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. |
CHURCHWARD | • churchward n. (Christianity) Obsolete spelling of churchwarden. • churchward adv. Towards a church. • Churchward prop.n. A surname originating as an occupation. |
CHURCHWARDEN | • churchwarden n. (Britain) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish. • churchwarden n. (US) A similar functionary of the Episcopal church. • churchwarden n. (UK, slang) A churchwarden pipe. |
CHURCHWARDENS | • churchwardens n. Plural of churchwarden. • CHURCHWARDEN n. one of two lay parish officers in Anglican churches with responsibility esp. for parish property and alms. |
CHURCHWARDS | • churchwards n. Plural of churchward. • churchwards adv. Towards a church. • CHURCHWARDS adv. in the direction of the church, also CHURCHWARD. |
CHURCHWAY | • churchway n. A customary right of way to the parish church over land lying within the parish. • CHURCHWAY n. the public way or road that leads up to the church. |
CHURCHWAYS | • churchways n. Plural of churchway. • CHURCHWAY n. the public way or road that leads up to the church. |
CHURCHWOMAN | • churchwoman n. The female equivalent of a churchman. • CHURCHWOMAN n. a woman who is a member of a church. |
COACHWHIP | • coachwhip n. A long whip used by the driver of a horse-drawn coach. • coachwhip n. Masticophis flagellum, a colubrid snake of North America. • coachwhip n. Fouquieria splendens (ocotillo). |
COACHWHIPS | • coachwhips n. Plural of coachwhip. • COACHWHIP n. a large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States. |
SCHWARMERISCH | • SCHWARMERISCH adj. (German) showing schwarmerei, excessive or unwholesome sentiment. |
WHATCHAMACALLIT | • whatchamacallit n. (Slang) A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot… • WHATCHAMACALLIT n. a whatsit. |