| BROADSWORD | • broadsword n. (History) A type of early modern sword that has a broad double-edged blade for cutting (as opposed to… • broadsword n. A person armed with such a sword. • broadsword n. (Colloquial, often fantasy) Synonym of longsword. |
| CLARICHORD | • clarichord n. An old musical instrument in the form of a spinet; the manichord or clavichord. • CLARICHORD n. an old keyboard stringed instrument in which the tangent striking the string and producing the sound also determines the vibrating length, also CLAVICHORD. |
| CLAVICHORD | • clavichord n. (Music) An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades (called tangents)… • CLAVICHORD n. an old keyboard stringed instrument, also CLARICHORD. |
| HEPTACHORD | • heptachord n. (Music) A system of seven sounds. • heptachord n. (Music) A lyre with seven chords. • heptachord n. (Poetry) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones. |
| MISERICORD | • misericord n. Relaxation of monastic rules. • misericord n. The room in a monastery for monks granted such relaxation. • misericord n. A ledge, sometimes ornately carved, attached to a folding church seat to provide support for a person… |
| NEEDLECORD | • needlecord n. A fine corduroy fabric. • needlecord n. (In the plural) trousers made of the material. • NEEDLECORD n. thinly ribbed cotton. |
| PENTACHORD | • pentachord n. (Music) Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale. • pentachord n. A musical instrument with five strings. • PENTACHORD n. an ancient musical instrument with five strings. |
| RUTHERFORD | • rutherford n. An obsolete unit of radioactivity (symbol: rd), defined as the activity of a quantity of radioactive… • Rutherford prop.n. A Scottish habitational surname from Old English from a place where there was once a settlement in the… • Rutherford prop.n. (Rare) A male given name transferred from the surname. |
| SHORTSWORD | • shortsword n. A sword of a class generally shorter than one meter, but longer than a dagger. • short␣sword n. Alternative form of shortsword. • SHORTSWORD n. a sword with a short blade. |
| SMALLSWORD | • smallsword n. A light one-handed sword, designed for thrusting, which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier… • SMALLSWORD n. a light sword used for thrusting only; esp. the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century. |
| TELERECORD | • telerecord v. (Transitive, dated) To record for subsequent broadcast via television. • telerecord v. (Transitive) To record by means of the technique called telerecording. • TELERECORD v. to make a telerecording, a recording for broadcast by television. |
| TETRACHORD | • tetrachord n. (Music) Any set of four different pitch classes. • tetrachord n. (Music) A series of four sounds, forming a scale of two-and-a-half tones. • TETRACHORD n. a series of four sounds, forming a scale of two tones and a half. |