| ASTICHOUS | • astichous adj. (Botany) having a structure or layout that is not in rows. • ASTICHOUS adj. not in rows. |
| DECASTICH | • decastich n. A poem of ten lines. • DECASTICH n. a ten-line poem. |
| DISTICHAL | • distichal adj. (Botany, poetry) distichous. • DISTICHAL adj. in or having two rows, also DISTICHOUS. |
| HEMISTICH | • hemistich n. An approximate half-line of verse, separated from another by a caesura, often for dramatic effect. • hemistich n. An unfinished line of verse. • HEMISTICH n. half a verse line. |
| HEXASTICH | • hexastich n. A poem consisting of six verses or lines. • HEXASTICH n. a poem or stanza of six lines, also HEXASTICHON. |
| MASTICHES | • mastiches n. Plural of mastiche. • MASTICHE n. (French) a pale yellow gum resin from certain Mediterranean trees, used for varnish, also MASTIC, MASTICH, MASTIX. |
| MONOSTICH | • monostich n. A poem having only one line. • MONOSTICH n. a composition consisting of one verse only. |
| OCTASTICH | • octastich n. A poem or strophe of eight verses or lines. • OCTASTICH n. a poem or stanza of eight lines, also OCTASTICHON. |
| PASTICHES | • pastiches n. Plural of pastiche. • PASTICHE n. (French) an artistic work made of fragments from various sources. |
| POSTICHES | • postiches n. Plural of postiche. • POSTICHE n. (French) a wig, false hair; an ornament added, esp. inappropriately, to finished thing, also POSTIQUE. |
| STICHARIA | • sticharia n. Plural of sticharion. • STICHARION n. a vestment like an alb worn by Orthodox priests. |
| STICHERON | • sticheron n. A hymn, often written in cycles and sung in alternation with psalm verses, used in the Orthodox Church… • STICHERON n. (Greek) a short hymn. |
| STICHIDIA | • stichidia n. Plural of stichidium. • STICHIDIUM n. a branch producing tetraspores, in red seaweeds. |
| TELESTICH | • telestich n. An acrostic whose message is spelled out in the final letters of each line. • TELESTICH n. a poem in which the consecutive final letters of the lines spell a name. |
| TRISTICHS | • tristichs n. Plural of tristich. • TRISTICH n. a stanza of three lines. |