| ACRITARCH | • acritarch n. (Paleontology, palynology) Any small, non-acid-soluble (i.e. non-carbonate, non-siliceous) organic fossil… • ACRITARCH n. any of a group of fossil one-celled marine organisms. |
| BLOWTORCH | • blowtorch n. A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce… • blowtorch n. (US, military, slang) A jet fighter. • blowtorch v. To apply a blowtorch to something. |
| CHILIARCH | • chiliarch n. (Historical) A commander of a thousand troops in Hellenistic Greece. • CHILIARCH n. (Greek) the commander or chief of a thousand men. |
| DISCHURCH | • dischurch v. (Transitive) To deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church. • DISCHURCH v. (obsolete) to deprive of church rank or privileges. |
| FROGMARCH | • frogmarch v. To march or force a person forward while holding their arms from behind or the side, as a prisoner. • frogmarch v. (Figurative) To force a person forward against their will. • frogmarch v. (Formerly) To carry a person face-down with one person holding each limb. |
| INTERARCH | • interarch adj. Between arches. • INTERARCH v. to have intersecting arches. |
| MATRIARCH | • matriarch n. A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group. • matriarch n. A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise. • MATRIARCH n. a woman who is the head of a family. |
| NONCHURCH | • nonchurch adj. Not of or pertaining to a church. • NONCHURCH v. to take away a church's status as a church. |
| OREPEARCH | • OREPEARCH v. (Shakespeare) to fly up and perch on, also OVERPERCH. |
| OVERPERCH | • overperch v. (Obsolete, transitive) To perch upon; to fly over. • OVERPERCH v. to fly up and perch on, also OREPEARCH. |
| PATRIARCH | • patriarch n. (Christianity) The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops… • patriarch n. In Biblical contexts, a male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve… • patriarch n. A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise. |
| PIKEPERCH | • pikeperch n. Alternative form of pike-perch. • pike-perch n. Any of the five species of fish in the genus Sander of the family Percidae (perches and darters). • PIKEPERCH n. a pike-like freshwater fish. |
| POLEMARCH | • polemarch n. (Historical, Ancient Greece, originally) The military commander in chief in Athens, one of the nine archonts. • polemarch n. (Historical, Ancient Greece) A civil magistrate in Athens who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. • polemarch n. (Historical, Ancient Greece) In other Greek (city) states, a high military and civil officer. |
| PROCHURCH | • prochurch adj. In favour of the church. • PROCHURCH adj. favourable to church. |
| ROUNDARCH | • ROUNDARCH adj. having semicircular arches, also ROUNDARCHED. |
| SCHOLARCH | • scholarch n. The head of a school of philosophy in Ancient Greece. • SCHOLARCH n. the head of a school. |
| SQUIRARCH | • squirarch n. One who belongs to the squirearchy. • SQUIRARCH n. one who belongs to the squirarchy. |
| SURFPERCH | • surfperch n. Any of the family Embiotocidae of viviparous perciform fishes, found mainly in the northeast Pacific Ocean. • SURFPERCH n. a Western American fish, aka surffish. |
| TRIERARCH | • trierarch n. (Nautical) The captain of a trireme. • TRIERARCH n. (Greek) the captain of a Greek trireme; an Athenian who outfitted and maintained a trireme as part of his civic duty. |