| 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. |
| BUCKTHORN | • buckthorn n. Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially. • BUCKTHORN n. a shrub of the Rhamnus genus. |
| COUNTABLE | • countable adj. Capable of being counted; having a quantity. • countable adj. (Mathematics, of a set) finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection)… • countable adj. (Mathematics, of a set) Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers. |
| COUNTABLY | • countably adv. In a countable manner; in a way that can be counted. • countably adv. (Mathematics) In a way that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof. • COUNTABLE adv. that can be counted, also COMPTABLE, COMPTIBLE. |
| COUNTBACK | • countback n. (Sports) A procedure used to determine which of two equal finishers is the winner, based on past performance. • COUNTBACK n. a system of deciding the winner of a tied competition by comparing earlier points or scores. |
| CROTONBUG | • Croton␣bug n. Blattella germanica; German cockroach. See cockroach. • CROTONBUG n. a species of cockroach. |
| CURBSTONE | • curbstone n. US spelling of kerbstone. • CURBSTONE n. a stone lining a curb, also KERBSTONE. |
| 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. |
| OBSCURANT | • obscurant adj. Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure. • obscurant adj. Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic. • obscurant n. One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist. |
| 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. |
| SUBCANTOR | • subcantor n. Synonym of succentor. • SUBCANTOR n. a subordinate cantor, a singer; esp. the leader of a church choir. |
| SUBCOUNTY | • subcounty adj. Below the level of a county. • subcounty n. An administrative unit making up part of a county. • SUBCOUNTY n. a part of a county. |
| SUBTONICS | • subtonics n. Plural of subtonic. • SUBTONIC n. the seventh tone of a diatonic scale, immediately below the tonic. |