| 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. |
| BRACHYDACTYLIC | • brachydactylic adj. Relating to brachydactyly. • BRACHYDACTYLIC adj. having abnormally short fingers and toes, also BRACHYDACTYL. |
| CALCIFICATIONS | • calcifications n. Plural of calcification. • CALCIFICATION n. the act of calcifying. |
| 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. |
| CYCLANTHACEOUS | • cyclanthaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae. • CYCLANTHACEOUS adj. belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a tropical South American family of plants related to the screw-pines. |
| 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. |
| NONACCEPTANCES | • nonacceptances n. Plural of nonacceptance. • NONACCEPTANCE n. lack of acceptance. |
| RECALCITRANCES | • recalcitrances n. Plural of recalcitrance. • RECALCITRANCE n. the state of being recalcitrant, also RECALCITRANCY. |
| STAPHYLOCOCCAL | • staphylococcal adj. Relating to staphylococcus. • STAPHYLOCOCCAL adj. relating to staphylococci. |