| ACETYLCHOLINE | • acetylcholine n. (Biochemistry) A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline… • ACETYLCHOLINE n. a substance secreted at the ends of nerve fibres when they activate muscles. |
| ACQUIESCENTLY | • acquiescently adv. In an acquiescent manner. • ACQUIESCENT adv. inclined to acquiesce. |
| ACTINOMYCETES | • actinomycetes n. Plural of actinomycete. • ACTINOMYCETE n. a filamentous microorganism like both bacteria and fungi, also ACTINOMYCES. |
| COENENCHYMATA | • coenenchymata n. Plural of coenenchyma. • COENENCHYMA n. gelatinous material uniting the polyps of an anthozoan colony. |
| CYBERATTACKER | • cyberattacker n. (Internet) The perpetrator of a cyberattack. |
| CYBERNETICIAN | • cybernetician n. Cyberneticist. • CYBERNETICIAN n. a specialist in cybernetics. |
| CYCLANDELATES | • CYCLANDELATE n. a drug whose effect is to dilate the veins, etc., used to improve circulation e.g. in cerebrovascular disease. |
| CYCLOPENTANES | • cyclopentanes n. Plural of cyclopentane. • CYCLOPENTANE n. a colourless insoluble cycloalkane found in petroleum and used mainly as a solvent. |
| CYTOGENETICAL | • cytogenetical adj. Cytogenetic. • CYTOGENETICAL adj. relating to cytogenetics, also CYTOGENETIC. |
| ECCENTRICALLY | • eccentrically adv. In an eccentric manner. • ECCENTRICAL adv. (archaic) eccentric, also ECCENTRIC. |
| ECCLESIOLATRY | • ecclesiolatry n. Excessive dedication to the church as an institution, rather than to the religion it serves. • ECCLESIOLATRY n. excessive devotion to church tradition and form. |
| ECTOGENICALLY | • ECTOGENIC adv. relating to ectogeny, the effect of pollen on the tissues of a plant. |
| MYOELECTRICAL | • myoelectrical adj. Relating to myoelectricity. • MYOELECTRICAL adj. of, relating to, or utilizing electricity generated by muscle, also MYOELECTRIC. |
| OCTOCENTENARY | • octocentenary n. An eight-hundredth anniversary. • OCTOCENTENARY n. an eight-hundredth anniversary, also OCTINGENARY, OCTINGENTENARY. |
| OYSTERCATCHER | • oystercatcher n. Any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange… • OYSTERCATCHER n. a black and white wading bird, with red bill and feet, feeding on limpets and mussels (not oysters). |
| TETRACYCLINES | • tetracyclines n. Plural of tetracycline. • TETRACYCLINE n. a yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic produced by streptomyces or synthetically. |
| TRANSCENDENCY | • transcendency n. Transcendence. • transcendency n. (Obsolete) elevation above the truth; exaggeration. • TRANSCENDENCY n. transcendence, also TRANSCENDENCE. |