| BRACHYCEPHALOUS | • brachycephalous adj. Relating to brachycephaly; brachycephalic. • BRACHYCEPHALOUS adj. short-headed, esp. having a skull whose breadth is 80 per cent or more of its length. |
| BRACHYDACTYLOUS | • brachydactylous adj. (Zoology) Having abnormally short digits. • BRACHYDACTYLOUS adj. having short or stubby fingers. |
| CEREBROVASCULAR | • cerebrovascular adj. (Anatomy) Relating to the blood vessels that run to or from the brain. • CEREBROVASCULAR adj. of or involving the cerebrum and the blood vessels supplying it. |
| CIRCUMAMBAGIOUS | • circumambagious adj. Of or relating to circumambages; circumlocutionary. • CIRCUMAMBAGIOUS adj. roundabout in speech. |
| CIRCUMAMBIENCES | • circumambiences n. Plural of circumambience. • CIRCUMAMBIENCE n. the act of going round, encompassing, also CIRCUMAMBIENCY. |
| CIRCUMAMBULATES | • circumambulates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumambulate. • CIRCUMAMBULATE v. to circle on foot esp. ritualistically. |
| CIRCUMSCRIBABLE | • circumscribable adj. Able to be circumscribed. • CIRCUMSCRIBABLE adj. able to be circumscribed. |
| COUNTERBALANCES | • counterbalances n. Plural of counterbalance. • COUNTERBALANCE v. to oppose or balance with an equal weight or force. |
| CRUCIVERBALISMS | • CRUCIVERBALISM n. the compiling and solving of crosswords. |
| CRUCIVERBALISTS | • cruciverbalists n. Plural of cruciverbalist. • CRUCIVERBALIST n. a designer or afficionado of crossword puzzles. |
| DISENCUMBRANCES | • disencumbrances n. Plural of disencumbrance. • DISENCUMBRANCE n. the act of freeing from encumbrance. |
| SCRATCHBUILDERS | • SCRATCHBUILDER n. one who scratchbuilds, builds models from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
| SCRATCHBUILDING | • SCRATCHBUILD v. to build (usually models) from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
| SCRIBACIOUSNESS | • scribaciousness n. The quality of being scribacious. • SCRIBACIOUSNESS n. (archaic) the state of being scribacious, given to writing. |
| SUBCONTRACTINGS | • SUBCONTRACTING n. the act of subcontracting. |
| SUBCONTRAOCTAVE | • subcontraoctave n. (Music) The octave on the bass clef ranging from three octaves below the staff (C0) to two octaves below… • SUBCONTRAOCTAVE n. the octave below the contraoctave. |
| SUBMETACENTRICS | • submetacentrics n. Plural of submetacentric. • SUBMETACENTRIC n. a chromosome having the centromere situated so that one chromosome arm is somewhat shorter than the other. |