| ARCHGENETHLIACS | • ARCHGENETHLIAC n. (Browning) in derogatory sense, the greatest of genethliacs or astrologers. |
| BRACHIOCEPHALIC | • brachiocephalic adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the arm and the head. • BRACHIOCEPHALIC adj. relating to the arms and head. |
| BRACHISTOCHRONE | • brachistochrone n. (Mathematics) A cycloid; the curve of fastest descent between two points. • BRACHISTOCHRONE n. the curve along which a particle acted on by a force (e.g. gravity) will pass in the shortest time from one given point to another. |
| BRACHYCEPHALICS | • brachycephalics n. Plural of brachycephalic. • BRACHYCEPHALIC n. a short-headed person. |
| BRACHYCEPHALIES | • brachycephalies n. Plural of brachycephaly. • BRACHYCEPHALY n. the state of being brachycephalic, short-headed. |
| BRACHYCEPHALISM | • brachycephalism n. Dated form of brachycephaly. • BRACHYCEPHALISM n. the state of being brachycephalic, short-headed. |
| 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. |
| CEPHALOCHORDATE | • cephalochordate n. Any of the primitive fishlike creatures, of the subphylum Cephalochordata, including the lancelets… • cephalochordate adj. Of or pertaining to these creatures. • CEPHALOCHORDATE n. any of a number of chordate fishlike animals (including the lancelets and amphioxus), having a persisting notochord projecting beyond the nerve cord to the end of the snout. |
| CEPHALOTHORACES | • cephalothoraces n. Plural of cephalothorax. • CEPHALOTHORAX n. the body, or head with thorax, of spiders, crustaceans, etc. |
| CEPHALOTHORACIC | • cephalothoracic adj. (Anatomy) Relating to or resembling a cephalothorax. • CEPHALOTHORACIC adj. relating to the cephalothorax. |
| CHANCELLORSHIPS | • chancellorships n. Plural of chancellorship. • CHANCELLORSHIP n. the office of chancellor. |
| CHEMAUTOTROPHIC | • chemautotrophic adj. Alternative form of chemoautotrophic. • CHEMAUTOTROPHIC adj. of or like a chemautotroph. |
| CHEMOPSYCHIATRY | • CHEMOPSYCHIATRY n. treatment of mental illness by drugs. |
| CHLORAMPHENICOL | • chloramphenicol n. (Pharmacology) A broad-spectrum antibiotic C11H12Cl2N2O5 isolated from cultures of a soil actinomycete… • CHLORAMPHENICOL n. an antibiotic drug originally isolated from a soil microorganism, effective against various bacterial and viral diseases. |
| CHRESTOMATHICAL | • chrestomathical adj. Synonym of chrestomathic. • CHRESTOMATHICAL adj. of or like a chrestomathy, a selection of passages compiled as an aid to learning a language, also CHRESTOMATHIC. |
| HETEROCHROMATIC | • heterochromatic adj. Having more than one colour; relating to heterochromia. • heterochromatic adj. Of light, having more than one wavelength. • heterochromatic adj. Of or relating to heterochromatin. |
| HYDROMECHANICAL | • hydromechanical adj. Of or pertaining to hydromechanics. • HYDROMECHANICAL adj. relating to a branch of mechanics that deals with the equilibrium and motion of fluids and of solid bodies immersed in them. |
| NONHIERARCHICAL | • nonhierarchical adj. Classified or arranged so that a group or person has the same authority as everyone else; not hierarchical. • NONHIERARCHICAL adj. not hierarchical. |