| ABSTRACTNESS | • abstractness n. The quality of being abstract. • ABSTRACTNESS n. the quality of being abstract. |
| ANTIDIABETIC | • antidiabetic adj. (Pharmacology) Countering diabetes. • antidiabetic n. (Pharmacology) Any drug that counters diabetes. • ANTIDIABETIC n. a drug which acts against diabetes. |
| BESCATTERING | • bescattering v. Present participle of bescatter. • BESCATTER v. (archaic) to scatter over. |
| BETACAROTENE | • betacarotene n. (Pharmacology) The international nonproprietary name of beta-carotene when used as a drug. • beta-carotene n. (Biochemistry) A plant pigment that is an isomer of carotene, found in dark green and dark yellow vegetables… • beta␣carotene n. Alternative spelling of beta-carotene. |
| CARBONATITES | • carbonatites n. Plural of carbonatite. • CARBONATITE n. any igneous rock composed chiefly of carbonates rather than silicates. |
| CARBURETTING | • carburetting v. Present participle of carburet. • CARBURET v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURATE. |
| CELEBUTANTES | • celebutantes n. Plural of celebutante. • CELEBUTANTE n. a young woman from a wealthy background who becomes a celebrity. |
| 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. |
| CONTRASTABLE | • contrastable adj. Capable of being contrasted (with something else); admitting contrast. • CONTRASTABLE adj. able to be contrasted. |
| COUNTERBLAST | • counterblast n. A work that strongly refutes or criticises another. • COUNTERBLAST n. a defiant pronouncement or denunciation. |
| INDETECTABLE | • indetectable adj. Not detectable. • INDETECTABLE adj. that cannot be detected, also INDETECTIBLE. |
| OBSTETRICIAN | • obstetrician n. (Medicine) A physician who specializes in childbirth. • OBSTETRICIAN n. one who specialises in the care of women during pregnancy. |
| SCATTERBRAIN | • scatterbrain n. A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person. • SCATTERBRAIN n. a giddy heedless person. |
| TABEFACTIONS | • tabefactions n. Plural of tabefaction. • TABEFACTION n. wasting away, emaciation. |
| TECTIBRANCHS | • tectibranchs n. Plural of tectibranch. • TECTIBRANCH n. any member of the Tectibranchiata, molluscs including sea-slugs. |
| UNDETECTABLE | • undetectable adj. Unable to be detected; not detectable. • UNDETECTABLE adj. not detectable. |
| UNDETECTABLY | • undetectably adv. In an undetectable way. |