| BACCALAUREATES | • baccalaureates n. Plural of baccalaureate. • BACCALAUREATE n. a set of examinations intended to qualify successful candidates for higher education in any of several countries. |
| BANCASSURANCES | • BANCASSURANCE n. the provision of financial services spanning both banking and insurance. |
| CIRCUMAMBIENCE | • circumambience n. The condition of being circumambient. • CIRCUMAMBIENCE n. the act of going round, encompassing, also CIRCUMAMBIENCY. |
| CIRCUMAMBIENCY | • circumambiency n. The condition of being circumambient. • CIRCUMAMBIENCY n. the act of going round, encompassing, also CIRCUMAMBIENCE. |
| CIRCUMAMBULATE | • circumambulate v. (Transitive) To walk around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose. • CIRCUMAMBULATE v. to circle on foot esp. ritualistically. |
| COUNTERBALANCE | • counterbalance n. (Literally) A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance. • counterbalance n. (Figuratively) A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one. • counterbalance v. (Transitive) To apply weight in order to balance an opposing weight. |
| COUNTERBRACING | • counterbracing v. Present participle of counterbrace. • COUNTERBRACE v. to brace or fasten (the head-yards and after-yards) in opposite ways. |
| CRUCIVERBALISM | • cruciverbalism n. The construction of crosswords. • CRUCIVERBALISM n. the compiling and solving of crosswords. |
| CRUCIVERBALIST | • cruciverbalist n. A person who constructs or solves crosswords. • CRUCIVERBALIST n. a designer or afficionado of crossword puzzles. |
| CUCURBITACEOUS | • cucurbitaceous adj. Pertaining to the gourd family, including cucumbers, pumpkins etc. • CUCURBITACEOUS adj. resembling a cucumber or a squash. |
| CYANOBACTERIUM | • cyanobacterium n. (Biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once… • CYANOBACTERIUM n. a blue-green alga. |
| DISENCUMBRANCE | • disencumbrance n. Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome. • DISENCUMBRANCE n. the act of freeing from encumbrance. |
| OROBANCHACEOUS | • orobanchaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Orobanchaceae, plants mostly parasitic on the roots of other plants. • OROBANCHACEOUS adj. belonging to the broomrape family. |
| SCRATCHBUILDER | • SCRATCHBUILDER n. one who scratchbuilds, builds models from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
| SUBMETACENTRIC | • submetacentric adj. (Cytology) (of a chromosome) having the centromere between one end and the middle, and thus having a… • submetacentric n. A submetacentric chromosome. • SUBMETACENTRIC n. a chromosome having the centromere situated so that one chromosome arm is somewhat shorter than the other. |
| UNBUREAUCRATIC | • unbureaucratic adj. Not bureaucratic; without bureaucracy. • UNBUREAUCRATIC adj. not bureaucratic. |
| UNRECONCILABLE | • unreconcilable adj. Irreconcilable. • unreconcilable n. A person or thing that cannot be reconciled. • UNRECONCILABLE adj. not reconcilable. |
| UNRECONCILABLY | • unreconcilably adv. In an unreconcilable manner. • UNRECONCILABLE adv. not reconcilable. |