| ACCOUNTABILITY | • accountability n. The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation;… • accountability n. An open determination of one’s responsibility for something and imposition of consequences. • accountability n. Good-faith acceptance of one’s responsibility for something and of its consequences. |
| BACTERICIDALLY | • bactericidally adv. In a bactericidal manner. • BACTERICIDAL adv. destroying bacteria. |
| BRACHYCEPHALIC | • brachycephalic adj. (Of a person or animal) Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right). • brachycephalic n. A brachycephalic person or creature. • BRACHYCEPHALIC adj. short-headed, esp. having a skull whose breadth is 80 per cent or more of its length. |
| BRACHYDACTYLIC | • brachydactylic adj. Relating to brachydactyly. • BRACHYDACTYLIC adj. having abnormally short fingers and toes, also BRACHYDACTYL. |
| CAMPYLOBACTERS | • campylobacters n. Plural of campylobacter. • CAMPYLOBACTER n. a bacterium that is a common cause of gastroenteritis in humans, and also of abortion in cattle and sheep. |
| COCARBOXYLASES | • cocarboxylases n. Plural of cocarboxylase. • COCARBOXYLASE n. a coenzyme that is a pyrophosphate of thiamine and is important in metabolic reactions. |
| CORYNEBACTERIA | • corynebacteria n. Plural of corynebacterium. • CORYNEBACTERIUM n. a bacterium that causes e.g. diphtheria. |
| CYANOBACTERIAL | • cyanobacterial adj. (Biology) Of or pertaining to the cyanobacteria. |
| CYANOBACTERIUM | • cyanobacterium n. (Biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once… • CYANOBACTERIUM n. a blue-green alga. |
| CYANOCOBALAMIN | • cyanocobalamin n. (Biochemistry) A synthetic form of vitamin B12 (cobalamin). • CYANOCOBALAMIN n. vitamin B12, which has a large and complicated molecule, in one form including a cyanide group, in all forms including a cobalt atom, also CYANOCOBALAMINE. |
| CYBERATTACKERS | • cyberattackers n. Plural of cyberattacker. |
| DODECASYLLABIC | • dodecasyllabic adj. Of twelve syllables. • DODECASYLLABIC adj. of a line of verse, having twelve syllables. |
| HYPERCATABOLIC | • hypercatabolic adj. Relating to, or exhibiting, hypercatabolism. |
| PRACTICABILITY | • practicability n. The state of being practicable; feasibility. • PRACTICABILITY n. the state of being practicable. |