| ACCOUNTANCY | • accountancy n. (Uncountable, Britain, New Zealand, often Philippines, accounting) The function of compiling and providing… • accountancy n. (Countable, accounting) A company or organisation that performs such a function. • ACCOUNTANCY n. the profession or practice of accounting. |
| ACCUMBENCY | • accumbency n. (Rare) The state of being accumbent or reclining. • ACCUMBENCY n. the state of being accumbent or reclining. |
| ACCURACY | • accuracy n. The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness. • accuracy n. Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value. • ACCURACY n. exactness. |
| CIRCUMAMBIENCY | • circumambiency n. The condition of being circumambient. • CIRCUMAMBIENCY n. the act of going round, encompassing, also CIRCUMAMBIENCE. |
| CIRCUMJACENCY | • circumjacency n. An area circumjacent to another; surroundings, environs. • CIRCUMJACENCY n. the state of being circumjacent, lying around. |
| CONCUBITANCY | • CONCUBITANCY n. a custom by which marriage between certain persons is obligatory. |
| COUNTERCYCLICAL | • countercyclical adj. (Public policy) Dampening the cyclical fluctuations due to the business cycle in an economy. • countercyclical adj. (Economics) Moving in the direction opposite to that of the overall state of an economy. • COUNTERCYCLICAL adj. calculated to check excessive developments in a business cycle. |
| CYCADACEOUS | • cycadaceous adj. (Botany) Relating to, or resembling, the Cycadaceae, a family of plants like the palms but with exogenous wood. • CYCADACEOUS adj. belonging to the cycad family. |
| 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. |
| INACCURACY | • inaccuracy n. (Uncountable) The property of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy. • inaccuracy n. (Countable) A statement, passage etc. that is inaccurate or false. • inaccuracy n. (Uncountable) Incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision. |
| OCCUPANCY | • occupancy n. The act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant. • occupancy n. The period of time during which someone rents or otherwise occupies certain land or premises. • occupancy n. The specific use to which something occupied is put. |
| PREOCCUPANCY | • preoccupancy n. The act or right of taking possession before another. • PREOCCUPANCY n. an act or the right of taking possession before another. |
| PSYCHOACOUSTIC | • psychoacoustic adj. Of or pertaining to psychoacoustics. • PSYCHOACOUSTIC adj. relating to psychoacoustics. |
| PSYCHOACOUSTICS | • psychoacoustics n. The scientific study of all the psychological interactions between humans and the world of sound; includes… • PSYCHOACOUSTICS n. a branch of science dealing with the perception of sound, the sensations produced by sounds, and the problems of communication. |
| STAPHYLOCOCCUS | • staphylococcus n. A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia… • Staphylococcus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylococcaceae – the staphylococcus bacteria. • STAPHYLOCOCCUS n. a bacteria causing infection in wounds etc. |