| BALLICATTERS | • ballicatters n. Plural of ballicatter. • BALLICATTER n. in Newfoundland, ice that forms along a shore from waves and freezing spray. |
| BELLETRISTIC | • belletristic adj. Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of belles-lettres. • belletristic adj. Written or appreciated for aesthetic value rather than content. • BELLETRISTIC adj. relating to belles-lettres, also BELLETRISTICAL. |
| BUTCHERLIEST | • BUTCHERLY adj. like a butcher, savage, bloody. |
| 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. |
| CRISTOBALITE | • cristobalite n. (Mineralogy) A mineral of volcanic rocks that solidified at a high temperature. Cristobalite is chemically… • CRISTOBALITE n. a variety of silica. |
| DESTRUCTIBLE | • destructible adj. Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed. • DESTRUCTIBLE adj. capable of being destroyed. |
| DISTRACTABLE | • distractable adj. Alternative form of distractible. • DISTRACTABLE adj. that can be distracted, also DISTRACTIBLE. |
| DISTRACTIBLE | • distractible adj. Capable of being distracted. • DISTRACTIBLE adj. that can be distracted, also DISTRACTABLE. |
| INSTRUCTIBLE | • instructible adj. Capable of being instructed; teachable. • INSTRUCTIBLE adj. that can be instructed. |
| PROTRACTIBLE | • protractible adj. Able to be protracted or extended. • PROTRACTIBLE adj. able to be thrust out, also PROTRACTILE. |
| SCRATCHBUILT | • scratch-built adj. Of a building: built ad hoc, with whatever materials are to hand, and often just from ground level. • scratch-built adj. Of a structure, e.g. a car, model or toy: built with minimal cost and at short notice, with rudimentary materials. • SCRATCHBUILD v. to build (usually models) from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
| SCRUTABILITY | • scrutability n. The property of being scrutable; openness to inspection. • SCRUTABILITY n. the quality of being scrutable. |
| THROMBOLYTIC | • thrombolytic adj. Of, pertaining to, or causing thrombolysis. • thrombolytic n. Any drug that causes thrombolysis. • THROMBOLYTIC adj. dissolving clots. |
| TRACEABILITY | • traceability n. The ability to trace (identify and measure) all the stages that led to a particular point in a process… • TRACEABILITY n. the state of being traceable. |
| TRACTABILITY | • tractability n. The state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness. • TRACTABILITY n. the state of being tractable, also TRACTABLENESS. |
| TRITUBERCULY | • trituberculy n. (Zoology, obsolete) A theory of the development of mammalian molar teeth. • TRITUBERCULY n. the state of being tritubercular, having three tubercles or cusps. |