| ABRICOCKS | • abricocks n. Plural of abricock. • ABRICOCK n. (obsolete) an apricot, also APRICOCK. |
| ACROBATIC | • acrobatic adj. Of or pertaining to an acrobat. • acrobatic adj. Vigorously active (Can we add an example for this sense?). • ACROBATIC adj. like an acrobat, agile. |
| BACCIFORM | • bacciform adj. Having the form of a berry. • BACCIFORM adj. shaped like a berry. |
| BACKCOURT | • backcourt n. (Chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building. • backcourt n. (Basketball) A team’s defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team’s basket… • BACKCOURT n. in lawn tennis, that part of the court lying behind the service line. |
| BACKCROSS | • backcross v. (Genetics) To cross a hybrid with one of its parents. • backcross n. (Genetics) The act of crossing a hybrid with one of its parents. • backcross n. (Genetics) An organism produced by such a crossing. |
| CABOCEERS | • caboceers n. Plural of caboceer. • CABOCEER n. (Portuguese) a West African headman. |
| CARBACHOL | • carbachol n. (Pharmacology) A synthetic parasympathomimetic drug C6H15N2O2+ that is used in veterinary medicine and… • CARBACHOL n. a synthetic drug used to disperse fluids, e.g. urine, retained in the body. |
| CARBOLICS | • carbolics n. Plural of carbolic. • CARBOLIC n. an acidic compound. |
| CORBICULA | • corbicula n. (Entomology) A bee’s pollen basket; in honeybees and close relatives, the corbiculae are located on… • corbicula n. Plural of corbiculum. • Corbicula prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyrenidae – certain basket clams. |
| CROOKBACK | • crookback n. A crooked back, or a person with such a back; a hunchback. • CROOKBACK n. (Shakespeare) a hunchback. |
| CRYOCABLE | • CRYOCABLE n. a highly conducting electric cable cooled with a refrigerant. |
| MOBOCRACY | • mobocracy n. Rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); a mob as a politically powerful force. • MOBOCRACY n. government by mobs or crowds. |