CHECKBOOK | • checkbook n. Alternative form of chequebook. • CHECKBOOK n. (US) a chequebook. |
CHECKROOM | • checkroom n. (US) A room where outdoor clothing or luggage may be temporarily stored. • CHECKROOM n. (US) a cloakroom, a luggage room. |
CHOKECOIL | • chokecoil n. Synonym of choking coil. • CHOKECOIL n. a choking coil. |
COCKHORSE | • cockhorse adj. Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse. • cockhorse adj. (Figuratively) Lofty in feeling; exultant, proud, upstart. • cockhorse n. (Archaic) A child’s rocking horse. |
HOOKCHECK | • HOOKCHECK n. in ice hockey, the acting of hooking an opposing player. |
CHECKBOOKS | • checkbooks n. Plural of checkbook. • CHECKBOOK n. (US) a chequebook. |
CHECKROOMS | • checkrooms n. Plural of checkroom. • CHECKROOM n. (US) a cloakroom, a luggage room. |
CHOCKSTONE | • chockstone n. A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft. • chockstone n. (Climbing) A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging… • CHOCKSTONE n. in mountaineering, a stone jammed in a crack. |
CHOKECOILS | • chokecoils n. Plural of chokecoil. • CHOKECOIL n. a choking coil. |
COCKHORSES | • cockhorses n. Plural of cockhorse. • cock-horses n. Plural of cock-horse. • COCKHORSE n. a child's rocking-horse. |
HOOKCHECKS | • HOOKCHECK n. in ice hockey, the acting of hooking an opposing player. |
CHOCKSTONES | • chockstones n. Plural of chockstone. • CHOCKSTONE n. in mountaineering, a stone jammed in a crack. |
CHOPSOCKIES | • chopsockies n. Plural of chopsocky. • CHOPSOCKY n. a genre of martial arts films. |
COCKROACHES | • cockroaches n. Plural of cockroach. • COCKROACH n. an orthopterous insect, the so-called black beetle. |
CHECKERBLOOM | • checkerbloom n. Any of the flowering plants in the genus Sidalcea. • CHECKERBLOOM n. a Californian malvaceous plant with pink or purple flowers. |
ELECTROSHOCK | • electroshock n. (An) electric shock. • electroshock n. (Medicine) Electroconvulsive therapy. • electroshock v. (Medicine) To administer electroconvulsive therapy. |
CHECKERBLOOMS | • checkerblooms n. Plural of checkerbloom. • CHECKERBLOOM n. a Californian malvaceous plant with pink or purple flowers. |
ELECTROSHOCKS | • electroshocks n. Plural of electroshock. • electroshocks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroshock. • ELECTROSHOCK n. an electric shock. |
CHOLECYSTOKININ | • cholecystokinin n. (Biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK. • CHOLECYSTOKININ n. a hormone secreted esp. by the duodenal mucosa that regulates the emptying of the gallbladder and secretion of enzymes by the pancreas and that has been found in the brain. |