| ABORTIFACIENT | • abortifacient adj. (Pharmacology) Producing miscarriage. • abortifacient n. (Pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion. • ABORTIFACIENT n. a drug used to induce an abortion. |
| ABSTRACTIONAL | • abstractional adj. Pertaining to abstraction. • ABSTRACTIONAL adj. relating to abstraction. |
| ACINETOBACTER | • acinetobacter n. Any bacterium of the genus Acinetobacter. • Acinetobacter prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Moraxellaceae – aerobic, Gram-negative, non-motile bacteria which… • ACINETOBACTER n. a kind of bacteria, instrumental in causing respiratory disease. |
| ANTIBACTERIAL | • antibacterial adj. (Pharmacology) Killing or inhibiting bacteria. • antibacterial adj. (Archaic) Opposing the theory that diseases are caused by bacteria. • antibacterial n. (Pharmacology) A drug having the effect of killing or inhibiting bacteria. |
| ANTIBALLISTIC | • antiballistic adj. (Military, of a missile, or system) designed to detect, intercept, and destroy a ballistic missile in flight. • ANTIBALLISTIC adj. of a missile, etc., designed to destroy a ballistic missile. |
| ANTICIPATABLE | • anticipatable adj. Capable of being anticipated. • ANTICIPATABLE adj. capable of being anticipated. |
| ANTIDIABETICS | • antidiabetics n. Plural of antidiabetic. • ANTIDIABETIC n. a drug which acts against diabetes. |
| ANTIMETABOLIC | • antimetabolic adj. (Medicine) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as an antimetabolite. • ANTIMETABOLIC adj. of or like antimetabole, repetition of words or ideas in different order. |
| BACKSTARTINGS | • BACKSTARTING n. a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription. |
| BACTERISATION | • BACTERISATION n. treatment with bacteria, also BACTERIZATION. |
| BACTERIZATION | • bacterization n. The act or process of bacterizing. • BACTERIZATION n. treatment with bacteria, also BACTERISATION. |
| BEATIFICATION | • beatification n. The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the… • BEATIFICATION n. the attainment of the blessedness of heaven, which bestows on the beatified person the title of "blessed". |
| COHABITATIONS | • cohabitations n. Plural of cohabitation. • COHABITATION n. the act of cohabiting. |
| CONTRABANDIST | • contrabandist n. A dealer in contraband. • CONTRABANDIST n. a smuggler. |
| CONTRABASSIST | • contrabassist n. Someone who plays the contrabass. • CONTRABASSIST n. one who plays a contrabass. |
| LABEFACTATION | • labefactation n. Alternative form of labefaction. • LABEFACTATION n. a weakening, a decay, also LABEFACTION. |
| NITROBACTERIA | • nitrobacteria n. Plural of nitrobacterium. • NITROBACTERIUM n. a bacterium that convert ammonium compounds into nitrites, and esp. those that convert nitrites into nitrates. |
| SCATTERBRAINS | • scatterbrains n. Plural of scatterbrain. • scatterbrains n. A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person. • SCATTERBRAIN n. a giddy heedless person. |