| BRACHYCEPHALIC | • brachycephalic adj. (Of a person or animal) Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right). • brachycephalic n. A brachycephalic person or creature. • BRACHYCEPHALIC adj. short-headed, esp. having a skull whose breadth is 80 per cent or more of its length. |
| BRACHYCEPHALICS | • brachycephalics n. Plural of brachycephalic. • BRACHYCEPHALIC n. a short-headed person. |
| CHEMICOPHYSICAL | • chemicophysical adj. Synonym of physicochemical. • CHEMICOPHYSICAL adj. involving the processes of both chemistry and physics. |
| CLEPTOCRACY | • cleptocracy n. Alternative form of kleptocracy. • CLEPTOCRACY n. rule by thieves, also KLEPTOCRACY. |
| COMPLACENCY | • complacency n. A feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble. • complacency n. Passivity as a result of contentment with the current situation. • COMPLACENCY n. self-satisfaction esp. when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies, also COMPLACENCE. |
| CYCLOPAEDIC | • cyclopaedic adj. Alternative form of cyclopedic. • CYCLOPAEDIC adj. encyclopaedic, also CYCLOPEDIC. |
| ENCYCLOPAEDIC | • encyclopaedic adj. Alternative spelling of encyclopedic. • encyclopædic adj. Alternative spelling of encyclopedic. • ENCYCLOPAEDIC adj. like an encyclopaedia, comprehensive, also ENCYCLOPEDIC, ENCYCLOPAEDICAL, ENCYCLOPEDICAL. |
| ENCYCLOPAEDICAL | • encyclopaedical adj. Of or pertaining to encyclopaediae. • encyclopædical adj. Archaic spelling of encyclopaedical. • ENCYCLOPAEDICAL adj. of or relating to an encyclopedia; comprehensive; full of information, also ENCYCLOPEDIC, ENCYCLOPEDICAL. |
| ENCYCLOPEDICAL | • encyclopedical adj. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of encyclopaedical. • ENCYCLOPEDICAL adj. of or relating to an encyclopedia; comprehensive; full of information, also ENCYCLOPAEDIC, ENCYCLOPAEDICAL, ENCYCLOPEDIC. |
| EPICYCLICAL | • epicyclical adj. Of or pertaining to an epicycle. • EPICYCLICAL adj. pertaining to or having the motion of, an epicycle, also EPICYCLIC. |
| HYPERCALCAEMIC | • hypercalcaemic adj. Alternative form of hypercalcemic. • HYPERCALCAEMIC adj. relating to hypercalcaemia, an excess of calcium in the blood. |
| HYPERCALCEMIC | • hypercalcemic adj. Exhibiting or relating to hypercalcemia. • HYPERCALCEMIC adj. relating to hypercalcemia. |
| HYPERCATALECTIC | • hypercatalectic adj. (Poetry) Which has an extra syllable added to the last dipody (foot of a verse). • HYPERCATALECTIC adj. having an additional syllable or half-foot after the last complete dipody. |
| HYPOCALCAEMIC | • hypocalcaemic adj. Alternative form of hypocalcemic. • HYPOCALCAEMIC adj. relating to hypocalcaemia, a deficiency of calcium in the blood, also HYPOCALCEMIC. |
| HYPOCALCEMIC | • hypocalcemic adj. Relating to, or exhibiting, hypocalcemia. • HYPOCALCEMIC adj. relating to hypocalcemia, also HYPOCALCAEMIC. |
| PENTACYCLIC | • pentacyclic adj. (Chemistry) having five rings, especially five fused rings as in many triterpenoids. • PENTACYCLIC adj. having five whorls. |
| PHYSICOCHEMICAL | • physicochemical adj. Dependent on the joint action of both physical and chemical processes. • physicochemical adj. Of or pertaining to physical chemistry. • PHYSICOCHEMICAL adj. being physical and chemical. |
| PSYCHOCHEMICAL | • psychochemical adj. Relating to psychochemistry. • psychochemical n. Any chemical having a psychological effect on the brain. • PSYCHOCHEMICAL n. a psychoactive chemical. |
| PSYCHOCHEMICALS | • psychochemicals n. Plural of psychochemical. • PSYCHOCHEMICAL n. a psychoactive chemical. |