| BACULIFORM | • baculiform adj. Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped. • BACULIFORM adj. rod-shaped. |
| BUCKRAMING | • buckraming v. Present participle of buckram. • BUCKRAM v. to pad or stiffen with buckram. |
| CARBONIUMS | • carboniums n. Plural of carbonium. • CARBONIUM n. a type of positively charged organic ion. |
| CETUXIMABS | • CETUXIMAB n. a chimeric (mouse/human) monoclonal antibody, used in the treatment of various cancers. |
| CHORIAMBUS | • choriambus n. (Poetry) A metrical foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the… • CHORIAMBUS n. a metrical foot comprising a trochee and an iambus, also CHORIAMB, CHORIAMBIC. |
| COLUMBARIA | • columbaria n. Plural of columbarium. • COLUMBARIUM n. (Latin) a vault with niches for storing urns; a dovecote or pigeon house. |
| CONALBUMIN | • conalbumin n. (Biology) One of the two major types of albumin found in egg white (the other being ovalbumin), which… |
| EMBRYULCIA | • embryulcia n. (Surgery, archaic) The forcible extraction of the fetus. • EMBRYULCIA n. forcible extraction of a foetus. |
| EXCAMBIUMS | • EXCAMBIUM n. in Scots law, exchange of lands, also EXCAMBION. |
| LUMBRICALS | • lumbricals n. Plural of lumbrical. • LUMBRICAL n. one of certain muscles of the hand and foot used in flexing the digits, also LUMBRICALIS. |
| PROCAMBIUM | • procambium n. (Botany) A meristem that lies just inside the protoderm and develops into primary xylem and primary phloem. • PROCAMBIUM n. the young tissue of a fibrovascular bundle before its component cells have begun to be differentiated. |
| QUICKBEAMS | • quickbeams n. Plural of quickbeam. • QUICKBEAM n. the hawthorn. |
| SUBATOMICS | • subatomics n. The study of physics at a subatomic level. • SUBATOMICS n. the study of subatomic particles. |
| UMBILICALS | • umbilicals n. Plural of umbilical. • UMBILICAL n. the umbilical cord. |
| UMBILICATE | • umbilicate adj. Having a navel. • umbilicate adj. (Mycology, of a mushroom etc.) Having a small umbo in a central depression, or a depression in the center of the cap. • umbilicate adj. (Botany) Supported by a central stalk. |
| UMBRATICAL | • umbratical adj. Alternative form of umbratic. • UMBRATICAL adj. of or pertaining to the shade or darkness, also UMBRATIC. |
| VIBRACULUM | • vibraculum n. (Biology) A long, whiplike, modified zooid on the surface of certain colonies of bryozoa. • VIBRACULUM n. (Latin) one of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished. |