| ACICLOVIR | • aciclovir n. (Pharmacology) A cyclic synthetic nucleoside C8H11N5O3 used as an antiviral drug (trademarks Avirax… • ACICLOVIR n. a drug used in the treatment of forms of herpes and of HIV, also ACYCLOVIR. |
| ACRONICAL | • acronical adj. (Astronomy) Alternative form of acronycal. • acronical adj. Occurring at sunset. • acronical adj. Occurring at the end of life. |
| ACYCLOVIR | • acyclovir n. (Pharmacology) US and UK spelling of aciclovir. • ACYCLOVIR n. a drug used in the treatment of herpes and HIV, also ACICLOVIR. |
| CALORIFIC | • calorific adj. Relating to calories. • calorific adj. (Physics) Relating to or producing heat or other energy. • calorific adj. (US, of food) High in calories and thus likely fattening. |
| CARBOLICS | • carbolics n. Plural of carbolic. • CARBOLIC n. an acidic compound. |
| CHOLERAIC | • choleraic adj. Relating to, or resembling, cholera. • CHOLERAIC adj. relating to cholera. |
| CHRONICAL | • chronical adj. Obsolete form of chronic. • chronical n. Misspelling of chronicle. • chronical v. Misspelling of chronicle. |
| CLAVICORN | • clavicorn adj. (Zoology) Having antennas shaped like clubs; used especially of the Clavicornes group of beetles. • clavicorn n. (Zoology) One of the Clavicornes. • CLAVICORN n. a beetle having club-shaped antennae. |
| CONCILIAR | • conciliar adj. Of or pertaining to a council, especially an ecclesiastical council. • CONCILIAR adj. of or pertaining to (esp. ecclesiastical) councils, also CONCILIARY. |
| CORBICULA | • corbicula n. (Entomology) A bee’s pollen basket; in honeybees and close relatives, the corbiculae are located on… • corbicula n. Plural of corbiculum. • Corbicula prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyrenidae – certain basket clams. |
| CORNICULA | • cornicula n. Plural of corniculum. • CORNICULUM n. (Latin) a small hornlike part or process. |
| COTICULAR | • coticular adj. Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones. • COTICULAR adj. (obsolete) of or pertaining to whetstones. |
| ORICALCHE | • oricalche n. Obsolete form of orichalch. • ORICALCHE n. (Spenser) a gold-coloured alloy, also ORICHALC. |
| ORICHALCS | • ORICHALC n. a gold-coloured alloy, also ORICALCHE. |
| PRECOCIAL | • precocial adj. (Zoology, of birds) Hatched from the egg already covered in down and with eyes open; capable of leaving… • PRECOCIAL adj. of or relating to birds whose young are hatched with a covering of down and can leave the nest at once to seek food. • PRECOCIAL n. a bird having such young, also PRAECOCIAL. |