| ABDUCTION | • abduction n. Leading away; a carrying away. • abduction n. (Anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or… • abduction n. (Logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. |
| BINOCULAR | • binocular adj. Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance. • binocular n. Attributive form of binoculars. • binocular n. A pair of binoculars. |
| BUOYANCES | • buoyances n. Plural of buoyance. • BUOYANCE n. the tendency to float, also BUOYANCY. |
| CARBONIUM | • carbonium n. (Dated, chemistry, deprecated) Any of several organic cations; carbocation or carbenium. • CARBONIUM n. a type of positively charged organic ion. |
| CARBONOUS | • carbonous adj. Of, relating to, or containing carbon. • CARBONOUS adj. containing carbon. |
| CASEBOUND | • casebound adj. (Of a book) hardcover (attributive). • CASEBOUND adj. of a book, bound in stiff covers. |
| CLUBWOMAN | • clubwoman n. (Dated) A woman who is a member of a club. • CLUBWOMAN n. a female member of a club. |
| CONNUBIAL | • connubial adj. Of or relating to the state of being married. • CONNUBIAL adj. of or relating to marriage. |
| CONURBIAS | • conurbias n. Plural of conurbia. • CONURBIA n. conurbations considered as a class. |
| COUNTABLE | • countable adj. Capable of being counted; having a quantity. • countable adj. (Mathematics, of a set) finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection)… • countable adj. (Mathematics, of a set) Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers. |
| COUNTABLY | • countably adv. In a countable manner; in a way that can be counted. • countably adv. (Mathematics) In a way that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof. • COUNTABLE adv. that can be counted, also COMPTABLE, COMPTIBLE. |
| COUNTBACK | • countback n. (Sports) A procedure used to determine which of two equal finishers is the winner, based on past performance. • COUNTBACK n. a system of deciding the winner of a tied competition by comparing earlier points or scores. |
| COWABUNGA | • cowabunga interj. (Slang, originally US, usually humorous) Expressing amazement, enthusiasm, or joy. • COWABUNGA interj. an interjection used to express delight or satisfaction. |
| INCUBATOR | • incubator n. (Chemistry) Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction. • incubator n. (Medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby. • incubator n. An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs. |
| OBSCURANT | • obscurant adj. Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure. • obscurant adj. Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic. • obscurant n. One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist. |
| SUBACTION | • subaction n. (Obsolete) The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies completely. • subaction n. An action that makes up part of a more complex action. • SUBACTION n. the act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies completely. |
| SUBCANTOR | • subcantor n. Synonym of succentor. • SUBCANTOR n. a subordinate cantor, a singer; esp. the leader of a church choir. |
| SUBDEACON | • subdeacon n. (Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic clerical rank in the major orders below that of a deacon. • subdeacon n. (Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass and normally… • subdeacon n. (Eastern Christianity) The highest of the minor orders below that of a deacon. |