| ANTIMYCINS | • antimycins n. Plural of antimycin. • ANTIMYCIN n. a crystalline antibiotic used as a fungicide etc. |
| AXINOMANCY | • axinomancy n. (Rare) Divination by saws or axes. • AXINOMANCY n. divination using an axe or hatchet. |
| CALUMNYING | • calumnying v. Present participle of calumny. • CALUMNY v. to utter false charges calculated to damage another's reputation. |
| COMPANYING | • companying v. Present participle of company. • COMPANY v. to associate with. |
| DAUNOMYCIN | • daunomycin n. (Pharmacology) Alternative form of daunorubicin. • DAUNOMYCIN n. an antibiotic used in treatment of leukaemia. |
| HEMOCYANIN | • hemocyanin n. (Biochemistry) a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment (a metalloprotein) found in most molluscs… • HEMOCYANIN n. a colourless copper-containing respiratory pigment in the circulatory fluid of various arthropods and mollusks, also HAEMOCYANIN. |
| INNUMERACY | • innumeracy n. An ignorance of mathematics, or an inability to manipulate numbers. • INNUMERACY n. the state of being innumerate. |
| KANAMYCINS | • kanamycins n. Plural of kanamycin. • KANAMYCIN n. a broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from a Japanese soil streptomyces. |
| MALIGNANCY | • malignancy n. The state of being malignant or diseased. • malignancy n. A malignant cancer; specifically, any neoplasm that is invasive or otherwise not benign. • malignancy n. That which is malign; evil, depravity, malevolence. |
| MENACINGLY | • menacingly adv. In a menacing manner. • MENACING adv. MENACE, to threaten. |
| MENDICANCY | • mendicancy n. The act or state of being a mendicant. • MENDICANCY n. the practice of begging, also MENDICITY. |
| NIGROMANCY | • nigromancy n. (Now historical) Necromancy; magic involving death. • NIGROMANCY n. divination using black magic or the dead. |
| SANCTIMONY | • sanctimony n. A hypocritical form of excessive piety, considered to be an affectation merely for public show. • SANCTIMONY n. outward, affected, or simulated holiness. |
| VANCOMYCIN | • vancomycin n. (Pharmacology) A glycopeptide antibiotic C66H75Cl2N9O24 produced by the actinomycete Amycolaptosis orientalis… • VANCOMYCIN n. an antibiotic drug obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces orientalis, used against bacteria that are resistant to other antibiotics. |