| BECLAMORING | • beclamoring v. Present participle of beclamor. • BECLAMOR v. to beset with noise, also BECLAMOUR. |
| BIOCENTRISM | • biocentrism n. An ethical viewpoint that extends inherent value to all non-human life, regardless of its sentience. • biocentrism n. A cosmological theory viewing life and biology as central to being, reality, and the cosmos such that… |
| CARAMBOLING | • caramboling v. Present participle of carambole. • CARAMBOLE v. (French) to make a cannon in billiards, also CAROM, CARROM. |
| COMBINATORY | • combinatory adj. Of, relating to, or derived from a combination or combinations; combinative or combinatorial. • combinatory adj. Having the ability to combine; combinable, combinational or combining. • COMBINATORY adj. relating to combination. |
| CONFIRMABLE | • confirmable adj. Capable of being checked, verifiable. • CONFIRMABLE adj. that can be confirmed. |
| CORYBANTISM | • corybantism n. Corybantic behaviour. • CORYBANTISM n. the rites associated with corybants. |
| CRAMBOCLINK | • crambo-clink n. (Scotland, archaic) Bad poetry; doggerel. • CRAMBOCLINK n. (Scots) rhyming doggerel. |
| EMBARCATION | • embarcation n. Alternative form of embarkation. • EMBARCATION n. the act of embarking. |
| EMBROCATING | • embrocating v. Present participle of embrocate. • EMBROCATE v. to moisten and rub with a lotion. |
| EMBROCATION | • embrocation n. (Obsolete) The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc. • embrocation n. The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed. • EMBROCATION n. a liquid medication rubbed on the skin. |
| EMBRYOGENIC | • embryogenic adj. Of or pertaining to embryogenesis. • EMBRYOGENIC adj. relating to embryogeny. |
| FIBROCEMENT | • fibrocement n. A composite of cement and cellulose fibres. • FIBROCEMENT n. (tradename) a kind of wallboard, made of compressed asbestos and cement, also FIBRO, FIBROLITE. |
| IMBRICATION | • imbrication n. A set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish. • imbrication n. (Medicine) Overlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or correctional surgery. • imbrication n. (Geology) A sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap. |
| MOCKINGBIRD | • mockingbird n. A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds. • mockingbird n. (Archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic… • mocking␣bird n. Alternative form of mockingbird. |
| MULTICARBON | • multicarbon adj. Alternative spelling of multi-carbon. • multi-carbon adj. (Organic chemistry) Describing any compound (or ring within a compound) containing more than one carbon atom. • MULTICARBON adj. containing more than one kind of carbon. |
| RECOMBINANT | • recombinant adj. Formed by a new combination of existing elements. • recombinant adj. (Genetics) Formed by genetic recombination. • recombinant n. (Genetics) An organism, cell, or haplotype formed by genetic recombination. |
| RECOMBINING | • recombining v. Present participle of recombine. • recombining n. (Genetics) The exchanging of genetic material. • recombining adj. (Genetics) That undergoes recombination. |
| SUBHARMONIC | • subharmonic adj. (Physics) Having a frequency that is a fraction of a fundamental frequency. • subharmonic n. Such a frequency. • SUBHARMONIC n. a tone below a harmonic. |