| BACKCOURTMEN | • backcourtmen n. Plural of backcourtman. • BACKCOURTMAN n. a guard on a basketball team. |
| BACTERIOCINS | • bacteriocins n. Plural of bacteriocin. • BACTERIOCIN n. an antibiotic (as colicin) produced by bacteria. |
| BIOTECHNICAL | • biotechnical adj. Of or pertaining to biotechnology. • BIOTECHNICAL adj. of or relating to biotechnology. |
| BRECCIATIONS | • brecciations n. Plural of brecciation. • BRECCIATION n. the process of forming breccia. |
| CEREBROTONIC | • cerebrotonic adj. Designating a personality type characterised as intellectual, introverted, and emotionally restrained. • cerebrotonic n. A person who has this personality type. • CEREBROTONIC n. someone with a personality characterized by shyness, introspection, and emotional restraint. |
| COENOBITICAL | • coenobitical adj. Synonym of cenobitic. • cœnobitical adj. Obsolete spelling of cenobitical. • COENOBITICAL adj. of or like a coenobite. |
| CONCELEBRANT | • concelebrant n. One who concelebrates. • CONCELEBRANT n. one that concelebrates a Eucharist or Mass. |
| CONCELEBRATE | • concelebrate v. To celebrate along with others. • concelebrate v. (Of a newly ordained priest) To celebrate a mass along with the bishop who ordained him. • CONCELEBRATE v. to jointly recite the canon of the Eucharist in unison with others. |
| CONTABESCENT | • contabescent adj. Wasting away gradually. • CONTABESCENT adj. wasting away; atrophied. |
| CONTRACTABLE | • contractable adj. Capable of being contracted (in various senses). • CONTRACTABLE adj. that can be contracted, also CONTRACTIBLE. |
| CONTRACTIBLE | • contractible adj. Capable of contraction. • contractible adj. (Mathematics) (of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation. • CONTRACTIBLE adj. that can be contracted, also CONTRACTABLE. |
| COUNTERBRACE | • counterbrace v. (Nautical, transitive) To brace in opposite directions. • counterbrace v. (Engineering, transitive) To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted. • COUNTERBRACE v. to brace or fasten (the head-yards and after-yards) in opposite ways. |
| OBMUTESCENCE | • obmutescence n. Silence; inability or refusal to speak. • OBMUTESCENCE n. the act of becoming or keeping silent or mute. |
| TECHNOPHOBIC | • technophobic adj. Afflicted with technophobia. • TECHNOPHOBIC n. one suffering from technophobia. |