| ACINETOBACTERS | • acinetobacters n. Plural of acinetobacter. • ACINETOBACTER n. a kind of bacteria, instrumental in causing respiratory disease. |
| ANTISCORBUTICS | • antiscorbutics n. Plural of antiscorbutic. • ANTISCORBUTIC n. a drug preventive of scurvy. |
| ARACHNOPHOBICS | • arachnophobics n. Plural of arachnophobic. • ARACHNOPHOBIC n. one with a morbid fear of spiders. |
| BACKSCATTERING | • backscattering n. (Physics) The scattering of waves, particles, or signals back in the direction of their source. • backscattering v. Present participle of backscatter. • BACKSCATTERING n. the act of backscattering. |
| BACKSCRATCHING | • backscratching v. Present participle of backscratch. • BACKSCRATCHING n. the act of scratching another's back. |
| BANCASSURANCES | • BANCASSURANCE n. the provision of financial services spanning both banking and insurance. |
| BRONCHIECTASES | • bronchiectases n. Plural of bronchiectasis. • BRONCHIECTASIS n. a chronic dilatation of bronchi or bronchioles. |
| BRONCHIECTASIS | • bronchiectasis n. (Medicine) Abnormal permanent dilation of the bronchial tubes. • BRONCHIECTASIS n. a chronic dilatation of bronchi or bronchioles. |
| BRONCHOSPASTIC | • bronchospastic adj. Relating to, or causing, bronchospasm. • BRONCHOSPASTIC adj. relating to bronchospasm. |
| CANCEROPHOBIAS | • CANCEROPHOBIA n. fear of cancer, also CANCERPHOBIA. |
| CYBERCHONDRIAS | • CYBERCHONDRIA n. unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites. |
| CYBERCRIMINALS | • cybercriminals n. Plural of cybercriminal. • CYBERCRIMINAL n. one who commits cybercrime, computer-related crime. |
| CYBERNETICIANS | • cyberneticians n. Plural of cybernetician. • CYBERNETICIAN n. a specialist in cybernetics. |
| DISENCUMBRANCE | • disencumbrance n. Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome. • DISENCUMBRANCE n. the act of freeing from encumbrance. |
| EXACERBESCENCE | • exacerbescence n. (Archaic) increase of irritation or violence, particularly of a fever or disease. • EXACERBESCENCE n. (archaic) exacerbation. |
| NONRECYCLABLES | • nonrecyclables n. Plural of nonrecyclable. • NONRECYCLABLE n. something not recyclable. |
| 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. |
| SUBCONTRACTING | • subcontracting v. Present participle of subcontract. • SUBCONTRACTING n. the act of subcontracting. |
| SUBCONTRACTORS | • subcontractors n. Plural of subcontractor. • SUBCONTRACTOR n. an individual or business firm contracting to perform part or all of another's contract. |
| 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. |