| ANTISCORBUTIC | • antiscorbutic adj. (Pharmacology) preventing or curing scurvy. • antiscorbutic n. (Pharmacology) A medicine that prevents or cures scurvy. • ANTISCORBUTIC adj. preventive of scurvy, esp. applied to vitamin C or food containing it. |
| BACKCOUNTRIES | • backcountries n. Plural of backcountry. • BACKCOUNTRY n. a remote rural region. |
| BRASSICACEOUS | • brassicaceous adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling cabbage or other brassicas. • BRASSICACEOUS adj. belonging to the brassica family. |
| CHLORAMBUCILS | • CHLORAMBUCIL n. an oral drug used to treat some cancers, e.g. cancer of the ovary and leukaemia. |
| COACHBUILDERS | • coachbuilders n. Plural of coachbuilder. • COACHBUILDER n. a craftsman who builds the bodies of cars, lorries, railway carriages, etc. |
| CONCUBINARIES | • CONCUBINARY n. a concubine. |
| CONCUPISCIBLE | • concupiscible adj. (Archaic) Greatly to be desired or lusted after; exciting concupiscence. • concupiscible adj. (Archaic) Pertaining to concupiscence or lust; characterized by strong desire. • CONCUPISCIBLE adj. lustful, desirous. |
| CONSTRUCTABLE | • constructable adj. Alternative form of constructible. • CONSTRUCTABLE adj. capable of being constructed, also CONSTRUCTIBLE. |
| CONSTRUCTIBLE | • constructible adj. Of a land, suitable or allowable for constructing a building on. • constructible adj. Of a building or other thing, capable of being constructed. • constructible adj. (Of a regular polygon) That can be constructed in a plane using only a pair of compasses and a straightedge. |
| COUNTERBRACES | • counterbraces v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterbrace. • COUNTERBRACE v. to brace or fasten (the head-yards and after-yards) in opposite ways. |
| EBULLIOSCOPIC | • ebullioscopic adj. Of or pertaining to ebullioscopy. • ebullioscopic adj. Measured using an ebullioscope. • EBULLIOSCOPIC adj. relating to measurement by ebullioscope. |
| LACTOBACILLUS | • lactobacillus n. Any of many rod-shaped, nonmotile, aerobic bacteria, of the genus Lactobacillus, that ferment sugars… • Lactobacillus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Lactobacillaceae – gram-positive facultative anaerobic or microaerophilic… • LACTOBACILLUS n. any of a genus of bacteria that produce lactic acid. |
| OBMUTESCENCES | • OBMUTESCENCE n. the act of becoming or keeping silent or mute. |
| SCORBUTICALLY | • SCORBUTIC adv. pertaining to or afflicted with scurvy. |
| SCROBICULATED | • scrobiculated adj. Alternative form of scrobiculate. • SCROBICULATED adj. marked with many shallow depressions, grooves, or pits, also SCROBICULATE. |
| SUBCOLLECTION | • subcollection n. A subset of a collection. • SUBCOLLECTION n. a subdivision of a collection. |
| SUBCONTRACTED | • subcontracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of subcontract. • SUBCONTRACT v. to enter into a subcontract. |
| SUBCONTRACTOR | • subcontractor n. A contractor hired by a general contractor employed by the contractor rather than directly hired by the customer. • SUBCONTRACTOR n. an individual or business firm contracting to perform part or all of another's contract. |
| SUBCORIACEOUS | • subcoriaceous adj. Slightly leathery. • SUBCORIACEOUS adj. situated below the corium. |