| BACKSCRATCHES | • backscratches n. Plural of backscratch. • backscratches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backscratch. • BACKSCRATCH v. to scratch the back; (figurative) to do favours in return for favours, to engage in servile flattery. |
| CALYCANTHUSES | • calycanthuses n. Plural of calycanthus. • CALYCANTHUS n. the Carolina allspice or strawberry shrub, a North American shrub. |
| CHARACTERISES | • characterises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterise. • CHARACTERISE v. to give a character to, also CHARACTERIZE. |
| CHARACTERISMS | • characterisms n. Plural of characterism. • CHARACTERISM n. a characteristic. |
| CHARACTERLESS | • characterless adj. Having no distinguishing character or quality. • characterless adj. Lacking in or devoid of personality. • CHARACTERLESS adj. without a character. |
| CYTOCHALASINS | • cytochalasins n. Plural of cytochalasin. • CYTOCHALASIN n. any of a group of metabolites isolated from fungi that inhibit various cell processes. |
| DISACCHARIDES | • disaccharides n. Plural of disaccharide. • DISACCHARIDE n. any sugar that consists of two monosaccharide residues linked together. |
| PSYCHOMACHIAS | • psychomachias n. Plural of psychomachia. • PSYCHOMACHIA n. conflict of the soul. |
| SACCHAROMYCES | • saccharomyces n. Any of many single-celled fungi of the genus Saccharomyces, which lack a true mycelium; especially the yeasts. • Saccharomyces prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Saccharomycetaceae – many yeasts, especially those involved in fermentation. • SACCHAROMYCES n. any of a genus of usually unicellular yeasts. |
| SCHISMATICALS | • schismaticals n. Plural of schismatical. • SCHISMATICAL n. a person who causes a schism. |
| SCHIZAEACEOUS | • schizaeaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the family Schizaeaceae of mostly tropical ferns. • SCHIZAEACEOUS adj. belonging to the Schizaeaceae, a tropical genus of ferns. |
| SCHOLASTICATE | • scholasticate n. A college for Roman Catholic scholastics planning to enter a religious order or seminary; The studies… • SCHOLASTICATE n. a preparatory college for those intending to enter Catholic order. |
| SCRATCHBOARDS | • scratchboards n. Plural of scratchboard. • SCRATCHBOARD n. a scraperboard. |
| SCRATCHPLATES | • scratchplates n. Plural of scratchplate. • SCRATCHPLATE n. a plastic or metal plate attached to the front of a guitar to protect it from pick scratches. |
| SUPRACHIASMIC | • SUPRACHIASMIC adj. above the chiasm (esp. in suprachiasmic nucleus, a small area in the hypothalamus thought to regulate the biological clock). |
| THALASSOCRACY | • thalassocracy n. A state whose power derives from its naval or commercial supremacy on the seas. • thalassocracy n. Maritime supremacy. • THALASSOCRACY n. sovereignty of the seas, also THALATTOCRACY. |