| ASCLEPIADACEOUS | • asclepiadaceous adj. (Botany) Relating to the milkweeds. • ASCLEPIADACEOUS adj. belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, the milkweed and swallowwort family. |
| AUTODIDACTICISM | • autodidacticism n. Self-education; self-directed learning. • AUTODIDACTICISM n. the state of being autodidactic. |
| AUTOSCHEDIASTIC | • autoschediastic adj. (Dated) impromptu, improvised, ex tempore or offhand. • AUTOSCHEDIASTIC adj. impromptu; on the spur of the moment. |
| BRACHYDACTYLOUS | • brachydactylous adj. (Zoology) Having abnormally short digits. • BRACHYDACTYLOUS adj. having short or stubby fingers. |
| CHENOPODIACEOUS | • chenopodiaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the family Chenopodiaceae (goosefoots) (now subfamily Chenopodioideae). • CHENOPODIACEOUS adj. belonging to the goosefoot family. |
| CHONDROCRANIUMS | • CHONDROCRANIUM n. the cartilaginous parts of an embryonic cranium. |
| CONDUPLICATIONS | • conduplications n. Plural of conduplication. • CONDUPLICATION n. the state of being conduplicate. |
| COTRANSDUCTIONS | • cotransductions n. Plural of cotransduction. • COTRANSDUCTION n. the process by which two genetic markers are simultaneously packaged within a bacteriophage for transfer to a new host bacterium. |
| DEFLOCCULATIONS | • deflocculations n. Plural of deflocculation. • DEFLOCCULATION n. the process of deflocculating. |
| DISCONTINUANCES | • discontinuances n. Plural of discontinuance. • DISCONTINUANCE n. the act or an instance of discontinuing. |
| DISCOUNTENANCED | • discountenanced v. Simple past tense and past participle of discountenance. • discountenanced adj. Deprecated. • discountenanced adj. Disliked. |
| DISCOUNTENANCES | • discountenances v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discountenance. • DISCOUNTENANCE v. to abash; to discourage. |
| DISENCUMBRANCES | • disencumbrances n. Plural of disencumbrance. • DISENCUMBRANCE n. the act of freeing from encumbrance. |
| SCRATCHBUILDERS | • SCRATCHBUILDER n. one who scratchbuilds, builds models from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
| SCRATCHBUILDING | • SCRATCHBUILD v. to build (usually models) from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |