| BACKCOURTMEN | • backcourtmen n. Plural of backcourtman. • BACKCOURTMAN n. a guard on a basketball team. |
| BACTERIOCIDE | • bacteriocide n. Alternative form of bactericide. |
| BACTERIOCINS | • bacteriocins n. Plural of bacteriocin. • BACTERIOCIN n. an antibiotic (as colicin) produced by bacteria. |
| BIOTECHNICAL | • biotechnical adj. Of or pertaining to biotechnology. • BIOTECHNICAL adj. of or relating to biotechnology. |
| BLASTOCOELIC | • blastocoelic adj. Relating to a blastocoel. • BLASTOCOELIC adj. of or like a blastocoel. |
| BRECCIATIONS | • brecciations n. Plural of brecciation. • BRECCIATION n. the process of forming breccia. |
| CACTOBLASTES | • CACTOBLASTIS n. a moth introduced into Australia as a biological control for the prickly pear. |
| COENOBITICAL | • coenobitical adj. Synonym of cenobitic. • cœnobitical adj. Obsolete spelling of cenobitical. • COENOBITICAL adj. of or like a coenobite. |
| COLLECTABLES | • collectables n. Plural of collectable. • COLLECTABLE n. something worth collecting, also COLLECTIBLE. |
| CONCELEBRANT | • concelebrant n. One who concelebrates. • CONCELEBRANT n. one that concelebrates a Eucharist or Mass. |
| CONCELEBRATE | • concelebrate v. To celebrate along with others. • concelebrate v. (Of a newly ordained priest) To celebrate a mass along with the bishop who ordained him. • CONCELEBRATE v. to jointly recite the canon of the Eucharist in unison with others. |
| CONTABESCENT | • contabescent adj. Wasting away gradually. • CONTABESCENT adj. wasting away; atrophied. |
| CONTRACTABLE | • contractable adj. Capable of being contracted (in various senses). • CONTRACTABLE adj. that can be contracted, also CONTRACTIBLE. |
| CONTRACTIBLE | • contractible adj. Capable of contraction. • contractible adj. (Mathematics) (of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation. • CONTRACTIBLE adj. that can be contracted, also CONTRACTABLE. |
| COUNTERBRACE | • counterbrace v. (Nautical, transitive) To brace in opposite directions. • counterbrace v. (Engineering, transitive) To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted. • COUNTERBRACE v. to brace or fasten (the head-yards and after-yards) in opposite ways. |
| MYCOBACTERIA | • mycobacteria n. Plural of mycobacterium. • MYCOBACTERIUM n. any of a genus of bacteria that includes the pathogens causing tuberculosis and leprosy. |
| SCROBICULATE | • scrobiculate adj. (Botany) Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted. • SCROBICULATE adj. marked with many shallow depressions, grooves, or pits, also SCROBICULATED. |