| BETACAROTENE | • betacarotene n. (Pharmacology) The international nonproprietary name of beta-carotene when used as a drug. • beta-carotene n. (Biochemistry) A plant pigment that is an isomer of carotene, found in dark green and dark yellow vegetables… • beta␣carotene n. Alternative spelling of beta-carotene. |
| BIOSCIENTIST | • bioscientist n. A scientist who specializes in any of the biosciences. • BIOSCIENTIST n. a practitioner of bioscience. |
| BIOSYNTHETIC | • biosynthetic adj. (Biochemistry) of or pertaining to biosynthesis. • BIOSYNTHETIC adj. relating to biosynthesis. |
| BOTTLENECKED | • bottlenecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of bottleneck. • BOTTLENECK v. to slow down or impede by creating an obstruction. |
| CARBONATITES | • carbonatites n. Plural of carbonatite. • CARBONATITE n. any igneous rock composed chiefly of carbonates rather than silicates. |
| CONTABESCENT | • contabescent adj. Wasting away gradually. • CONTABESCENT adj. wasting away; atrophied. |
| CONTEMPTIBLE | • contemptible adj. Deserving contempt. • CONTEMPTIBLE adj. worthy of contempt. |
| CONTEMPTIBLY | • contemptibly adv. In a contemptible manner. • CONTEMPTIBLE adv. worthy of contempt. |
| 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. |
| CONTRASTABLE | • contrastable adj. Capable of being contrasted (with something else); admitting contrast. • CONTRASTABLE adj. able to be contrasted. |
| CONTRIBUTIVE | • contributive adj. Tending to contribute; making a contribution. • CONTRIBUTIVE adj. relating to contribution. |
| COUNTERBLAST | • counterblast n. A work that strongly refutes or criticises another. • COUNTERBLAST n. a defiant pronouncement or denunciation. |
| OBSTETRICIAN | • obstetrician n. (Medicine) A physician who specializes in childbirth. • OBSTETRICIAN n. one who specialises in the care of women during pregnancy. |
| SUBCONTINENT | • subcontinent n. A large landmass which is either smaller than a continent (such as Greenland), or part of an even larger… • subcontinent prop.n. The Indian subcontinent, South Asia. • Subcontinent prop.n. Alternative letter-case form of subcontinent (“the Indian subcontinent”). |
| TABEFACTIONS | • tabefactions n. Plural of tabefaction. • TABEFACTION n. wasting away, emaciation. |
| UNOBSTRUCTED | • unobstructed adj. Not obstructed. • unobstructed v. Simple past tense and past participle of unobstruct. • UNOBSTRUCTED adj. not obstructed. |