| ABSTRACTIONAL | • abstractional adj. Pertaining to abstraction. • ABSTRACTIONAL adj. relating to abstraction. |
| 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. |
| BACTERISATION | • BACTERISATION n. treatment with bacteria, also BACTERIZATION. |
| BETACAROTENES | • BETACAROTENE n. a nutrient found in yellow and orange fruits and vegetables. |
| CONSTRUCTABLE | • constructable adj. Alternative form of constructible. • CONSTRUCTABLE adj. capable of being constructed, also CONSTRUCTIBLE. |
| 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. |
| COUNTERBLASTS | • counterblasts n. Plural of counterblast. • COUNTERBLAST n. a defiant pronouncement or denunciation. |
| 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. |
| SUBCONTRACTED | • subcontracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of subcontract. • SUBCONTRACT v. to enter into a subcontract. |
| SUBCONTRACTOR | • subcontractor n. A contractor hired by a general contractor employed by the contractor rather than directly hired by the customer. • SUBCONTRACTOR n. an individual or business firm contracting to perform part or all of another's contract. |
| SUBSTRACTIONS | • substractions n. Plural of substraction. • SUBSTRACTION n. subtraction, also SUBTRACTION. |
| TRACTABLENESS | • tractableness n. The state of being tractable; tractability. • TRACTABLENESS n. the state of being tractable, also TRACTABILITY. |