(paleontology) A hard calcareous plate forming part of the body of an ammonite.
autarchy
autarchy
noun
A condition of absolute power.
Alternative spelling of autarky (“national economic self-reliance”)
Autocracy (absolute rule by a single person).
Sovereignty or self-government (national political independence).
ayacucho
bunchily
bunchily
adv
In a bunchy manner.
butchery
butchery
noun
(rare) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.
(slang) The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian.
A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure.
A meat market
The butchering of meat.
The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
chalukya
chauncey
chauncey
Proper noun
of Norman origin from a place name in France.
name, transferred from the surname.
chemurgy
chemurgy
noun
(chemistry) a branch of applied chemistry that is concerned with preparing industrial products from agricultural raw materials.
chirrupy
chirrupy
adj
making chirruping noises
chirurgy
chirurgy
noun
(archaic) surgery.
choultry
choultry
noun
Alternative form of choltry
chubbily
chubbily
adv
In a chubby manner.
chuffily
chuffily
adv
In a clownish manner.
chummery
chummery
noun
(India, historical) The building in which unmarried British army officers were quartered during the British Raj.
(South Asia) The shared home of a group of men who are unmarried or working at a distance from their families.
chummily
chummily
adv
In a chummy manner
chunkily
chunkily
adv
In a chunky way.
chupatty
chupatty
noun
Archaic spelling of chapatti.
churchly
churchly
adj
Characteristic of a church; churchy.
Devoted to, or inclined to attach great importance to, the order and ritual of a particular section of the Christian church.
In accordance with ecclesiastical standards or ceremonies; appropriate for or befitting a church.
Pertaining to or relating to the church, its government, forms, or ceremonies; ecclesiastical.
churoyan
chutneys
chutneys
noun
plural of chutney
chyluria
chyluria
noun
A medical condition involving the presence of chyle in the urine.
cleruchy
cleruchy
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) A form of Athenian colony in the time of Ancient Greece, under which the settlers or cleruchs retained their citizenship, and were assigned plots, or kleroi, of agricultural land, while the community remained a political dependency of Athens.
corythus
couthily
craythur
craythur
noun
(Ireland) Alternative form of creature.
Whiskey.
cushiony
cushiony
adj
Like a cushion; soft and yielding.
cutchery
cutchery
noun
A spice: kitchery.
Alternative spelling of cutcherry (administration office)
Alternative spelling of kedgeree (dish of fish, rice and eggs)
An Indian dish of rice boiled with split pulse, onions, eggs, butter, and condiments
cyathium
cyathium
noun
One of the specialised pseudanthia ("false flowers"), surrounded by involucral bracts, especially those forming the inflorescence of euphorbias.
cychreus
cynthius
duomachy
dutchify
dutchify
Verb
To render more Dutch.
eunuchry
eunuchry
noun
The state of being a eunuch.
gauchely
gauchely
adv
In a gauche manner.
gunarchy
gunarchy
noun
Archaic form of gynarchy.
honeycup
honeycup
noun
A North American shrub of the genus Zenobia
hummocky
hummocky
adj
Having hummocks.
hyraceum
hyraceum
noun
The petrified remains of hyrax urine and feces produced by the rock hyrax (“Cape hyrax”), Procavia capensis (“P. apensis”), typically found in the communal midden piles of hyrax colonies.
keypunch
keypunch
noun
(computing) A mechanical device whose keys are pressed, individually or in combination, to punch holes in punched cards or paper tape that correspond to particular characters.
(computing) An electric machine with a keyboard that has the same function.
verb
To use such a device or machine
lecythus
lecythus
noun
Alternative form of lekythos
munychia
naumachy
naumachy
noun
(obsolete) A place built to stage a mock sea-battle, or the show performed therein.
onychium
onychium
noun
A little claw.
punchily
punchily
adv
In a punchy manner.
schuyler
schuyler
Proper noun
name, transferred use of the surname since the nineteenth century.