| BACKCROSSING | • backcrossing n. (Genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent. • backcrossing v. Present participle of backcross. • BACKCROSS v. to create a cross between a hybrid and a parent. |
| BACTERICIDES | • bactericides n. Plural of bactericide. • BACTERICIDE n. an agent that kills bacteria. |
| BACTERIOCINS | • bacteriocins n. Plural of bacteriocin. • BACTERIOCIN n. an antibiotic (as colicin) produced by bacteria. |
| BRECCIATIONS | • brecciations n. Plural of brecciation. • BRECCIATION n. the process of forming breccia. |
| BUCCANEERISH | • buccaneerish adj. Like a buccaneer; piratical. • BUCCANEERISH adj. of or like a buccaneer. |
| 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… |
| CRACKBERRIES | • crackberries n. Plural of crackberry. • CRACKBERRY n. a BlackBerry handheld computer, particularly one used obsessively; a person who uses such a computer obsessively. |
| CRAMBOCLINKS | • CRAMBOCLINK n. (Scots) rhyming doggerel. |
| CRITICISABLE | • criticisable adj. Alternative form of criticizable. • CRITICISABLE adj. able to be criticised, also CRITICIZABLE. |
| 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. |
| MICROBICIDES | • microbicides n. Plural of microbicide. |
| RECUMBENCIES | • recumbencies n. Plural of recumbency. • RECUMBENCY n. the state of being recumbent, also RECUMBENCE. |
| SCRATCHBUILD | • SCRATCHBUILD v. to build (usually models) from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
| SCRATCHBUILT | • scratch-built adj. Of a building: built ad hoc, with whatever materials are to hand, and often just from ground level. • scratch-built adj. Of a structure, e.g. a car, model or toy: built with minimal cost and at short notice, with rudimentary materials. • SCRATCHBUILD v. to build (usually models) from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
| SCROBICULATE | • scrobiculate adj. (Botany) Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted. • SCROBICULATE adj. marked with many shallow depressions, grooves, or pits, also SCROBICULATED. |
| SNOBOCRACIES | • snobocracies n. Plural of snobocracy. • SNOBOCRACY n. government by snobs. |
| STROBOSCOPIC | • stroboscopic adj. Of, relating to, or produced by a stroboscope. • STROBOSCOPIC adj. of or like a stroboscope, an instrument for studying motion using flashes of light, also STROBOSCOPICAL. |
| SUBANTARCTIC | • subantarctic adj. Pertaining to a region in the Southern Hemisphere immediately north of Antarctica and covering the many… • SUBANTARCTIC adj. of, relating to, characteristic of, or being a region just outside the antarctic circle. |
| TECTIBRANCHS | • tectibranchs n. Plural of tectibranch. • TECTIBRANCH n. any member of the Tectibranchiata, molluscs including sea-slugs. |