| ABSTRACTIVE | • abstractive adj. Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. • abstractive adj. Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction. • ABSTRACTIVE adj. able or tending to abstract. |
| BAITCASTERS | • baitcasters n. Plural of baitcaster. |
| BALLICATTER | • ballicatter n. Alternative form of ballicater. • BALLICATTER n. in Newfoundland, ice that forms along a shore from waves and freezing spray. |
| BATHOMETRIC | • BATHOMETRIC adj. relating to a bathometer, an instrument for measuring depths. |
| BATHYMETRIC | • bathymetric adj. Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry. • BATHYMETRIC adj. relating to measurement by a bathymeter, also BATHYMETRICAL. |
| BITTERCRESS | • bittercress n. Barbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket), a biennial herb native to Europe. • bittercress n. Any plant of the Cardamine genus, especially Cardamine bulbosa and Cardamine hirsuta. • bitter-cress n. Alternative form of bittercress. |
| CARBONATITE | • carbonatite n. (Geology) Any intrusive igneous rock having a majority of carbonate minerals. • CARBONATITE n. any igneous rock composed chiefly of carbonates rather than silicates. |
| CONTRIBUTED | • contributed v. Simple past tense and past participle of contribute. • CONTRIBUTE v. to give or supply in common with others. |
| CONTRIBUTES | • contributes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contribute. • CONTRIBUTE v. to give or supply in common with others. |
| CROSSBITTEN | • crossbitten v. Past participle of crossbite. • cross-bitten v. Past participle of cross-bite. • CROSSBITE v. to swindle. |
| EXTRACTIBLE | • extractible adj. Alternative spelling of extractable. • EXTRACTIBLE adj. that can be extracted, also EXTRACTABLE. |
| INTRACTABLE | • intractable adj. Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed. • intractable adj. (Mathematics) (of a mathematical problem) Not able to be solved. • intractable adj. (Of a problem) Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage. |
| OBSTETRICAL | • obstetrical adj. Alternative form of obstetric. • OBSTETRICAL adj. relating to the care of women during pregnancy, also OBSTETRIC. |
| OBSTRUCTIVE | • obstructive adj. Causing obstructions. • obstructive n. One who obstructs something. • OBSTRUCTIVE adj. serving to obstruct. |
| RETRACTIBLE | • retractible adj. Alternative form of retractable. • RETRACTIBLE adj. that can be retracted, also RETRACTABLE. |
| STEREOBATIC | • stereobatic adj. Of or relating to a stereobate. • STEREOBATIC adj. of or like a stereobate, a substructure foundation. |
| SUBTRACTIVE | • subtractive adj. Of or pertaining to subtraction. • subtractive adj. Of a colour: from which some wavelengths have been removed. • SUBTRACTIVE adj. tending to subtract. |
| TECTIBRANCH | • tectibranch n. (Zoology) One of the order Tectibranchiata. • TECTIBRANCH n. any member of the Tectibranchiata, molluscs including sea-slugs. |