| ABSTRICT | • abstrict v. (Transitive, biology, mycology) To cut off, as in abstriction; abjoint. • ABSTRICT v. to set free spores etc. by constriction of the stalk. |
| ACERBITY | • acerbity n. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit. • acerbity n. Harshness, bitterness, or severity. • acerbity n. (Countable) Something harsh (e.g. a remark, act or experience). |
| BACTERIA | • bacteria n. Plural of bacterium. • bacteria n. (US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium. • bacteria n. (US, proscribed) Alternative form of bacterium. |
| BACTERIC | • bacteric adj. Of or relating to bacteria. • BACTERIC adj. of bacteria. |
| BACTERIN | • bacterin n. A suspension of killed or attenuated bacteria for use as a vaccine. • BACTERIN n. a vaccine derived from dead bacteria. |
| BORACITE | • boracite n. (Mineralogy) A mixed chloride and borate of magnesium that occurs as a white to green crystalline evaporite… • BORACITE n. a compound of magnesium usually occurring as greyish-white cubic crystals. |
| BRATTICE | • brattice n. (Mining) A wooden partition in a coal mine. • brattice n. (Historical) A wooden structure used for attack or defence, such as an archery tower, or a penthouse… • brattice v. (Transitive) To divide into partitions of this kind. |
| BRICKBAT | • brickbat n. A piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club. • brickbat n. (Figurative) A criticism or uncomplimentary remark. • brickbat v. (Transitive) To attack by throwing brickbats. |
| CATBIRDS | • catbirds n. Plural of catbird. • cat␣birds n. Plural of cat bird. • CATBIRD n. an American bird allied to the mocking bird, whose note resembles at times the mewing of a cat. |
| CATBRIAR | • CATBRIAR n. a thorny shrub, also CATBRIER. |
| CATBRIER | • CATBRIER n. a thorny vine, also CATBRIAR. |
| CRIBRATE | • cribrate adj. Cribriform. • CRIBRATE adj. perforated like a sieve, also CRIBROUS, CRIBROSE. |
| CROWBAIT | • crowbait n. (US, often attributive) An old, emaciated horse. • CROWBAIT n. an old horse. |
| RABIETIC | • rabietic adj. (Dated) rabid; affected with rabies. • RABIETIC adj. suffering from rabies, an infectious viral disease. |
| TRIBADIC | • tribadic adj. Relating to tribadism. • TRIBADIC adj. relating to tribadism, lesbianism. |
| TRIBASIC | • tribasic adj. (Chemistry, of an acid) containing three replaceable hydrogen atoms. • tribasic adj. (Chemistry, of a salt) having three atoms of a univalent metal. • TRIBASIC adj. having three replaceable hydrogen atoms. |
| TRIBRACH | • tribrach n. (Prosody) A metrical foot consisting of three short syllables. • tribrach n. A figure or object having three arms or branches. • TRIBRACH n. a poetic foot of three short syllables. |
| UMBRATIC | • umbratic adj. Of or relating to the shade or darkness; shadowy. • UMBRATIC adj. of or pertaining to the shade or darkness, also UMBRATICAL. |