ANACHRONICAL | • anachronical adj. Not in the correct date order. Chronologically incorrect. • ANACHRONICAL adj. out of (chronological) order; out of date, also ANACHRONIC. |
ANACHRONISMS | • anachronisms n. Plural of anachronism. • ANACHRONISM n. the error of placing a person, object, custom, or event in the wrong historical period. |
ANTHRACNOSES | • anthracnoses n. Plural of anthracnose. • ANTHRACNOSE n. any of several plant diseases caused by a fungus and characterized by the appearance of dark, sunken spots. |
BANDERSNATCH | • Bandersnatch prop.n. An obscure fictional creature mentioned in two of Lewis Carroll’s poems. • BANDERSNATCH n. an imaginary wild animal of fierce disposition. |
CACHINNATORY | • cachinnatory adj. Pertaining to loud or immoderate laughter. • CACHINNATORY adj. like loud laughter. |
CANTHARIDIAN | • cantharidian adj. Composed of cantharides. • CANTHARIDIAN adj. of or like a cantharid, also CANTHARIDAL, CANTHARIDIC. |
CANTHARIDINS | • cantharidins n. Plural of cantharidin. • CANTHARIDIN n. a bitter crystalline compound that is the active blister-producing ingredient of cantharides. |
CARRAGHEENAN | • CARRAGHEENAN n. a colloid prepared from red algae, used in food processing, pharmaceuticals, etc., also CARAGEENAN, CARRAGEENAN, CARRAGEENIN, CARRAGHEENIN. |
CARRAGHEENIN | • carragheenin n. Alternative form of carrageenan. • CARRAGHEENIN n. a colloid prepared from red algae, used in food processing, pharmaceuticals, etc., also CARAGEENAN, CARRAGEENAN, CARRAGEENIN, CARRAGHEENAN. |
CHAIRMANNING | • chairmanning v. Present participle of chairman. • CHAIRMAN v. to act as chairman of. |
CHANGEAROUND | • CHANGEAROUND n. the act of changing to a different position, also CHANGEROUND. |
CRANKHANDLES | • CRANKHANDLE n. a handle for starting a motor. |
CRAPEHANGING | • crapehanging adj. Pessimistic; doomsaying. • CRAPEHANGING n. pessimism, also CREPEHANGING. |
ENHARMONICAL | • enharmonical adj. Alternative form of enharmonic. • ENHARMONICAL adj. relating to music constructed on a scale containing intervals of less than a semitone, also ENHARMONIC. |
HANDCRAFTING | • handcrafting v. Present participle of handcraft. • HANDCRAFT v. to fashion by hand. |
INHARMONICAL | • inharmonical adj. Alternative form of inharmonic. • INHARMONICAL adj. lacking harmony, inharmonious, also INHARMONIC. |
NONCHARACTER | • noncharacter n. (Computing) That which is not a character (unit of text). • noncharacter n. That which is not a character, as in literature. • NONCHARACTER n. one who is not a character. |
PANPHARMACON | • panpharmacon n. (Dated) A medicine for all diseases; a panacea. • PANPHARMACON n. a universal remedy. |
RANSHACKLING | • RANSHACKLE v. (Scott) to search, ransack, also RANSHAKLE. |
TRANSHUMANCE | • transhumance n. The seasonal movement of people, with their cattle or other grazing animals, to new pastures which may… • TRANSHUMANCE n. the movement of livestock and herders to different pasturage with the changing of the seasons. |