| BACKSCRATCHING | • backscratching v. Present participle of backscratch. • BACKSCRATCHING n. the act of scratching another's back. |
| 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. |
| CACOPHONICALLY | • cacophonically adv. In a cacophonous manner; in a manner that produces harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds. • CACOPHONICAL adv. of or like a cacophony, also CACOPHONIC, CACOPHONIOUS, CACOPHONOUS. |
| CALCIFICATIONS | • calcifications n. Plural of calcification. • CALCIFICATION n. the act of calcifying. |
| CARCINOLOGICAL | • carcinological adj. Of or pertaining to carcinology. • CARCINOLOGICAL adj. related to carcinology. |
| CARCINOSARCOMA | • carcinosarcoma n. (Oncology) Any malignant neoplasm that has characteristics of both a carcinoma and a sarcoma. • CARCINOSARCOMA n. a kind of tumour. |
| CARDIOTHORACIC | • cardiothoracic adj. (Medicine, anatomy) Of or pertaining to both the heart and the chest. • CARDIOTHORACIC adj. relating to, involving, or specializing in the heart and chest. |
| CATACHRESTICAL | • catachrestical adj. Catachrestic. • CATACHRESTICAL adj. relating to catachresis, the misuse of words, also CATACHRESTIC. |
| CATECHETICALLY | • catechetically adv. In a catechetical manner; by question and answer. • CATECHETICAL adv. relating to catechism, also CATECHETIC. |
| CATECHUMENICAL | • catechumenical adj. Of or pertaining to catechumens. • CATECHUMENICAL adj. of or like a catechumen, also CATECHUMENAL. |
| CHARACTERISTIC | • characteristic adj. Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing. • characteristic n. A distinguishing feature of a person or thing. • characteristic n. (Mathematics) The integer part of a logarithm. |
| CONTRACYCLICAL | • contracyclical adj. (Economics) Tending to counteract the effects of the business cycle. • CONTRACYCLICAL adj. of an economic policy, offsetting fluctuation cycles in the economy by reducing taxes during a recession and raising them during a boom. |
| CYCLOALIPHATIC | • cycloaliphatic adj. (Organic chemistry) Relating to a cycloalkane or a cycloalkyl radical. • CYCLOALIPHATIC adj. denoting organic compounds that are both aliphatic and cyclic, i.e. aliphatic in chemical behaviour but having their carbon atoms in a ring, also ALICYCLIC. |
| ECCLESIASTICAL | • ecclesiastical adj. Of or pertaining to the church. • ECCLESIASTICAL adj. of or relating to a church esp. as an established institution, also ECCLESIASTIC. |
| GYNAECOCRACIES | • gynaecocracies n. Plural of gynaecocracy. • GYNAECOCRACY n. government by women, also GYNECOCRACY. |
| HYPERCALCAEMIC | • hypercalcaemic adj. Alternative form of hypercalcemic. • HYPERCALCAEMIC adj. relating to hypercalcaemia, an excess of calcium in the blood. |
| RECALCITRANCES | • recalcitrances n. Plural of recalcitrance. • RECALCITRANCE n. the state of being recalcitrant, also RECALCITRANCY. |
| SCAPHOCEPHALIC | • scaphocephalic adj. (Anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or affected with scaphocephaly. • SCAPHOCEPHALIC n. someone having an abnormally long narrow skull. |