| ARCHIDIACONAL | • archidiaconal adj. (Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) Pertaining to an archdeacon. • ARCHIDIACONAL adj. of or relating to an archdeacon. |
| BACKSCRATCHED | • backscratched v. Simple past tense and past participle of backscratch. • BACKSCRATCH v. to scratch the back; (figurative) to do favours in return for favours, to engage in servile flattery. |
| BRACHYDACTYLY | • brachydactyly n. (Pathology) Abnormal shortness of the fingers or toes. • BRACHYDACTYLY n. abnormal shortness of fingers and toes. |
| CARDIOGRAPHIC | • cardiographic adj. (Physiology) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph. • CARDIOGRAPHIC adj. relating to cardiography, also CARDIOGRAPHICAL. |
| CHARACTERISED | • characterised v. Simple past tense and past participle of characterise. • CHARACTERISE v. to give a character to, also CHARACTERIZE. |
| CHARACTERIZED | • characterized v. Simple past tense and past participle of characterize. • CHARACTERIZE v. to describe the character or quality of, also CHARACTERISE. |
| CHONDROCRANIA | • chondrocrania n. Plural of chondrocranium. • CHONDROCRANIUM n. the cartilaginous parts of an embryonic cranium. |
| DIACATHOLICON | • diacatholicon n. (Medicine, dated) A universal remedy; a certain purgative electuary. • DIACATHOLICON n. (obsolete) a purgative electuary, the drug being mixed with honey or syrup. |
| DISACCHARIDES | • disaccharides n. Plural of disaccharide. • DISACCHARIDE n. any sugar that consists of two monosaccharide residues linked together. |
| HEPTADECANOIC | • heptadecanoic adj. Of or pertaining to heptadecanoic acid or its derivatives; margaric. • HEPTADECANOIC adj. as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid. |
| ORCHIDOMANIAC | • orchidomaniac n. A person who is passionate about collecting or raising orchids. • ORCHIDOMANIAC n. one with an excessive enthusiasm for orchids. |
| RADIOCHEMICAL | • radiochemical adj. (Physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to radiochemistry. • radiochemical adj. (Physics, chemistry) Describing a chemical change that is the result of ionizing radiation. • radiochemical n. (Chemistry) Any compound containing one of more atoms of a radioactive isotope; a radiolabel or radiotracer. |
| SCRATCHBOARDS | • scratchboards n. Plural of scratchboard. • SCRATCHBOARD n. a scraperboard. |
| TRISACCHARIDE | • trisaccharide n. (Biochemistry) An oligosaccharide consisting of three monosaccharide units joined together. • TRISACCHARIDE n. a sugar that yields on complete hydrolysis three monosaccharide molecules. |