| AFTERWORD | • afterword n. An epilogue. • afterword n. (Of a letter) a postscript. • afterword n. (To a book) an appendix. |
| BACKSWORD | • backsword n. A sword with one sharp edge. • backsword n. (UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements. • backsword n. (UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used. |
| CATCHWORD | • catchword n. (Printing, historical) A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats… • catchword n. (Theater) The last word of a speech, serving as a cue for the next speaker. • catchword n. A word or expression repeated until it becomes representative of a party, school, business, or point of view. |
| CROSSWORD | • crossword n. (Games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically… • crossword n. (Informal, by extension) The grid of such a puzzle. • CROSSWORD n. a type of puzzle in which a square with blank spaces is to be filled with letters. |
| DECACHORD | • decachord n. An Ancient Greek musical instrument with ten strings, resembling the harp. • decachord n. Anything having ten parts. • DECACHORD n. an old ten-stringed musical instrument. |
| DISACCORD | • disaccord n. The absence or reverse of accord. • disaccord n. Disharmony. • disaccord v. (Intransitive) To fail to be in accord; to dissent. |
| GUIDEWORD | • guideword n. A watchword; a word or phrase that serves as one’s guide. • guideword n. (Publishing) A word that is printed at the top or bottom of the page in a reference work, in order to… • guideword n. (Chiefly business) Any of the words in a memo or email that define metadata regarding the message, such… |
| HEXACHORD | • hexachord n. (Music) A series of six tones denoted with the syllables ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la separated by seconds, the… • HEXACHORD n. a series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones. |
| INTERWORD | • interword adj. Between consecutive words. • INTERWORD adj. between words. |
| MISRECORD | • misrecord v. (Transitive) To record incorrectly. • MISRECORD v. to record incorrectly. |
| MONOCHORD | • monochord n. A musical instrument for experimenting with the mathematical relations of musical sounds, consisting… • monochord n. A stringed instrument with only one string. • MONOCHORD n. a musical instrument having only one string. |
| NOTOCHORD | • notochord n. A flexible rodlike structure that forms the main support of the body in the lowest chordates; a primitive spine. • notochord n. A similar structure found in the embryos of vertebrates from which the spine develops. • NOTOCHORD n. a backbone-like series of cells in the lowest vertebrates. |
| OCTACHORD | • octachord n. A musical instrument with eight strings. • octachord n. A musical system of eight tones. • OCTACHORD n. an instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones. |
| PRERECORD | • prerecord v. To record in advance. • pre-record v. Alternative spelling of prerecord. • PRERECORD v. to record in advance. |
| RHEOCHORD | • rheochord n. A wire that can measure or vary the resistance of an electric circuit, or measure the variability of the current. • RHEOCHORD n. a wire rheostat, a metallic wire used for regulating the resistance of a circuit, also RHEOCORD. |
| SWEARWORD | • swearword n. Alternative spelling of swear word. • swear␣word n. A word considered taboo and vulgar or offensive. • SWEARWORD n. an expletive. |
| WATCHWORD | • watchword n. A word used as a motto, as expressive of a principle, belief, or rule of action; a rallying cry. • watchword n. (Military, security) A prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal… • WATCHWORD n. the password to be given to a watch or sentry. |