| ANTHROPOCENTRIC | • anthropocentric adj. Placing humans at the center of something, giving preference to humans above all other considerations. • ANTHROPOCENTRIC adj. considering human beings as the most significant entity of the universe. |
| 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. |
| CHONDROCRANIUMS | • CHONDROCRANIUM n. the cartilaginous parts of an embryonic cranium. |
| CHORIOCARCINOMA | • choriocarcinoma n. (Oncology) A malignant, trophoblastic cancer, usually of the placenta. • CHORIOCARCINOMA n. a malignant tumor typically developing in the uterus from the trophoblast. |
| CHRONOGRAMMATIC | • chronogrammatic adj. Relating to, or containing a chronogram. • CHRONOGRAMMATIC adj. of or like a chronogram, an inscription whose letters form a Roman numeral date. |
| CINEMICROGRAPHY | • cinemicrography n. Alternative form of cinephotomicrography. • CINEMICROGRAPHY n. cinematographic recording of changes under the microscope. |
| COUNTERCHARGING | • countercharging v. Present participle of countercharge. • COUNTERCHARGE v. to bring a charge forward in opposition to another charge. |
| COUNTERCHARMING | • countercharming v. Present participle of countercharm. • COUNTERCHARM v. to destroy or dissolve the effects of (another charm). |
| COUNTERMARCHING | • countermarching v. Present participle of countermarch. • countermarching n. A countermarch. • COUNTERMARCH v. to march or cause to march back or in a direction opposite to a former one. |
| CYBERCHONDRIACS | • cyberchondriacs n. Plural of cyberchondriac. • CYBERCHONDRIAC n. one suffering from CYBERCHONDRIA. |
| MECHANORECEPTOR | • mechanoreceptor n. (Biology) any receptor that provides an organism with information about mechanical changes in its environment… • MECHANORECEPTOR n. a neural end organ (as a tactile receptor) that responds to a mechanical stimulus (as a change in pressure). |
| NONARCHITECTURE | • nonarchitecture n. That which is not architecture. • NONARCHITECTURE n. what is not architecture. |
| 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. |