| BACKLISTING | • backlisting v. Present participle of backlist. • BACKLIST v. to include in a publisher's list of old books. |
| BACKSLIDING | • backsliding v. Present participle of backslide. • backsliding adj. Sliding back. • backsliding n. An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense. |
| BASICRANIAL | • basicranial adj. Of or pertaining to the basicranium. • BASICRANIAL adj. of or relating to the base of the skull. |
| BENEFICIALS | • beneficials n. Plural of beneficial. • BENEFICIAL n. (Spenser) a letter of presentation to a benefice. |
| BILOCATIONS | • bilocations n. Plural of bilocation. • BILOCATION n. the ability to be in two places at once. |
| BISECTIONAL | • bisectional adj. Of, pertaining to, or obtained by bisection. • BISECTIONAL adj. relating to bisection. |
| BIVALENCIES | • bivalencies n. Plural of bivalency. • BIVALENCY n. the state of being bivalent, having a valency of two, also BIVALENCE. |
| BRAINSICKLY | • brainsickly adv. (Obsolete) In a brainsick manner. • BRAINSICK adv. diseased in the understanding, deranged. |
| BRILLIANCES | • brilliances n. Plural of brilliance. • BRILLIANCE n. the state of being brilliant, also BRILLIANCY. |
| CABLEVISION | • cablevision n. Cable television. • CABLEVISION n. (tradename) television transmission by cable. |
| CANNIBALISE | • cannibalise v. (Transitive) To eat (parts of) another of one’s own species. • cannibalise v. (Transitive) To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines. • cannibalise v. (Transitive, business) To reduce sales or market share (for one of one’s own products) by introducing another. |
| CANNIBALISM | • cannibalism n. The act of eating another of one’s own species. • cannibalism n. (Figurative) An act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind. • cannibalism n. In speech, the occurrence of one word eliding part or all of the next word, because the syllables are… |
| CARBOLISING | • carbolising v. Present participle of carbolise. • CARBOLISE v. to treat or disinfect with phenol, also CARBOLIZE. |
| INSCRIBABLE | • inscribable adj. (Geometry) That can be inscribed; whose vertices all lie on a sphere. • INSCRIBABLE adj. that can be inscribed. |
| JUBILANCIES | • jubilancies n. Plural of jubilancy. • JUBILANCY n. jubilation, also JUBILANCE. |
| SIBILANCIES | • sibilancies n. Plural of sibilancy. • SIBILANCY n. pronunciation with a hissing sound, also SIBILANCE. |
| SUBCLINICAL | • subclinical adj. Of a disease or injury, without signs and symptoms that are detectable by physical examination or laboratory… • subclinical adj. In diagnosis, where some criteria are met but not enough to achieve clinical status. • subclinical adj. (Medicine, of a dosage) Less than is needed for clinical reasons. |