| ACCUMBENCY | • accumbency n. (Rare) The state of being accumbent or reclining. • ACCUMBENCY n. the state of being accumbent or reclining. |
| BACKCOMBED | • backcombed v. Simple past tense and past participle of backcomb. • back-combed v. Simple past tense and past participle of back-comb. • BACKCOMB v. to comb back e.g. the hair. |
| BACTEREMIC | • bacteremic adj. (Pathology) Of, pertaining to or having bacteremia (having bacteria in the blood). • BACTEREMIC adj. having bacteria in the blood, also BACTERAEMIC. |
| BEACHCOMBS | • beachcombs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beachcomb. • beachcombs n. Plural of beachcomb. • BEACHCOMB v. to wander along a beach looking for useful objects. |
| CAMELBACKS | • camelbacks n. Plural of camelback. • CAMELBACK n. an inferior grade of rubber, used for retreading tyres. |
| CATACUMBAL | • catacumbal adj. Of or relating to a catacomb. • CATACUMBAL adj. relating to a catacomb. |
| CHOLIAMBIC | • choliambic adj. (Poetry) Employing or relating to choliambs, or limping iambs. • choliambic n. (Poetry) A choliamb. • CHOLIAMBIC n. a verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last, also CHOLIAMB. |
| CHORIAMBIC | • choriambic adj. Of or relating to a choriamb. • choriambic n. A choriamb. • CHORIAMBIC n. a metrical foot comprising a trochee and an iambus, also CHORIAMB, CHORIAMBUS. |
| CIBACHROME | • Cibachrome n. A reproduction of a film transparency on photopaper, made using a dye-destruction positive-to-positive… • CIBACHROME n. a type of colour print made directly form a colour transparency. |
| COMEBACKER | • comebacker n. (Baseball) A batted ball that travels toward the pitcher. |
| CUMBRANCES | • cumbrances n. Plural of cumbrance. • CUMBRANCE n. an encumbrance. |
| IMBROCCATA | • imbroccata n. (Obsolete) A hit or thrust. • IMBROCCATA n. (Italian) a downward pass or thrust in fencing. |
| IMPECCABLE | • impeccable adj. Perfect, without faults, flaws or errors. • impeccable adj. Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate. • IMPECCABLE adj. faultless, flawless. |
| IMPECCABLY | • impeccably adv. In a perfect or flawless manner. • IMPECCABLE adv. faultless, flawless. |
| MOBOCRATIC | • mobocratic adj. Of or pertaining to mobocracy. • MOBOCRATIC adj. relating to mobocracy, government by mobs or crowds, also MOBOCRATICAL. |
| SUBCOMPACT | • subcompact n. Something that is smaller than the compact version, especially a very small car. • SUBCOMPACT n. a small car, such as a sports car. |