| ABHORRENCY | • abhorrency n. (Obsolete) Aberrancy. • abhorrency n. (Obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence. • abhorrency n. (Obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing. |
| ABSORBENCY | • absorbency n. (Obsolete) The action of absorbing. • absorbency n. The quality of being absorbent. • absorbency n. (Physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent. |
| BARLEYCORN | • barleycorn n. A grain of barley. • barleycorn n. (Obsolete) The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one… • barleycorn n. (Architecture, woodworking) A small groove between two mouldings. |
| BOYCOTTERS | • boycotters n. Plural of boycotter. • BOYCOTTER n. one who boycotts. |
| BRACHYDOME | • brachydome n. (Crystallography) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. • BRACHYDOME n. a dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. |
| CHOKEBERRY | • chokeberry n. Either of two species in Aronia, formerly and sometimes in Photinia, deciduous shrubs, native to Russia… • chokeberry n. The fruit of such a shrub. • CHOKEBERRY n. a small astringent fruit of various North American shrubs related to the apple. |
| CLAPPERBOY | • CLAPPERBOY n. the person who works the clapperboards. |
| CLOUDBERRY | • cloudberry n. A species of slow-growing bramble, Rubus chamaemorus. • cloudberry n. The fruit of these plants. • CLOUDBERRY n. a low plant of North America and North Europe, related to the bramble, with an orange-red sweet-flavoured berry known as bakeapple. |
| COBWEBBERY | • cobwebbery n. (Chiefly figuratively) A mass of cobwebs; anything that obscures the vision or is elaborate yet flimsy. • COBWEBBERY n. cobwebs collectively. |
| CORALBERRY | • coralberry n. A species of bromeliad, Aechmea fulgens, of Brazil, and which is often used as an ornamental plant. • coralberry n. American winterberry, Ilex verticillata. • coralberry n. Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, of eastern North America. |
| CORYBANTES | • Corybantes n. Plural of Corybant. • CORYBANT n. (Greek) one of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia, whose rites were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc. |
| CRYOCABLES | • CRYOCABLE n. a highly conducting electric cable cooled with a refrigerant. |
| CRYOPROBES | • cryoprobes n. Plural of cryoprobe. • CRYOPROBE n. a blunt chilled probe used to freeze tissue in cryosurgery. |
| CYBERPORNS | • CYBERPORN n. pornography on the Internet. |
| ERYTHORBIC | • ERYTHORBIC adj. as in erythorbic acid, a diastereoisomer of ascorbic acid. |
| FIBROCYTES | • fibrocytes n. Plural of fibrocyte. • FIBROCYTE n. a normally inactive fibroblast which proliferates following tissue damage. |
| HYPERBOLIC | • hyperbolic adj. Of or relating to hyperbole. • hyperbolic adj. Using hyperbole: exaggerated. • hyperbolic adj. (Vision, of a perceived color) Having a saturation exceeding 100%. |
| OBSERVANCY | • observancy n. Obsolete form of observance. • OBSERVANCY n. the keeping of a customary practice, rite, or ceremony, also OBSERVANCE. |
| PRESBYOPIC | • presbyopic adj. Affected by or pertaining to presbyopia. • presbyopic n. An individual who has presbyopia. • PRESBYOPIC adj. affected by presbyopia. |