| ACHIEST | • achiest adj. Superlative form of achy: most achy. • ACHY adj. aching. |
| ACHIEVE | • achieve v. (Intransitive) To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance. • achieve v. (Transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish. • achieve v. (Obsolete, transitive) To conclude, finish, especially successfully. |
| ACHINGS | • achings n. Plural of aching. • ACHING n. a continuing pain. |
| ACHIOTE | • achiote n. A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree. • achiote n. The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking. • achiote n. An orange-red dye obtained from this seed. |
| ACHIRAL | • achiral adj. (Mathematics, chemistry) superimposable on its mirror image; amphichiral. • ACHIRAL adj. of, relating to, or being a molecule that is superimposable on its mirror image. |
| ARACHIS | • Arachis prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – flowering plants, of which the peanut is the best known. • ARACHIS n. (Greek) a Brazilian plant genus that includes monkey-nut. |
| BACHING | • baching v. Present participle of bach. • BACH v. to live as a bachelor. |
| BRACHIA | • brachia n. Plural of brachium. • BRACHIUM n. (Latin) the upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow. |
| CACHING | • caching v. Present participle of cache. • CACHE v. to store in a hiding place. |
| GACHING | • GACH v. to behave boastfully, also GATCH, GAUCH. |
| HIBACHI | • hibachi n. A portable brazier, powered by charcoal, used for cooking. • hibachi n. (North America) A cooking method and performance art in which the chef grills pieces of food on a hot… • hibachi n. (North America) The griddle used in such cuisine; teppan. |
| KACHINA | • kachina n. (Pueblo culture) A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or… • kachina n. (Pueblo culture) A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being. • kachina n. (Pueblo culture) A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony. |
| MACHINE | • machine n. A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect. • machine n. (Dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane. • machine n. (Telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail. |
| PACHISI | • pachisi n. An ancient Indian board game in which players, throwing dice, shells, etc. to determine the distance… • PACHISI n. (Hindi) an Indian board game, also PARCHESI, PARCHISI. |
| RACHIAL | • rachial adj. Synonym of rachidial. • RACHIAL adj. relating to a rachis, the spine or axis of a feather. |
| RHACHIS | • rhachis n. Alternative spelling of rachis. • RHACHIS n. (Greek) the spinal column, also RACHIS. |
| TACHINA | • tachina n. (Zoology) Any of the genus Tachina of large tachinid flies, mostly parasitoids on lepidopteran caterpillars. • Tachina prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Tachinidae – various large flies. • TACHINA adj. as in tachina fly, bristly fly. |
| TACHISM | • tachism n. A French style of abstract painting popular in the 1940s and 1950s. • TACHISM n. (French) a type of abstract painting, also TACHISME. |
| TACHIST | • tachist n. Alternative form of tachiste. • TACHIST n. (French) an abstract painter, also TACHISTE. |
| TEACHIE | • TEACHIE adj. (obsolete) tetchy, also TECHY. |