| ACCOMMODABLE | • accommodable adj. That may be accommodated; suitable. • ACCOMMODABLE adj. that can be accommodated. |
| BACKCOURTMAN | • backcourtman n. (Basketball) A backcourt player. • BACKCOURTMAN n. a guard on a basketball team. |
| BACKCOURTMEN | • backcourtmen n. Plural of backcourtman. • BACKCOURTMAN n. a guard on a basketball team. |
| BATHOCHROMIC | • bathochromic adj. (Physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a lower frequency. • BATHOCHROMIC adj. denoting or relating to a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound. |
| BEACHCOMBERS | • beachcombers n. Plural of beachcomber. • BEACHCOMBER n. a white man living as a drifter or loafer especially on the islands of the South Pacific. |
| BEACHCOMBING | • beachcombing n. The lifestyle and habits of a beachcomber. • beachcombing n. An item found lying near the sea; marine salvage. • beachcombing v. Present participle of beachcomb. |
| BIOCHEMICALS | • biochemicals n. Plural of biochemical. • BIOCHEMICAL n. a chemical of biological origin. |
| BIOMECHANICS | • biomechanics n. (Biology, physics) The branch of biophysics that deals with the mechanics of the human or animal body;… • biomechanics n. (Biology) The functioning of a particular part of a body. • BIOMECHANICS n. the mechanics of biological and esp. muscular activity. |
| BOMBACACEOUS | • bombacaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the now disused family Bombacaceae (now the much-reduced subfamily Bombacoideae in Malvaceae). • BOMBACACEOUS adj. relating to the family Bombacaceae, silk-cotton trees. |
| CHLORAMBUCIL | • chlorambucil n. A particular drug used in chemotherapy. • CHLORAMBUCIL n. an oral drug used to treat some cancers, e.g. cancer of the ovary and leukaemia. |
| CLAVICEMBALO | • clavicembalo n. (Music, now chiefly historical) A harpsichord. • CLAVICEMBALO n. (Italian) a harpsichord. |
| COMMUNICABLE | • communicable adj. (Epidemiology, of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals. • communicable adj. Readily communicated. • communicable adj. Talkative or expansive. |
| COMMUNICABLY | • communicably adv. In a communicable manner. • COMMUNICABLE adv. capable of being communicated. |
| CRAMBOCLINKS | • CRAMBOCLINK n. (Scots) rhyming doggerel. |
| MACROBIOTICS | • macrobiotics n. The art of prolonging life. • MACROBIOTICS n. the art or science of prolonging life; a cult partly concerned with diet, foods regarded as pure being vegetable substances grown and prepared without chemicals or processing. |
| MICROBALANCE | • microbalance n. Any balance capable of weighing objects having a mass less than a milligram. • MICROBALANCE n. a balance designed to measure very small weights. |
| MICROBICIDAL | • microbicidal adj. Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a microbicide. • microbicidal n. Such a material. |
| MOBOCRATICAL | • mobocratical adj. Of or pertaining to mobocracy. • MOBOCRATICAL adj. relating to mobocracy, government by mobs or crowds, also MOBOCRATIC. |
| MYCOBACTERIA | • mycobacteria n. Plural of mycobacterium. • MYCOBACTERIUM n. any of a genus of bacteria that includes the pathogens causing tuberculosis and leprosy. |
| SALTIMBOCCAS | • saltimboccas n. Plural of saltimbocca. • SALTIMBOCCA n. (Italian) an Italian dish of rolled slices of meat and ham, with cheese and herbs. |