| COLUMBATES | • columbates n. Plural of columbate. • COLUMBATE n. a salt of columbic acid; a niobate. |
| COLUMBITES | • columbites n. Plural of columbite. • COLUMBITE n. a mineral, niobate and tantalate of iron and manganese, aka niobite. |
| COMBRETUMS | • combretums n. Plural of combretum. • COMBRETUM n. (Latin) a member of a genus of tropical trees known for the beauty of their flowers. |
| COMBUSTING | • combusting v. Present participle of combust. • COMBUST v. to burn. |
| COMBUSTION | • combustion n. (Chemistry) The act or process of burning. • combustion n. A process whereby two chemicals are combined to produce heat. • combustion n. A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat. |
| COMBUSTIVE | • combustive adj. Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion. • COMBUSTIVE adj. capable of catching fire. • COMBUSTIVE n. something capable of catching fire. |
| COMBUSTORS | • combustors n. Plural of combustor. • COMBUSTOR n. the system in a jet engine by which combustion takes place. |
| COMMUTABLE | • commutable adj. Capable of being commuted. • COMMUTABLE adj. able to be commuted. |
| COMPUTABLE | • computable adj. Capable of being computed, or enumerated. • computable adj. (Computing theory) Of a problem, solvable by a Turing machine or any thereto Turing-equivalent model;… • computable adj. (Mathematics) of a number, able to be approximated to arbitrary precision by a computable function. |
| COQUIMBITE | • coquimbite n. (Mineralogy) The nonahydrate of iron(III) sulfate. • COQUIMBITE n. a yellowish hydrous sulphate of iron found in certain volcanic rocks. |
| CRUMBCLOTH | • crumbcloth n. A cloth laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments and keep the carpet or floor clean. • CRUMBCLOTH n. a cloth laid under a table to keep crumbs from the carpet. |
| CUSTOMABLE | • customable adj. (Obsolete) customary. • customable adj. (Obsolete) Subject to the payment of customs; dutiable. • CUSTOMABLE adj. (archaic) customary, common. |
| MICROBURST | • microburst n. (Meteorology) A strong downdraft, of less than 2.5 miles in diameter, that can cause damaging winds… • MICROBURST n. a sudden violent downward rush of air usually associated with thunderstorms, also DOWNBURST. |
| MICROTUBES | • microtubes n. Plural of microtube. • MICROTUBE n. a minute tube. |
| OUTCLIMBED | • outclimbed v. Simple past tense and past participle of outclimb. • OUTCLIMB v. to surpass in climbing. |
| PROCUMBENT | • procumbent adj. Prone or prostrate. • procumbent adj. (Botany) That trails along the ground. • procumbent adj. (Dentistry) inclined towards the lips. |
| SUBATOMICS | • subatomics n. The study of physics at a subatomic level. • SUBATOMICS n. the study of subatomic particles. |
| SUBCOMPACT | • subcompact n. Something that is smaller than the compact version, especially a very small car. • SUBCOMPACT n. a small car, such as a sports car. |