| BACKSWIMMERS | • backswimmers n. Plural of backswimmer. • BACKSWIMMER n. one who swims on the back. |
| BICAMERALISM | • bicameralism n. (Government) The practice of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary powers… • bicameralism n. (Psychology) Ambiguous misnomer for Julian Jaynes’s theory of bicamerality, probably never used by Jaynes… • BICAMERALISM n. the state of being bicameral, having two chambers. |
| BIOMIMICRIES | • BIOMIMICRY n. the mimicry of one living organism by another. |
| CHAMBERMAIDS | • chambermaids n. Plural of chambermaid. • CHAMBERMAID n. a maid who makes beds and does general cleaning of bedrooms (as in a hotel). |
| COLUMBARIUMS | • columbariums n. Plural of columbarium. |
| COMMISERABLE | • commiserable adj. (Obsolete) pitiable. • COMMISERABLE adj. able to be commiserated with. |
| COMMUNICABLE | • communicable adj. (Epidemiology, of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals. • communicable adj. Readily communicated. • communicable adj. Talkative or expansive. |
| COMMUNICABLY | • communicably adv. In a communicable manner. • COMMUNICABLE adv. capable of being communicated. |
| CUMULONIMBUS | • cumulonimbus n. (Meteorology) A cloud, with a tall structure and a flat base, that is often associated with thunderstorms. • cumulo-nimbus n. Alternative form of cumulonimbus. • CUMULONIMBUS n. a type of cloud. |
| EMBLEMATICAL | • emblematical adj. Emblematic. • EMBLEMATICAL adj. of, relating to, or constituting an emblem, also EMBLEMATIC. |
| INCOMMUTABLE | • incommutable adj. Not commutable. • INCOMMUTABLE adj. that cannot be commuted or exchanged. |
| INCOMMUTABLY | • incommutably adv. In an incommutable manner. • INCOMMUTABLE adv. that cannot be commuted or exchanged. |
| LUMBRICIFORM | • lumbriciform adj. (Zoology) Resembling an earthworm; vermiform. • LUMBRICIFORM adj. shaped like a worm. |
| METABOLOMICS | • metabolomics n. (Biochemistry) The study of the range of metabolites present in a person’s body at normal times, and… • METABOLOMICS n. the study of the range of metabolites present in a person's body at normal times, and when suffering from specific diseases. |
| MULTICHAMBER | • multichamber adj. Composed of multiple chambers. |
| NOCTAMBULISM | • noctambulism n. (Rare) sleepwalking. • NOCTAMBULISM n. somnambulism. |
| SUBCOMMITTEE | • subcommittee n. A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members. • SUBCOMMITTEE n. a subdivision of a committee usually organized for a specific purpose. |
| SUBCOMMUNITY | • subcommunity n. A community that exists as part of a larger community. • SUBCOMMUNITY n. a distinct grouping within a community. |
| SUBMICROGRAM | • submicrogram adj. Being or relating to a quantity of less than a microgram. • submicrogram n. An amount that is less than a microgram. • SUBMICROGRAM adj. relating to or having a mass of less than one microgram. |
| TIMBROMANIAC | • timbromaniac n. A keen philatelist. • TIMBROMANIAC n. an avid stamp collector. |