| ABBREVIATORY | • abbreviatory adj. Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging. • ABBREVIATORY adj. serving to abbreviate. |
| ARCHEOBOTANY | • archeobotany n. Alternative form of archaeobotany. • ARCHEOBOTANY n. the analysis and interpretation of plant remains found at archaeological sites, also ARCHAEOBOTANY. |
| BEHAVIORALLY | • behaviorally adv. With respect to behavior. • BEHAVIORAL adv. (US) relating to behaviour, also BEHAVIOURAL. |
| CARBOHYDRASE | • carbohydrase n. (Biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of polysaccharides into simple sugars. • CARBOHYDRASE n. any of a group of enzymes (as amylase) that promote hydrolysis or synthesis of a carbohydrate (as a disaccharide). |
| CARBOHYDRATE | • carbohydrate n. (Organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant. • carbohydrate n. (Colloquial, by extension, metonymically) Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates. • CARBOHYDRATE n. a compound of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen; extended to similar compounds, the sugars and starches which form the main source of energy in food. |
| CARBONYLATED | • carbonylated adj. Subjected to carbonylation. • CARBONYLATE v. to introduce the carbonyl group into. |
| CARBONYLATES | • carbonylates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carbonylate. • CARBONYLATE v. to introduce the carbonyl group into. |
| CARBOXYLASES | • carboxylases n. Plural of carboxylase. • CARBOXYLASE n. an enzyme that catalyzes decarboxylation or carboxylation. |
| CARBOXYLATED | • carboxylated v. Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate. • carboxylated adj. (Chemistry) Converted into a carboxylic acid, normally by the oxidation of an alcohol or aldehyde. • CARBOXYLATE v. to introduce carboxyl or carbon dioxide into (a compound) with formation of a carboxylic acid. |
| CARBOXYLATES | • carboxylates n. Plural of carboxylate. • CARBOXYLATE v. to introduce carboxyl or carbon dioxide into (a compound) with formation of a carboxylic acid. |
| DEAMBULATORY | • deambulatory n. (Dated) A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory. • deambulatory adj. Going about from place to place; wandering. • DEAMBULATORY n. a place for walking around or about in. |
| MYCOBACTERIA | • mycobacteria n. Plural of mycobacterium. • MYCOBACTERIUM n. any of a genus of bacteria that includes the pathogens causing tuberculosis and leprosy. |
| NONREPAYABLE | • nonrepayable adj. Not repayable. • non-repayable adj. Alternative form of nonrepayable. • NONREPAYABLE adj. not repayable. |
| REPROACHABLY | • reproachably adv. In a reproachable manner. • REPROACHABLE adv. worthy of reproach. |
| UNREASONABLY | • unreasonably adv. In an unreasonable manner. • unreasonably adv. To an unreasonable degree. • UNREASONABLE adv. not governed by or acting according to reason. |
| WHATABOUTERY | • whataboutery n. Protesting at hypocrisy; responding to criticism by accusing one’s opponent of similar or worse faults. • whataboutery n. Protesting at inconsistency; refusing to act in one instance unless similar action is taken in other… • WHATABOUTERY n. (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past. |