| BACKCROSSING | • backcrossing n. (Genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent. • backcrossing v. Present participle of backcross. • BACKCROSS v. to create a cross between a hybrid and a parent. |
| BACTERIOCINS | • bacteriocins n. Plural of bacteriocin. • BACTERIOCIN n. an antibiotic (as colicin) produced by bacteria. |
| BRECCIATIONS | • brecciations n. Plural of brecciation. • BRECCIATION n. the process of forming breccia. |
| BRONCHOGENIC | • bronchogenic adj. Originating in the bronchus. • BRONCHOGENIC adj. of, relating to, or arising in or by way of the air passages of the lungs. |
| CANCERPHOBIA | • cancerphobia n. Inordinate dread of developing cancer. • CANCERPHOBIA n. fear of cancer, also CANCEROPHOBIA. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| CONTRACTIBLY | • CONTRACTIBLE adv. that can be contracted, also CONTRACTABLE. |
| CRAMBOCLINKS | • CRAMBOCLINK n. (Scots) rhyming doggerel. |
| CURRYCOMBING | • currycombing v. Present participle of currycomb. • curry-combing v. Present participle of curry-comb. • CURRYCOMB v. to comb with this. |
| MICROBALANCE | • microbalance n. Any balance capable of weighing objects having a mass less than a milligram. • MICROBALANCE n. a balance designed to measure very small weights. |
| RECONCILABLE | • reconcilable adj. Capable of being reconciled. • reconcilable n. Something that can be reconciled. • RECONCILABLE adj. capable of being reconciled. |
| RECONCILABLY | • reconcilably adv. In a reconcilable manner. • RECONCILABLE adv. capable of being reconciled. |
| SNOBOCRACIES | • snobocracies n. Plural of snobocracy. • SNOBOCRACY n. government by snobs. |