CARRIWITCHET | • carriwitchet n. (Rare) An absurd question; a quibble; a conundrum; a pun; a piece of jocularity or facetiousness. • CARRIWITCHET n. (Scots) a teasing quibble; a quip. |
CARRIWITCHETS | • carriwitchets n. Plural of carriwitchet. • CARRIWITCHET n. (Scots) a teasing quibble; a quip. |
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. |
CLAPPERCLAWER | • CLAPPERCLAWER n. one who scolds, abuses. |
CLAPPERCLAWERS | • CLAPPERCLAWER n. one who scolds, abuses. |
CRACKLEWARE | • crackleware n. Articles made with a crackle glaze. • CRACKLEWARE n. pottery with a crackled glaze. |
CRACKLEWARES | • cracklewares n. Plural of crackleware. • CRACKLEWARE n. pottery with a crackled glaze. |
SCARECROW | • scarecrow n. An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds… • scarecrow n. (By extension, derogatory) A person regarded as resembling a scarecrow (sense 1) in some way; especially… • scarecrow n. (Dated) Synonym of crow scarer (“a farmhand employed to scare birds from the fields”). |
SCARECROWS | • scarecrows n. Plural of scarecrow. • scarecrows v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scarecrow. • scare-crows n. Plural of scare-crow. |
SCHWARMERISCH | • SCHWARMERISCH adj. (German) showing schwarmerei, excessive or unwholesome sentiment. |
WISECRACKER | • wisecracker n. A person who makes wisecrack remarks; a smart aleck. • WISECRACKER n. one who wisecracks. |
WISECRACKERS | • wisecrackers n. Plural of wisecracker. • WISECRACKER n. one who wisecracks. |