| ABDUCTION | • abduction n. Leading away; a carrying away. • abduction n. (Anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or… • abduction n. (Logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. |
| BOUNCIEST | • bounciest adj. Superlative form of bouncy: most bouncy. • BOUNCY adj. tending to bounce. |
| COLUMBITE | • columbite n. (Mineralogy) A black mineral that is a mixed iron and manganese niobate and tantalate, and is the main… • COLUMBITE n. a mineral, niobate and tantalate of iron and manganese, aka niobite. |
| INCUBATOR | • incubator n. (Chemistry) Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction. • incubator n. (Medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby. • incubator n. An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs. |
| KICKABOUT | • kickabout n. An informal amateur game of football/soccer. • KICKABOUT n. an informal game of football, also KICKAROUND. |
| MICROTUBE | • microtube n. A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers. • MICROTUBE n. a minute tube. |
| OBSCURITY | • obscurity n. (Literary) Darkness; the absence of light. • obscurity n. The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown. • obscurity n. The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand. |
| OUTCLIMBS | • outclimbs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outclimb. • OUTCLIMB v. to surpass in climbing. |
| SCORBUTIC | • scorbutic adj. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from scurvy. • SCORBUTIC adj. pertaining to or afflicted with scurvy. |
| SUBACTION | • subaction n. (Obsolete) The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies completely. • subaction n. An action that makes up part of a more complex action. • SUBACTION n. the act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies completely. |
| SUBATOMIC | • subatomic adj. (Physics) Relating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such… • subatomic adj. Relating to something that is smaller in scale than the diameter of a hydrogen atom. • sub-atomic adj. Alternative spelling of subatomic. |
| SUBTONICS | • subtonics n. Plural of subtonic. • SUBTONIC n. the seventh tone of a diatonic scale, immediately below the tonic. |
| SUBTOPICS | • subtopics n. Plural of subtopic. • SUBTOPIC n. a secondary topic. |
| SUBTROPIC | • subtropic n. A subtropical region. • SUBTROPIC adj. relating to the area lying between the Tropic of Cancer and 40 degrees N, and the Tropic of Capricorn and 40 degrees south, also SUBTROPICAL. • SUBTROPIC n. a subtropical region. |
| TUBICOLAR | • tubicolar adj. (Zoology) tubicolous. • TUBICOLAR adj. inhabiting a tube, also TUBICOLOUS. |
| TUBICOLES | • tubicoles n. Plural of tubicole. • TUBICOLE n. a creature inhabiting a tube. |