Scrabble Word | Definition |
cardiograph20 | (cardiology) an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements |
chaetognath20 | Any of several marine worms of the phylum Chaetognatha. |
cheesecloth21 | A loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used to wrap cheese, but now used for various culinary tasks and by farmers to shade crops and keep birds off. |
choreograph22 | To design and record the choreography for a dramatic work such as a ballet |
chronograph22 | (obsolete) A chronogram. |
coppersmith22 | A person who forges things out of copper. |
coronagraph19 | (astronomy) A telescope that has an attachment which blocks out the direct light from the sun or other star, allowing examination of the corona and the detection of exoplanets |
coronograph19 | (astronomy) A telescope, fitted with an attachment that blocks out direct rays from the sun, used to study and photograph the corona of the sun. |
cottonmouth18 | (medicine, uncountable) An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs. |
countermyth21 | A myth that counters or contradicts another. |
cryptograph24 | A cipher or cryptogram. |
Scrabble Word | Definition |
candlefish19 | An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians. |
cartoonish15 | Exaggerated or caricatured, in the manner of a cartoon |
childbirth21 | The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy. |
cockneyish24 | |
coelacanth17 | Either of two species of deep-water fish, Latimeria chalumnae of the Indian Ocean and Latimeria menadoensis of Indonesia. |
coquettish24 | Of or relating to a young, flirtatious girl. |
cornstarch17 | A very fine starch powder derived from corn (maize) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent. |
countryish18 | (music) Having characteristics of country music |
crosshatch20 | A pattern of crossing lines. |
crosspatch19 | A grumpy, bad-tempered or irascible person. |
cuttlefish18 | any of various squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened |
czarevitch29 | Alternative spelling of tsarevich |
Scrabble Word | Definition |
cavendish18 | Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes. |
cerecloth16 | (historical) Cloth coated with wax so that it is waterproof, used for covering the dead. |
chaffinch25 | A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family. |
chiliarch19 | (historical) A commander of a thousand troops in Hellenistic Greece. |
cleverish17 | Somewhat clever. |
clingfish18 | A small marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae which has a sucking disc on its underside that it uses to cling to rocks and seaweed. |
coccolith18 | (biology) A microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized |
cockroach22 | A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea. |
colocynth19 | A viny plant, Citrullus colocynthis, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Asia. It produces a lemon-sized, yellowish, green-mottled, spongy, and extremely bitter fruit. |
copublish18 | (transitive, music business) To have credit as a publisher of (a work published by another). |
crampfish21 | The torpedo, or electric ray, whose touch gives an electric shock. |
cranreuch16 | hoarfrost |
cymograph22 | An instrument for obtaining drawings from the mouldings of Gothic architecture. |
cystolith17 | (botany) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant. |
Scrabble Word | Definition |
cabbalah17 | |
calabash15 | A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this tree. |
calipash15 | The edible greenish material found underneath the upper half of a turtle's carapace (shell). |
carritch15 | (Scotland, chiefly in the plural) A catechism. |
cartouch15 | Alternative form of cartouche |
cavefish19 | Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters. |
cenotaph15 | A monument, especially in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere; especially members of the armed forces who died in battle. |
ceorlish13 | Characteristic of a ceorl |
challoth16 | plural of challah |
cheapish18 | Somewhat cheap. |
childish17 | Of or suitable for a child. |
churlish16 | Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic. |
chutzpah27 | (informal) Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion. |
claddagh16 | |
clannish13 | Of or related to a clan. |
clerkish17 | Like or resembling a clerk. |
cliquish22 | Of or pertaining to a clique. |
cloddish15 | Like a clod, a person who is foolish, stupid or parochial. |
clownish16 | Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous. |
clubbish17 | Somewhat resembling a club. |
Scrabble Word | Definition |
caddish14 | Characteristic of a cad, discourteous, ungentlemanly, dishonorable. |
capouch16 | Alternative form of capoch |
carlish12 | Synonym of churlish |
caroach14 | |
carroch14 | |
carwash15 | Alternative spelling of car wash |
catarrh12 | (pathology) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat. |
catfish15 | any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth |
cattish12 | catlike; in the manner of a cat |
ceilidh13 | An informal social gathering where traditional Irish or Scottish folk music is played, with dancing and storytelling. |
challah15 | (countable) A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for Yom Tov. |
chaloth15 | plural of chalah |
cheetah15 | A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head. It is native to Africa and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal. |
cherish15 | To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care. |
chuddah17 | Alternative spelling of chador |
chuppah19 | (Judaism) The canopy over a Jewish couple during their marriage ceremony. |
clayish15 | Resembling clay. |
cockish18 | (obsolete) wanton; forward |
codfish16 | (countable) A cod (the fish). |
coldish13 | Somewhat cold |
Scrabble Word | Definition |
calash11 | (historical) Alternative form of calèche (“type of carriage with low wheels”) |
caliph13 | The political leader of the Muslim world; the successor of the prophet Muhammad's political authority. |
caroch13 | |
casbah13 | The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East. |
ceriph13 | Archaic form of serif. |
chalah14 | Alternative spelling of challah |
chaleh14 | Alternative form of challah |
chetah14 | Archaic form of cheetah. [rare after 1920] |
chinch16 | The bedbug (Cimex lectularius). |
chough15 | Either of two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia. |
choush14 | (obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of chiaus. [from 19th c.] |
church16 | (countable) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place. [from 9th c.] |
clench13 | To grip or hold fast. |
clinch13 | To clasp; to interlock. [from 1560s] |
clough12 | (Northern England, US) A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge. |
clutch13 | To seize, as though with claws. [from 14th c.] |
cohosh14 | A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), the rough rootstock of which is used in medicine. |
cometh13 | (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of come |
coolth11 | The state of being cool, temperature-wise; coolness. |
coprah13 | Archaic form of copra. |
Scrabble Word | Definition |
catch12 | (countable) The act of seizing or capturing. |
cheth13 | Alternative spelling of heth |
cinch12 | A simple saddle girth used in Mexico. |
clach12 | |
clash10 | (onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects. |
cloth10 | (countable, uncountable) A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. |
coach12 | A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power. |
conch12 | A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell. |
cooch12 | (US, obsolete) The hootchy-kootchy, a type of erotic dance. |
couch12 | An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person. |
cough11 | (intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion. |
couth10 | (obsolete) Familiar, known; well-known, renowned. |
crash10 | A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals. |
crush10 | A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. |
crwth13 | (historical) An archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop each of the six strings on the fingerboard. |
cuish10 | defensive armour for the thighs |
culch12 | The rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster spawn can attach themselves; a collection of such detritus, accumulated on land, to drop in the sea to build up oyster beds. |
curch12 | Alternative form of courche |
cutch12 | (nautical) a preservative, made from catechu gum boiled in water, used to prolong the life of a sail or net |