| ANTISCORBUTIC | • antiscorbutic adj. (Pharmacology) preventing or curing scurvy. • antiscorbutic n. (Pharmacology) A medicine that prevents or cures scurvy. • ANTISCORBUTIC adj. preventive of scurvy, esp. applied to vitamin C or food containing it. |
| BACKCOUNTRIES | • backcountries n. Plural of backcountry. • BACKCOUNTRY n. a remote rural region. |
| BRASSICACEOUS | • brassicaceous adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling cabbage or other brassicas. • BRASSICACEOUS adj. belonging to the brassica family. |
| BUCCANEERINGS | • buccaneerings n. Plural of buccaneering. • BUCCANEERING n. acting as a buccaneer. |
| BUREAUCRACIES | • bureaucracies n. Plural of bureaucracy. • BUREAUCRACY n. a body of nonelective government officials. |
| CHLORAMBUCILS | • CHLORAMBUCIL n. an oral drug used to treat some cancers, e.g. cancer of the ovary and leukaemia. |
| CIRCUMAMBAGES | • circumambages n. Instances of indirectness or deviousness in speaking or writing: circumlocutions. • CIRCUMAMBAGES n. roundabout methods of speech. |
| CIRCUMAMBIENT | • circumambient adj. Including all aspects of; encompassing. • circumambient adj. Surrounding. • circumambient adv. In a circumambient manner. |
| COACHBUILDERS | • coachbuilders n. Plural of coachbuilder. • COACHBUILDER n. a craftsman who builds the bodies of cars, lorries, railway carriages, etc. |
| CONCUBINARIES | • CONCUBINARY n. a concubine. |
| INCUMBRANCERS | • incumbrancers n. Plural of incumbrancer. • INCUMBRANCER n. a person who holds an encumbrance on property belonging to another, also ENCUMBRANCER. |
| MYCOBACTERIUM | • mycobacterium n. (Bacteriology) Any of many rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, of the genus Mycobacterium, that cause diseases… • Mycobacterium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Mycobacteriaceae – certain rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, that cause… • MYCOBACTERIUM n. any of a genus of bacteria that includes the pathogens causing tuberculosis and leprosy. |
| SCORBUTICALLY | • SCORBUTIC adv. pertaining to or afflicted with scurvy. |
| SCRATCHBUILDS | • SCRATCHBUILD v. to build (usually models) from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
| SCROBICULATED | • scrobiculated adj. Alternative form of scrobiculate. • SCROBICULATED adj. marked with many shallow depressions, grooves, or pits, also SCROBICULATE. |
| SUBCLAVICULAR | • subclavicular adj. Beneath the clavicle. • SUBCLAVICULAR adj. situated below the clavicle. |
| SUBCORIACEOUS | • subcoriaceous adj. Slightly leathery. • SUBCORIACEOUS adj. situated below the corium. |
| UNPRACTICABLE | • unpracticable adj. Not practicable. • UNPRACTICABLE adj. not practicable. |