| ACCREDITATION | • accreditation n. The giving of credentials. • accreditation n. The act of accrediting. • accreditation n. (Education) The granting of approval to an institution of higher learning by an official review board… |
| ACIDIMETRICAL | • acidimetrical adj. Alternative form of acidimetric. • ACIDIMETRICAL adj. relating to acidimetry, the measurement of the strength of acids. |
| ADULARESCENCE | • adularescence n. The optical phenomenon, exhibited by some specimens (moonstones) of the mineral adularia, of exhibiting… • ADULARESCENCE n. the quality of being adularescent, having or emitting a milky or bluish iridescence. |
| BACKSCATTERED | • backscattered v. Past participle of backscatter. • BACKSCATTER v. to scatter in this way. |
| BACKSCRATCHED | • backscratched v. Simple past tense and past participle of backscratch. • BACKSCRATCH v. to scratch the back; (figurative) to do favours in return for favours, to engage in servile flattery. |
| BACTERIOCIDAL | • bacteriocidal adj. Alternative form of bactericidal. |
| CACKERMANDERS | • CACKERMANDER n. (dialect) a friend. |
| CHARACTERISED | • characterised v. Simple past tense and past participle of characterise. • CHARACTERISE v. to give a character to, also CHARACTERIZE. |
| CHARACTERIZED | • characterized v. Simple past tense and past participle of characterize. • CHARACTERIZE v. to describe the character or quality of, also CHARACTERISE. |
| CLAIRAUDIENCE | • clairaudience n. (Parapsychology) The power to perceive auditory stimuli beyond the realm of normal hearing. • CLAIRAUDIENCE n. the ability to hear sounds not actually present, as spirit communications, etc. |
| CLAPPERCLAWED | • clapperclawed v. Simple past tense and past participle of clapperclaw. • CLAPPERCLAW v. (archaic) to claw or scratch. |
| DEXTROCARDIAC | • dextrocardiac n. One who has the heart on the right-hand side of the body. • DEXTROCARDIAC n. a person who has dextrocardia, a condition in which the heart is on the right-hand side of the chest. |
| DISACCHARIDES | • disaccharides n. Plural of disaccharide. • DISACCHARIDE n. any sugar that consists of two monosaccharide residues linked together. |
| PEDANTOCRATIC | • pedantocratic adj. Promoting or relating to pedantocracy. • PEDANTOCRATIC adj. relating to pedantocracy, government by pedants. |
| RADIOCHEMICAL | • radiochemical adj. (Physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to radiochemistry. • radiochemical adj. (Physics, chemistry) Describing a chemical change that is the result of ionizing radiation. • radiochemical n. (Chemistry) Any compound containing one of more atoms of a radioactive isotope; a radiolabel or radiotracer. |
| REACCELERATED | • reaccelerated adj. Accelerated again. • REACCELERATE v. to accelerate again. |
| RECALCITRATED | • recalcitrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of recalcitrate. • RECALCITRATE v. to show strong objection to. |
| TRISACCHARIDE | • trisaccharide n. (Biochemistry) An oligosaccharide consisting of three monosaccharide units joined together. • TRISACCHARIDE n. a sugar that yields on complete hydrolysis three monosaccharide molecules. |