ACROLITHIC | • acrolithic adj. Relating to, or like, an acrolith. • ACROLITHIC adj. pertaining to, or like, an acrolith, a statue with a wooden trunk and stone head and extremities. |
ANARCHICAL | • anarchical adj. Anarchic. • ANARCHICAL adj. relating to anarchy, the complete absence of law or government, also ANARCHAL, ANARCHIAL, ANARCHIC. |
CHECKRAILS | • checkrails n. Plural of checkrail. • check-rails n. Plural of check-rail. • check␣rails n. Plural of check rail. |
CHELICERAE | • chelicerae n. Plural of chelicera. • CHELICERA n. the first pair of appendages of a chelicerate arthropod. |
CHELICERAL | • cheliceral adj. Relating to the chelicera. • CHELICERAL adj. relating to the chelicerae. |
CHERUBICAL | • cherubical adj. Cherubic. • CHERUBICAL adj. like a cherub, also CHERUBIC. |
CHILDCARES | • childcares n. Plural of childcare. • CHILDCARE n. care of children, esp. as professionally provided. |
CHILIARCHS | • chiliarchs n. Plural of chiliarch. • CHILIARCH n. (Greek) the commander or chief of a thousand men. |
CHILIARCHY | • chiliarchy n. (Historical) A regiment of 1000 soldiers, typically commanded by a chiliarch. • chiliarchy n. (Historical) The office or position of a chiliarch. • chiliarchy n. (Rare) A government of 1000 rulers. |
CHIMERICAL | • chimerical adj. Of or pertaining to a chimera. • chimerical adj. Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense). • chimerical adj. Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful. |
CLARICHORD | • clarichord n. An old musical instrument in the form of a spinet; the manichord or clavichord. • CLARICHORD n. an old keyboard stringed instrument in which the tangent striking the string and producing the sound also determines the vibrating length, also CLAVICHORD. |
CLAVICHORD | • clavichord n. (Music) An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades (called tangents)… • CLAVICHORD n. an old keyboard stringed instrument, also CLARICHORD. |
CLERUCHIAL | • cleruchial adj. Relating to a cleruch or to cleruchy. • CLERUCHIAL adj. of or like a cleruchy. |
CLERUCHIAS | • cleruchias n. Plural of cleruchia. • CLERUCHIA n. an allotment of land in a foreign territory made to a citizen of Athens, also CLERUCHY. |
DIARCHICAL | • diarchical adj. Of or pertaining to a diarchy. • DIARCHICAL adj. relating to a diarchy, rulership by two people, also DIARCHAL, DIARCHIC, DYARCHICAL. |
DYARCHICAL | • DYARCHICAL adj. relating to a diarchy, rulership by two people, also DIARCHAL, DIARCHIC, DIARCHICAL, DYARCHIC. |
OLIGARCHIC | • oligarchic adj. Of or pertaining to oligarchy. • OLIGARCHIC adj. of or like an oligarchy, also OLIGARCHAL. |
ORICALCHES | • ORICALCHE n. (Spenser) a gold-coloured alloy, also ORICHALC. |
SCRATCHILY | • scratchily adv. In a scratchy manner. • SCRATCHY adv. made by scratching. |