| ANTIBACCHIUS | • antibacchius n. (Poetry) A rare metrical foot consisting of two accented syllables followed by one unaccented syllable. • ANTIBACCHIUS n. (Latin) a foot of two long (or stressed) syllables followed by a short (or unstressed) one. |
| ANTIKICKBACK | • antikickback adj. Serving to counter kickbacks (illicit payments); antibribery. • antikickback adj. Serving to prevent kickbacks (accidents with machinery). • ANTIKICKBACK adj. opposed to kickbacks. |
| BACTERICIDAL | • bactericidal adj. That kills bacteria. • bactericidal adj. Of or pertaining to a bactericide. • bactericidal n. A bactericide. |
| BACTERICIDES | • bactericides n. Plural of bactericide. • BACTERICIDE n. an agent that kills bacteria. |
| BACTERIOCIDE | • bacteriocide n. Alternative form of bactericide. |
| BACTERIOCINS | • bacteriocins n. Plural of bacteriocin. • BACTERIOCIN n. an antibiotic (as colicin) produced by bacteria. |
| BIOACOUSTICS | • bioacoustics n. A cross-disciplinary science that combines biology and acoustics, investigating for instance the mechanisms… • BIOACOUSTICS n. a branch of science concerned with the production of sound by and its effects on living organisms. |
| BIOCATALYTIC | • biocatalytic adj. Relating to, or employing biocatalysis. • BIOCATALYTIC adj. of or like a biocatalyst. |
| BIOTECHNICAL | • biotechnical adj. Of or pertaining to biotechnology. • BIOTECHNICAL adj. of or relating to biotechnology. |
| BRECCIATIONS | • brecciations n. Plural of brecciation. • BRECCIATION n. the process of forming breccia. |
| CABALISTICAL | • cabalistical adj. (Now rare) Cabalistic. • CABALISTICAL adj. relating to the cabbala. |
| COENOBITICAL | • coenobitical adj. Synonym of cenobitic. • cœnobitical adj. Obsolete spelling of cenobitical. • COENOBITICAL adj. of or like a coenobite. |
| CRITICISABLE | • criticisable adj. Alternative form of criticizable. • CRITICISABLE adj. able to be criticised, also CRITICIZABLE. |
| CRITICIZABLE | • criticizable adj. Able to be criticized. • CRITICIZABLE adj. able to be criticized, also CRITICISABLE. |
| CUBISTICALLY | • CUBISTIC adv. relating to cubism, also CUBIST. |
| CYBERCITIZEN | • cybercitizen n. An inhabitant of cyberspace. |
| LACTOBACILLI | • lactobacilli n. Plural of lactobacillus. • LACTOBACILLUS n. any of a genus of bacteria that produce lactic acid. |
| MACROBIOTICS | • macrobiotics n. The art of prolonging life. • MACROBIOTICS n. the art or science of prolonging life; a cult partly concerned with diet, foods regarded as pure being vegetable substances grown and prepared without chemicals or processing. |
| SUBCLIMACTIC | • SUBCLIMACTIC adj. like a subclimax, a subordinate climax. |
| SUBOCCIPITAL | • suboccipital adj. (Anatomy) Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput. • suboccipital n. (Anatomy, colloquial) Any of the group of suboccipital muscles. • SUBOCCIPITAL adj. below the occiput. |