| 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. |
| 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. |
| CLAVICHORDIST | • clavichordist n. Someone who plays the clavichord. • CLAVICHORDIST n. one who plays the clavichord. |
| 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. |
| DIACHRONISTIC | • DIACHRONISTIC adj. relating to diachronism, the study of a subject, esp. a language, through its historical development. |
| DICHLORACETIC | • DICHLORACETIC adj. as in dichloracetic acid. |
| 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. |
| HOMOSCEDASTIC | • homoscedastic adj. (Statistics) Having the same finite variance for all elements. • HOMOSCEDASTIC adj. of equal scatter or variation; having equal variances. |
| HYDROTHORACIC | • hydrothoracic adj. Relating to hydrothorax. • HYDROTHORACIC adj. of or like hydrothorax, water liquid in the pleural cavity. |
| HYDROXYACETIC | • HYDROXYACETIC adj. as in hydroxyacetic acid, another name for glycolic acid. |
| SCRATCHBOARDS | • scratchboards n. Plural of scratchboard. • SCRATCHBOARD n. a scraperboard. |
| SCRATCHBUILDS | • SCRATCHBUILD v. to build (usually models) from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
| TECHNICALISED | • TECHNICALISE v. to give a technical slant to, also TECHNICALIZE. |
| TECHNICALIZED | • technicalized v. Simple past tense and past participle of technicalize. • TECHNICALIZE v. to give a technical slant to, also TECHNICALISE. |
| 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. |
| WEATHERCOCKED | • weathercocked v. Simple past tense and past participle of weathercock. • WEATHERCOCK v. to serve as a weathercock for. |