| ABHORRENCY | • abhorrency n. (Obsolete) Aberrancy. • abhorrency n. (Obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence. • abhorrency n. (Obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing. |
| ABSORBENCY | • absorbency n. (Obsolete) The action of absorbing. • absorbency n. The quality of being absorbent. • absorbency n. (Physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent. |
| AMEBOCYTES | • amebocytes n. Plural of amebocyte, an alternative spelling of amoebocyte. • AMEBOCYTE n. a cell, like a leukocyte, having amoeboid form, also AMOEBOCYTE. |
| AMOEBOCYTE | • amoebocyte n. Any cell that has the form or motion of an amoeba. • amoebocyte n. A leukocyte, especially in an in vitro culture. • amœbocyte n. Obsolete form of amoebocyte. |
| BARLEYCORN | • barleycorn n. A grain of barley. • barleycorn n. (Obsolete) The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one… • barleycorn n. (Architecture, woodworking) A small groove between two mouldings. |
| BRACHYDOME | • brachydome n. (Crystallography) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. • BRACHYDOME n. a dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. |
| BUOYANCIES | • buoyancies n. Plural of buoyancy. • BUOYANCY n. the tendency to float, also BUOYANCE. |
| BYSSACEOUS | • byssaceous adj. Like byssus; consisting of fine fibres or threads. • BYSSACEOUS adj. composed of a mass of fine threads; delicately filamentous, also BYSSOID. |
| CLAPPERBOY | • CLAPPERBOY n. the person who works the clapperboards. |
| CONVEYABLE | • conveyable adj. Able to be conveyed, especially from one owner to another. • CONVEYABLE adj. capable of being conveyed or transferred. |
| CORALBERRY | • coralberry n. A species of bromeliad, Aechmea fulgens, of Brazil, and which is often used as an ornamental plant. • coralberry n. American winterberry, Ilex verticillata. • coralberry n. Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, of eastern North America. |
| CORYBANTES | • Corybantes n. Plural of Corybant. • CORYBANT n. (Greek) one of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia, whose rites were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc. |
| CRYOCABLES | • CRYOCABLE n. a highly conducting electric cable cooled with a refrigerant. |
| NOTICEABLY | • noticeably adv. (Manner) In a noticeable way. • noticeably adv. (Degree) To a detectable degree, sufficient to be noticed. • noticeably adv. (Modal) In truth and observably. |
| OBSERVANCY | • observancy n. Obsolete form of observance. • OBSERVANCY n. the keeping of a customary practice, rite, or ceremony, also OBSERVANCE. |
| UPBUOYANCE | • upbuoyance n. (Rare) The act of buoying up; uplifting. • UPBUOYANCE n. the act of buoying up. |
| YELLOWBACK | • yellowback n. A cheap sensational novel. • yellow-back n. Alternative form of yellowback. • yellow␣back n. (Informal) A coward. |