| BACCIVOROUS | • baccivorous adj. (Zoology) Eating, or having a diet based on, berries. • BACCIVOROUS adj. eating berries. |
| BACULOVIRUS | • baculovirus n. Any large rod-shaped virus of the family Baculoviridae, including the granuloviruses and nucleopolyhedroviruses. • BACULOVIRUS n. a type of virus found only to attack insects. |
| BIVOUACKING | • bivouacking v. Present participle of bivouac. • BIVOUAC v. (French) to spend the night in a makeshift camp without tents etc. |
| BUPIVACAINE | • bupivacaine n. (Pharmacology) A local anesthetic C18H28N2O that is like lidocaine in its action but is longer acting. • BUPIVACAINE n. a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks. |
| CRUCIVERBAL | • cruciverbal adj. Relating to crossword puzzles. • CRUCIVERBAL adj. related to crosswords. |
| LUBRICATIVE | • lubricative adj. Assisting, or relating to, lubrication. • LUBRICATIVE adj. serving to lubricate. |
| SUBCAVITIES | • subcavities n. Plural of subcavity. • SUBCAVITY n. a subordinate cavity. |
| SUBCLAVIANS | • subclavians n. Plural of subclavian. • SUBCLAVIAN n. a subclavian nerve, artery etc. |
| SUBCURATIVE | • subcurative adj. (Medicine) Insufficient to effect a cure. • SUBCURATIVE adj. less than wholly curative. |
| SUBTRACTIVE | • subtractive adj. Of or pertaining to subtraction. • subtractive adj. Of a colour: from which some wavelengths have been removed. • SUBTRACTIVE adj. tending to subtract. |
| SUBVERTICAL | • subvertical adj. Partly or not quite vertical. • SUBVERTICAL adj. below the vertical. |
| SUBVOCALISE | • SUBVOCALISE v. to say below the breath, also SUBVOCALIZE. |
| SUBVOCALIZE | • subvocalize v. (Transitive, intransitive) To form (words or statements) in thought and express them inwardly without… • SUBVOCALIZE v. to say below the breath, also SUBVOCALISE. |
| UNCOMBATIVE | • uncombative adj. Not combative. • UNCOMBATIVE adj. not combative. |
| VIBRACULOID | • vibraculoid adj. Characteristic of a vibraculum. • VIBRACULOID adj. of or like a vibraculum, one of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished, also VIBRACULAR. |
| VOCABULISTS | • vocabulists n. Plural of vocabulist. • VOCABULIST n. the writer or maker of a vocabulary; a lexicographer. |