| FASHIONABLY | • fashionably adv. In a fashionable manner. • FASHIONABLE adv. according to fashion. |
| CARBOHYDRASE | • carbohydrase n. (Biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of polysaccharides into simple sugars. • CARBOHYDRASE n. any of a group of enzymes (as amylase) that promote hydrolysis or synthesis of a carbohydrate (as a disaccharide). |
| RHABDOMYOMAS | • rhabdomyomas n. Plural of rhabdomyoma. • RHABDOMYOMA n. a tumour of striated muscle. |
| CARBOHYDRASES | • carbohydrases n. Plural of carbohydrase. • CARBOHYDRASE n. any of a group of enzymes (as amylase) that promote hydrolysis or synthesis of a carbohydrate (as a disaccharide). |
| CARBOHYDRATES | • carbohydrates n. Plural of carbohydrate. • CARBOHYDRATE n. a compound of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen; extended to similar compounds, the sugars and starches which form the main source of energy in food. |
| SHAMBOLICALLY | • shambolically adv. In a shambolic manner. • SHAMBOLIC adv. chaotic. |
| SYLLABOGRAPHY | • SYLLABOGRAPHY n. use of a writing system consisting of characters for syllables rather than for individual sounds or whole words. |
| UNFASHIONABLY | • unfashionably adv. In an unfashionable manner. • UNFASHIONABLE adv. not in keeping with the current fashion. |
| BLEPHAROPLASTY | • blepharoplasty n. (Surgery) Plastic surgery on the eyelid to improve vision or for cosmetic reasons. • BLEPHAROPLASTY n. plastic surgery on the eyelid esp. to remove fatty or excess tissue. |
| FASHIONABILITY | • fashionability n. Fashionableness. • FASHIONABILITY n. the state of being fashionable. |
| BIOSTRATIGRAPHY | • biostratigraphy n. (Biology, geology) The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils. • BIOSTRATIGRAPHY n. the determination of age, etc., of sedimentary strata from fossils which they contain. |
| 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. |
| BRACHYDIAGONALS | • brachydiagonals n. Plural of brachydiagonal. • BRACHYDIAGONAL n. in crystallography, the shorter lateral axis. |
| BRACHYPINAKOIDS | • BRACHYPINAKOID n. a pinakoid or prism parallel to the brachydiagonal. |
| HOLOBLASTICALLY | • holoblastically adv. In a holoblastic manner. • HOLOBLASTIC adv. of an entire egg, separated into individual blastomeres. |
| HYPERCATABOLISM | • hypercatabolism n. An increased rate of catabolism. • HYPERCATABOLISM n. an abnormally high rate of catabolism. |
| SYLLABOGRAPHIES | • SYLLABOGRAPHY n. use of a writing system consisting of characters for syllables rather than for individual sounds or whole words. |
| ZYGOBRANCHIATES | • ZYGOBRANCHIATE n. a type of gastropod having paired, symmetrically placed gills, also ZYGOBRANCH. |