carveol
A diterpenoid alcohol found in spearmint oil.

carveols
plural of carveol

catapeltics
plural of catapeltic

catapulta
A Roman catapult (weapon for launching projectiles).

catapultae
plural of catapulta

catastrophy
Misspelling of catastrophe.

catlin
Alternative form of catling (surgical knife)

catling
A little cat; a kitten.
catgut; a catgut string
A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife.

catlings
plural of catling

catlinite
A brownish-red red clay found in Northern USA and Canada, used by the American Indians to make pipes.

catlins
plural of catlin

catridge
Pronunciation spelling of cartridge.

catridges
plural of catridge

cellulotrophy
The digestion of cellulose

celt
A prehistoric chisel-bladed tool.

celts
plural of celt

centerfire
A type of firearm cartridge with the primer in a central primer cap.

centerfires
plural of centerfire

centrefire
Alternative form of centerfire.

centrefires
plural of centrefire

chacram
Alternative form of chakram (“throwing weapon”).

chacrams
plural of chacram

chainsticks
Synonym of nunchaku.

chainsword
A weapon combining elements of a chainsaw and a sword.

chainswords
plural of chainsword.

chakram
A disc-like throwing weapon from India.

chakrams
plural of chakram

chalaf
A knife used by Ashkenazi Jews in shehitah, the kosher slaughter of animals.

chamberings
plural of chambering

chape
The lower metallic cap at the end of a sword's scabbard.
Alternative form of chappe (“rainguard”) (piece fitted to a sword's crossguard).
The piece by which an object is attached to something, such as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.
The tip of a fox's tail.

chapes
plural of chape

chappe
A piece, typically of leather, fitted to the crossguard of European swords of the later medieval period, attested mainly in art, of uncertain purpose.
Alternative form of chape (“metal at the bottom of a scabbard”).

chappes
plural of chappe

chappette
Alternative form of chapette.

chappettes
plural of chappette

charade
A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole.
A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.
A play resembling the game charades, particularly due to poor acting.
A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use.
A form of wordplay where several words are placed together to form a new word or part thereof.

charades
plural of charade

chassepot
A kind of breechloading, centre-fire rifle.

chassepots
plural of chassepot

cheffer
Knife.

cheffers
plural of cheffer

chem
Clipping of chemistry (“branch of natural science”), usually referring to the subject or the department.
Clipping of chemical.
Clipping of chemical.
Clipping of chemical.

chems
plural of chem

chemsuit
Alternative form of chem suit.

chemsuits
plural of chemsuit

chenco
Alternative form of chunkey.

chet
Alternative spelling of heth.

chete
knife, especially one used as a weapon.

chetes
plural of chete

chets
plural of chet

chiliarchies
plural of chiliarchy

chipshot
Alternative form of chip shot.

chipshots
plural of chipshot

chithe
Alternative form of chive.

chive
A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
The spring onion; the green onion; the scallion.

chives
plural of chive

chivs
plural of chiv

chlorarsen
The organoarsenic compound diphenylarsanecarbonitrile when used as a chemical weapon

chloropicrin
The chlorinated derivative of nitromethane CCl₃NO₂ that is used as a pesticide and chemical weapon.

chloropicrins
plural of chloropicrin

chlorpicrin
chloropicrin

chokebore
In a shotgun, a bore which is tapered to a slightly smaller diameter at a short distance to the rear of the muzzle, in order to prevent the rapid dispersion of the shot.
A shotgun that is made with such a bore.

chokebores
plural of chokebore

chopper
A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
A knife for chopping food, especially one with a large oblong blade.
A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside.
A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker or bikie gangs.
Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another.
A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side of a stone.
A high-bouncing batted ball.
The penis.
An assault rifle or carbine, especially a fully-automatic one (e.g. an AK-47).
The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
A rapper who raps in a fast-paced rhyming style.
A kitchen appliance used for chopping various foods, akin to a small food processor.

choppered
simple past and past participle of chopper

choppering
present participle and gerund of chopper

choppers
Teeth.
Dentures.
plural of chopper

chuckram
Alternative form of chakram, former currency of Travancore.

chuckrams
plural of chuckram

chuckrum
Alternative form of chakram (former currency)

chuckrums
plural of chuckrum

chukram
Alternative form of chakram (former currency)

chukrams
plural of chukram

chukrum
Alternative form of chuckram.

chukrums
plural of chukrum

chungke
Alternative form of chunkey.

chungkee
Alternative form of chunkey.

chunkee
Alternative form of chunkey.

chunkey
A sport or game played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved rolling stone disks across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to land the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible.

cimeter
Alternative spelling of scimitar.

cimeters
plural of cimeter

cimiter
Obsolete spelling of scimitar.

cimiters
plural of cimiter

cinqueda
Alternative form of cinquedea.

cinquedas
plural of cinqueda

cinquedea
A short sword with a heavy blade developed in northeastern Italy during the Renaissance, often richly ornamented.

cinquedeas
plural of cinquedea

cive
Obsolete form of chive (“the herb”).

cives
plural of cive

claybeg
The Scottish broadsword used during the Early Modern period.

claybegs
plural of claybeg

claymore
A large two-handed sword historically used by the Scottish Highlanders.
Alternative letter-case form of Claymore (“antipersonnel mine”).

claymores
plural of claymore

cluemanship
The art of writing cryptic crossword clues.

clusterbomb
Alternative form of cluster bomb.

clusterbombs
plural of clusterbomb

coar
Obsolete form of core.

coars
plural of coar

cokstele
A weighted stick thrown at a cock in the blood sport of cock throwing.

coksteles
plural of cokstele

colichemarde
A blade, with a hexagonal or diamond-shaped cross section, once used to make small swords.

colichemardes
plural of colichemarde

colter
Alternative spelling of coulter.

colters
plural of colter

combat
A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
a struggle for victory

combats
plural of combat
Clipping of combat trousers.
Clipping of combat boots.

conicals
plural of conical

constaff
The staff that operates a convention, or meeting of fans.

cordate
Heart-shaped, with a point at the apex and a notch at the base.

cordates
plural of cordate

cordite
A smokeless propellent made by combining two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, used in some firearm ammunition.