CATCHWEIGHT | • catchweight adv. (Horse racing) Without any weight restrictions; without being handicapped. • catchweight adj. (Sports) Without any weight restrictions; having no handicap. • catchweight adj. Having no standard weight, but rather having weight determined when packaged for sale or shipping. |
CHAETOGNATH | • chaetognath n. Any of several marine worms of the phylum Chaetognatha. • chætognath n. Obsolete form of chaetognath. • CHAETOGNATH n. a kind of marine worm. |
CHARGESHEET | • chargesheet n. (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) A document of accusation prepared by law enforcement to be submitted to the court. • chargesheet v. (Transitive, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) To prepare such a document of accusation against. • charge␣sheet n. A record kept by the police, notionally on a sheet of paper, stating the criminal offence(s) which a… |
DETHATCHING | • dethatching v. Present participle of dethatch. • DETHATCH v. to remove thatch from. |
HATCHELLING | • hatchelling v. Present participle of hatchel. • HATCHEL v. to separate flax fibres with a comb, also HACKLE, HECKLE. |
HECTOGRAPHS | • hectographs n. Plural of hectograph. • HECTOGRAPH v. to copy by hectograph. |
HECTOGRAPHY | • hectography n. (Historical) The use of a hectograph to duplicate documents. • HECTOGRAPHY n. the process of copying using a hectograph. |
PHYTOPHAGIC | • phytophagic adj. Alternative form of phytophagous. • PHYTOPHAGIC adj. feeding on plants, also PHYTOPHAGOUS. |
SEARCHLIGHT | • searchlight n. A light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction, generally for military use. • searchlight n. The light from the above source. • searchlight v. (Transitive) To scan or sweep across like a searchlight. |
SHORTCHANGE | • shortchange v. To defraud someone by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction. • shortchange v. (By extension) To deprive someone of something for which they paid. • shortchange v. To make disadvantaged by design. |
TACHOGRAPHS | • tachographs n. Plural of tachograph. • TACHOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording speed of rotation. |
TACHYGRAPHS | • tachygraphs n. Plural of tachygraph. • TACHYGRAPH n. a shorthand writer, also TACHYGRAPHER, TACHYGRAPHIST. |
TACHYGRAPHY | • tachygraphy n. The art and practice of rapid writing. • tachygraphy n. (Historical) Stenography or shorthand as done in ancient and medieval times. • TACHYGRAPHY n. shorthand. |
THOUGHTCAST | • THOUGHTCAST n. a mode of thought. |
UNTHATCHING | • unthatching v. Present participle of unthatch. • UNTHATCH v. to strip of thatch. |