| ARCHDUCHESSES | • archduchesses n. Plural of archduchess. • ARCHDUCHESS n. the wife or widow of an archduke. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| CHECKERBOARDS | • checkerboards n. Plural of checkerboard. • CHECKERBOARD n. a board used in various games (as checkers) with usually 64 squares in 2 alternating colors. |
| CHURCHWARDENS | • churchwardens n. Plural of churchwarden. • CHURCHWARDEN n. one of two lay parish officers in Anglican churches with responsibility esp. for parish property and alms. |
| COACHBUILDERS | • coachbuilders n. Plural of coachbuilder. • COACHBUILDER n. a craftsman who builds the bodies of cars, lorries, railway carriages, etc. |
| CYBERCHONDRIA | • cyberchondria n. Anxiety concerning one’s health, caused by visiting medical websites. • CYBERCHONDRIA n. unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites. |
| DICHLORACETIC | • DICHLORACETIC adj. as in dichloracetic acid. |
| DISACCHARIDES | • disaccharides n. Plural of disaccharide. • DISACCHARIDE n. any sugar that consists of two monosaccharide residues linked together. |
| HYDROCEPHALIC | • hydrocephalic adj. Hydrocephalous. • hydrocephalic n. A person who has hydrocephalus. • HYDROCEPHALIC adj. relating to hydrocephaly, also HYDROCEPHALOUS. |
| HYDROCRACKERS | • hydrocrackers n. Plural of hydrocracker. • HYDROCRACKER n. one engaged in hydrocracking. |
| HYDROXYACETIC | • HYDROXYACETIC adj. as in hydroxyacetic acid, another name for glycolic acid. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| WEATHERCOCKED | • weathercocked v. Simple past tense and past participle of weathercock. • WEATHERCOCK v. to serve as a weathercock for. |