| ANTISCORBUTICS | • antiscorbutics n. Plural of antiscorbutic. • ANTISCORBUTIC n. a drug preventive of scurvy. |
| BACCALAUREATES | • baccalaureates n. Plural of baccalaureate. • BACCALAUREATE n. a set of examinations intended to qualify successful candidates for higher education in any of several countries. |
| BANCASSURANCES | • BANCASSURANCE n. the provision of financial services spanning both banking and insurance. |
| BUTTERSCOTCHES | • butterscotches n. Plural of butterscotch. • BUTTERSCOTCH n. a candy made from brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and water. |
| CIRCUMBENDIBUS | • circumbendibus adj. (Often humorous) indirect or roundabout. • circumbendibus n. (Often humorous) A roundabout route or process. • circumbendibus n. (Often humorous) A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing. |
| CIRCUMSCRIBERS | • circumscribers n. Plural of circumscriber. • CIRCUMSCRIBER n. one who circumscribes. |
| CIRCUMSCRIBING | • circumscribing v. Present participle of circumscribe. • CIRCUMSCRIBE v. to draw a line around, to surround by or as if by a boundary. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBIC | • claustrophobic adj. (Psychology) Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space. • claustrophobic adj. Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia. • claustrophobic n. Someone with claustrophobia. |
| COUNTERSUBJECT | • countersubject n. (Music) The secondary melody in contrapuntal music. • COUNTERSUBJECT n. a second theme by the first voice (esp. in a fugue) when accompanying the second voice performing the main subject. |
| CRUCIVERBALISM | • cruciverbalism n. The construction of crosswords. • CRUCIVERBALISM n. the compiling and solving of crosswords. |
| CRUCIVERBALIST | • cruciverbalist n. A person who constructs or solves crosswords. • CRUCIVERBALIST n. a designer or afficionado of crossword puzzles. |
| CUCURBITACEOUS | • cucurbitaceous adj. Pertaining to the gourd family, including cucumbers, pumpkins etc. • CUCURBITACEOUS adj. resembling a cucumber or a squash. |
| DISENCUMBRANCE | • disencumbrance n. Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome. • DISENCUMBRANCE n. the act of freeing from encumbrance. |
| OROBANCHACEOUS | • orobanchaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Orobanchaceae, plants mostly parasitic on the roots of other plants. • OROBANCHACEOUS adj. belonging to the broomrape family. |
| PREPUBESCENCES | • PREPUBESCENCE n. prepuberty. |
| SCRATCHBUILDER | • SCRATCHBUILDER n. one who scratchbuilds, builds models from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
| SUBCONTRACTING | • subcontracting v. Present participle of subcontract. • SUBCONTRACTING n. the act of subcontracting. |
| SUBCONTRACTORS | • subcontractors n. Plural of subcontractor. • SUBCONTRACTOR n. an individual or business firm contracting to perform part or all of another's contract. |
| SUBMETACENTRIC | • submetacentric adj. (Cytology) (of a chromosome) having the centromere between one end and the middle, and thus having a… • submetacentric n. A submetacentric chromosome. • SUBMETACENTRIC n. a chromosome having the centromere situated so that one chromosome arm is somewhat shorter than the other. |
| SUBMICROSCOPIC | • submicroscopic adj. Smaller than microscopic; too small to be seen even with a microscope. • SUBMICROSCOPIC adj. too small to be seen in an ordinary light microscope. |