| AMPHIBRACHIC | • amphibrachic adj. Consisting of amphibrachs, metrical feet consisting of either a long syllable between two that are short… • AMPHIBRACHIC adj. of or like an amphibrach, a foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short. |
| BATHOCHROMIC | • bathochromic adj. (Physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a lower frequency. • BATHOCHROMIC adj. denoting or relating to a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound. |
| CHLORAMBUCIL | • chlorambucil n. A particular drug used in chemotherapy. • CHLORAMBUCIL n. an oral drug used to treat some cancers, e.g. cancer of the ovary and leukaemia. |
| CIRCUMSCRIBE | • circumscribe v. To draw a line around; to encircle. • circumscribe v. To limit narrowly; to restrict. • circumscribe v. (Geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (A polyhedron, polygon… |
| CRAMBOCLINKS | • CRAMBOCLINK n. (Scots) rhyming doggerel. |
| CURRYCOMBING | • currycombing v. Present participle of currycomb. • curry-combing v. Present participle of curry-comb. • CURRYCOMB v. to comb with this. |
| INCUMBRANCER | • incumbrancer n. (Law) One who holds incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate. • INCUMBRANCER n. a person who holds an encumbrance on property belonging to another, also ENCUMBRANCER. |
| INCUMBRANCES | • incumbrances n. Plural of incumbrance. • INCUMBRANCE n. something that encumbers, also ENCUMBRANCE. |
| 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. |
| MICROBALANCE | • microbalance n. Any balance capable of weighing objects having a mass less than a milligram. • MICROBALANCE n. a balance designed to measure very small weights. |
| MICROBICIDAL | • microbicidal adj. Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a microbicide. • microbicidal n. Such a material. |
| MICROBICIDES | • microbicides n. Plural of microbicide. |
| MOBOCRATICAL | • mobocratical adj. Of or pertaining to mobocracy. • MOBOCRATICAL adj. relating to mobocracy, government by mobs or crowds, also MOBOCRATIC. |
| MOTORBICYCLE | • motorbicycle n. (Dated) A motorcycle. • MOTORBICYCLE n. a bicycle driven by a motor, also MOTORBIKE, MOTORCYCLE. |
| MYCOBACTERIA | • mycobacteria n. Plural of mycobacterium. • MYCOBACTERIUM n. any of a genus of bacteria that includes the pathogens causing tuberculosis and leprosy. |
| RECUMBENCIES | • recumbencies n. Plural of recumbency. • RECUMBENCY n. the state of being recumbent, also RECUMBENCE. |
| THROMBOCYTIC | • thrombocytic adj. Relating to thrombocytes. • THROMBOCYTIC adj. relating to a thrombocyte. |