • torchiere n. A large ornamental candelabrum. • torchière n. Alternative form of torchiere. |
| TORCHIERS | • torchiers n. Plural of torchier. • TORCHIER n. (French) a floor lamp with bowl for reflecting light upwards, also TORCHIERE. |
| TREACHOUR | • treachour n. Obsolete spelling of treacher (“traitor”). • TREACHOUR n. (obsolete) a traitor, also TREACHER, TREACHERER. |
| TRICHROME | • trichrome adj. Trichromatic (involving three colours). • trichrome adj. (Cytology, of a stain) Staining three different tissues three different colours. • trichrome n. (Cytology) A combined stain that stains three different tissues three different colours. |
| TROCHLEAR | • trochlear adj. (Anatomy) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea. • trochlear adj. (Neuroanatomy) Of or pertaining to the trochlear nerve. • trochlear n. (Anatomy, neuroanatomy) A trochlear muscle or nerve. |