An official responsible for maintaining order at the ancient Olympic Games.
anhydric
anhydric
adj
anhydrous
antarchy
apocryph
archcity
archegay
archways
archways
noun
plural of archway
archytas
arythmic
arythmic
adj
Alternative spelling of arrhythmic
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).
bachelry
bachelry
noun
(obsolete) The body of young aspirants for knighthood.
brachysm
brachysm
noun
(botany) Unusually small size resulting from the shortening of internodes.
camphory
camphory
adj
Smelling of camphor; having a smell resembling that of camphor.
catchcry
catchcry
noun
A slogan, particularly one intended for mass repetition.
catheryn
catheryn
Proper noun
name, a rare nonstandard spelling variant of Catherine.
chaffery
chaffery
noun
(obsolete) traffic; bargaining; buying and selling
chairway
chambery
chambray
chambray
noun
A soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp.
chancery
chancery
adv
(boxing) With the head of an antagonist under one's arm, so that one can pommel it with the other fist at will.
(figurative) In an awkward situation; wholly under the power of someone else.
noun
(boxing, slang) The position of a boxer's head when under his adversary's arm.
(historical) In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity.
(historical) In the Middle Ages, a government office that produced and notarized official documents.
(slang, archaic) Any awkward predicament.
(writing) Short for chancery hand.
In the United States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity.
The type of building that houses a diplomatic mission or embassy.
The type of building that houses the offices and administration of a diocese; the offices of a diocese.
chapelry
chapelry
noun
The district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.
charlady
charlady
noun
(chiefly archaic or historical) A woman who cleans houses and offices as an occupation.
charleys
charleys
noun
plural of charley
charlyne
charpoys
charpoys
noun
plural of charpoy
chartley
chattery
chattery
adj
Tending to chatter
chayroot
cheapery
cheatery
cheatery
noun
(obsolete) Cheating; fraud.
chelydra
chipyard
chipyard
noun
(US) A storage area for sawdust and small pieces of wood at a sawmill.
chirayta
chivalry
chivalry
noun
(UK, law, historical) A tenure of lands by knightly service.
(now rare, historical) Cavalry; horsemen armed for battle.
(obsolete) The fact or condition of being a knight; knightly skill, prowess.
Courteous behaviour, especially that of men towards women.
Courtesy, respect and honourable conduct between opponents in wartime.
The ethical code of the knight prevalent in Medieval Europe, having such primary virtues as mercy towards the poor and oppressed, humility, honour, sacrifice, fear of God, faithfulness, courage and utmost graciousness and courtesy to ladies.
chorally
chorally
adv
In a choral manner; as a choir.
chronaxy
chronaxy
noun
Alternative form of chronaxie
chrysaor
chrysopa
chrystal
chrystal
noun
Obsolete spelling of crystal
churoyan
chyluria
chyluria
noun
A medical condition involving the presence of chyle in the urine.
crayfish
crayfish
noun
(Australia) A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
(New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
(Singapore) The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
verb
Alternative form of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw)
to catch crayfish
craythur
craythur
noun
(Ireland) Alternative form of creature.
Whiskey.
crowshay
cytherea
decarchy
decarchy
noun
(politics) A government of ten people, especially (historical) various Greek councils of ten men
demarchy
demarchy
noun
Government by decision-makers who have been randomly selected by sortition (lot) from a pool of eligible citizens.
dinarchy
dyarchic
dyarchic
adj
Alternative form of diarchic
dyschroa
endarchy
endarchy
noun
(botany) A vascular system in which development starts nearest the axis center and spreads outward.
A system in which decision-making is centralized.
eyereach
eyereach
noun
The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot.
flachery
gunarchy
gunarchy
noun
Archaic form of gynarchy.
gynarchy
gynarchy
noun
(politics, countable) A government ruled by a woman or women.
(politics, uncountable) Government by a woman or women.
hardcopy
hardcopy
noun
Alternative form of hard copy
hatchery
hatchery
noun
A facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions, especially those of fish or poultry.
hayracks
hayracks
noun
plural of hayrack
hayricks
hayricks
noun
plural of hayrick
hexarchy
hexarchy
noun
A group of six states.
himyaric
himyaric
Adjective
Of or relating to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, or to his successors or people; applied especially to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic language.
hradcany
hydracid
hydracid
noun
(chemistry) An acid that does not contain any oxygen as opposed to an oxyacid; they are all binary compounds of hydrogen and a halogen or pseudohalogen.
hydrarch
hydropac
hypocarp
hypocarp
noun
(botany) hypocarpium
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.
hyracina
hyracoid
hyracoid
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the hyraxes (order Hyracoidea).
Displaying characteristics typical of hyraxes.
noun
An animal of the order Hyracoidea, i.e. a hyrax.
hyrcania
lachryma
lathyric
mccarthy
mccarthy
Proper noun
of or origin.
monarchy
monarchy
noun
A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs.
A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).
States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen.
The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
myriarch
myriarch
noun
(historical military) The commander of a Mongolian tomen.
(historical politics) The governor of a myriarchy in Mongolian Tibet.
navarchy
navarchy
noun
The office or state of a navarch
nomarchy
nomarchy
noun
nome
octarchy
octarchy
noun
A government of eight people.
A group of eight states.
orphancy
orphancy
noun
The losing of both parents through their death.
panarchy
panarchy
noun
(anarchism, rare) Rule by all; a system of governance in which each person has absolute power.
(poetic, rare) An all-encompassing realm.
(political science) An inclusive, multilateral system in which all parties may participate meaningfully.
(rare) Rule of all; absolute or total rule.
(systems theory) Dynamic symmetry across multiple scales.
The individual's right to choose any form of government without being forced to move from their current locale.
paparchy
paparchy
noun
Government by a pope; papal rule.
patchery
patchery
noun
(UK, India, military, historical) Living quarters for married soldiers.
Hypocrisy; trickery.
That which is thrown or sown together usually clumsily or with different color and textures, like patchwork.
peachery
peachery
noun
A hothouse in which peaches are grown.
petchary
pharmacy
pharmacy
noun
(countable) A place where prescription drugs are sold or dispensed.
(uncountable) The role or occupation of a pharmacist.
(uncountable) The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry, and forensics.
phylarch
phylarch
noun
(historical) An Athenian hipparch, head of an Athenian clan in battle.
(historical) The ruler of a phyle in Ancient Greece.
A tribal chief, magistrate, or other local ruler.
polyarch
polyarch
noun
(botany) A root that has many xylem bundles.
(rare) A state of many rulers, many leaders.
ratchety
ratchety
adj
Moving in jerks.
Resembling or characteristic of a ratchet
schryari
scratchy
scratchy
adj
(chiefly of a sore throat) Annoying, irritating, itchy.
(informal, of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
(of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.
Characterized by scratches.
starchly
starchly
adv
(rare) In a starched or starchy manner; stiffly, formally
strachey
synarchy
synarchy
noun
Joint rule or sovereignty.
syriarch
teachery
thearchy
thearchy
noun
A government ruled by God or a god; a theocracy.
A system or ordering of deities. (Compare pantheon.)
toparchy
toparchy
noun
A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch.
trachyte
trachyte
noun
(geology) A pale igneous rock consisting mostly of potassium feldspar and plagioclase.