| 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. |
| ANTISCORBUTIC | • antiscorbutic adj. (Pharmacology) preventing or curing scurvy. • antiscorbutic n. (Pharmacology) A medicine that prevents or cures scurvy. • ANTISCORBUTIC adj. preventive of scurvy, esp. applied to vitamin C or food containing it. |
| BACKSTARTINGS | • BACKSTARTING n. a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription. |
| BACTERIOTOXIN | • bacteriotoxin n. Any toxin produced by a bacterium. • bacteriotoxin n. Any material that is toxic to bacteria. • BACTERIOTOXIN n. a toxin of bacterial origin. |
| BACTERISATION | • BACTERISATION n. treatment with bacteria, also BACTERIZATION. |
| BACTERIZATION | • bacterization n. The act or process of bacterizing. • BACTERIZATION n. treatment with bacteria, also BACTERISATION. |
| 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. |
| CONTRIBUTABLE | • contributable adj. Capable of being contributed. • CONTRIBUTABLE adj. able to be contributed. |
| NITROBACTERIA | • nitrobacteria n. Plural of nitrobacterium. • NITROBACTERIUM n. a bacterium that convert ammonium compounds into nitrites, and esp. those that convert nitrites into nitrates. |
| OBSCURANTISTS | • obscurantists n. Plural of obscurantist. • OBSCURANTIST n. one who employs deliberate obscurity. |
| OBSTETRICIANS | • obstetricians n. Plural of obstetrician. • OBSTETRICIAN n. one who specialises in the care of women during pregnancy. |
| OBSTRUCTIONAL | • obstructional adj. Being or relating to an obstruction. • OBSTRUCTIONAL adj. relating to obstruction. |
| SCATTERBRAINS | • scatterbrains n. Plural of scatterbrain. • scatterbrains n. A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person. • SCATTERBRAIN n. a giddy heedless person. |
| SUBSTRACTIONS | • substractions n. Plural of substraction. • SUBSTRACTION n. subtraction, also SUBTRACTION. |
| TUBERCULATION | • tuberculation n. The formation of tubercules. • TUBERCULATION n. the formation of tubercles. |