| ANTHRACYCLINE | • anthracycline n. (Pharmacology) any of a class of antibiotic, chemotherapeutic agents used to treat cancer. • ANTHRACYCLINE n. any of a class of antineoplastic drugs (as doxorubicin) derived from an actinomycete of the genus Streptomyces. |
| ARCHIDIACONAL | • archidiaconal adj. (Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) Pertaining to an archdeacon. • ARCHIDIACONAL adj. of or relating to an archdeacon. |
| BACCHANALIANS | • bacchanalians n. Plural of bacchanalian. • Bacchanalians n. Plural of Bacchanalian. • BACCHANALIAN n. a drunken reveller, also BACCHANAL. |
| BIOMECHANICAL | • biomechanical adj. Of or pertaining to biomechanics. • bio-mechanical adj. Alternative form of biomechanical. • bio-mechanical n. (Cycling) An injury. |
| CALYCANTHUSES | • calycanthuses n. Plural of calycanthus. • CALYCANTHUS n. the Carolina allspice or strawberry shrub, a North American shrub. |
| CATECHOLAMINE | • catecholamine n. (Biochemistry) Any of a class of aromatic amines derived from pyrocatechol that are hormones produced… • CATECHOLAMINE n. any of various amines, such as epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine, that function as hormones or neurotransmitters or both. |
| CHALCANTHITES | • chalcanthites n. Plural of chalcanthite. • CHALCANTHITE n. native hydrated copper sulphate, a blue triclinic mineral usually occurring as tabular crystals. |
| CHARLATANICAL | • charlatanical adj. Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; quackish. • CHARLATANICAL adj. of or like a charlatan, also CHARLATANIC, CHARLATANISTIC. |
| CHIROMANTICAL | • chiromantical adj. Of or pertaining to chiromancy. • CHIROMANTICAL adj. relating to chiromancy, also CHIROMANTIC. |
| COLLENCHYMATA | • COLLENCHYMA n. the supportive tissue of plants. |
| CYTOCHALASINS | • cytochalasins n. Plural of cytochalasin. • CYTOCHALASIN n. any of a group of metabolites isolated from fungi that inhibit various cell processes. |
| DIACATHOLICON | • diacatholicon n. (Medicine, dated) A universal remedy; a certain purgative electuary. • DIACATHOLICON n. (obsolete) a purgative electuary, the drug being mixed with honey or syrup. |
| MACHICOLATING | • machicolating v. Present participle of machicolate. • MACHICOLATE v. to furnish with machicolations. |
| MACHICOLATION | • machicolation n. (Architecture) An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery… • machicolation n. (Architecture) A projecting parapet with a series of such openings. • MACHICOLATION n. an opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal for shooting or dropping missiles upon assailants attacking the base of the walls. |
| MACRENCEPHALY | • macrencephaly n. The condition of having an enlarged brain, usually as a component of any of various congenital syndromes… • MACRENCEPHALY n. the condition of having an abnormally large brain, also MACRENCEPHALIA, MACROCEPHALIA. |
| MECHANICALISM | • MECHANICALISM n. the belief that phenomena are determined by physical forces. |
| MELANCHOLIACS | • melancholiacs n. Plural of melancholiac. • MELANCHOLIAC n. one suffering from melancholia. |
| MONARCHICALLY | • monarchically adv. In a monarchic or monarchical fashion. • MONARCHICAL adv. relating to monarchy, also MONARCHIAL. |
| NONMECHANICAL | • nonmechanical adj. Not mechanical. • NONMECHANICAL adj. not mechanical. |
| SYCOPHANTICAL | • sycophantical adj. Alternative form of sycophantic. • SYCOPHANTICAL adj. (obsolete) sycophantic, also SYCOPHANTIC. |