| BACKSCRATCHERS | • backscratchers n. Plural of backscratcher. • back␣scratchers n. Plural of back scratcher. • BACKSCRATCHER n. a person who practises backscratching. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| SACROCOCCYGEAL | • sacrococcygeal adj. (Medicine) Having to do with the sacrum and coccyx. • SACROCOCCYGEAL adj. relating to the sacrum and the coccyx. |