ACEPHALIC | • acephalic adj. Without a head. • acephalic adj. (Medicine, of a headache, dated) Characterized by a migraine aura without pain. • acephalic adj. Without a leader. |
BACCHANTE | • bacchante n. A priestess of Bacchus. • bacchante n. A female bacchanal. • BACCHANTE n. a priestess of Bacchus. |
BACKACHES | • backaches n. Plural of backache. • BACKACHE n. pain in the back. |
CACHAEMIA | • cachaemia n. (Medicine, obsolete) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. • CACHAEMIA n. (archaic) a degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. |
CACHAEMIC | • cachaemic adj. Of or relating to cachaemia. • CACHAEMIC adj. (archaic) relating to cachaemia, a degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. |
CACHEXIAS | • cachexias n. Plural of cachexia. • CACHEXIA n. general ill health, also CACHEXY. |
CAILLEACH | • cailleach n. (Scotland) An old woman. • CAILLEACH n. (Gaelic) an old woman, also CAILLACH, CAILLIACH. |
CAMPEACHY | • CAMPEACHY adj. as in campeachy wood, a logwood, first exported from Campeachy (Campeche, in SE Mexico). |
CAROACHES | • caroaches n. Plural of caroach. • CAROACH n. a stately carriage, also CAROCHE, CAROCH, CARROCH. |
CATCHABLE | • catchable adj. That can be caught. • CATCHABLE adj. capable of being caught. |
CAUCHEMAR | • cauchemar n. (Folklore) A demon or witch in French folklore that drains a sleeping person’s energy by night. • CAUCHEMAR n. (French) a nightmare. |
CHALKFACE | • chalkface n. (Geology) A cliff or quarry exposing chalk, e.g. the White Cliffs of Dover. • chalkface n. (Education) The environment where teaching is carried out, specifically a school. • CHALKFACE n. as in the phrase at the chalkface, i.e. in the classroom, as the centre of a teacher's activities. |
CHARACTER | • character n. (Countable) A being involved in the action of a story. • character n. (Countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene. • character n. (Uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type. |
CHEAPJACK | • cheapjack n. A peddler, a travelling hawker. • cheapjack adj. Shabby. • CHEAPJACK n. a travelling hawker who professes to give a great bargain. |
COACHABLE | • coachable adj. That can be traversed by a coach. • coachable adj. Able to be coached or tutored effectively. • COACHABLE adj. that can be coached. |
CRACKHEAD | • crackhead n. (Derogatory, slang) A person who is addicted to or regularly uses crack cocaine. • crackhead n. (Derogatory, slang, US) Someone whose thinking makes no sense; a fool or an idiot. • crack␣head n. Alternative spelling of crackhead. |
ECHINACEA | • echinacea n. (Countable) Any of several plants, of genus Echinacea, having pinkish-purple flowers. • echinacea n. (Uncountable) A herbal medicine extracted from the roots and seeds of such plants. • Echinacea prop.n. A taxonomic superorder within the class Echinoidea – sea urchins with solid spines and gills. |
WATCHCASE | • watchcase n. The casing that holds the mechanism of a watch. • WATCHCASE n. the case housing the mechanism of a watch. |