| BLOODSUCKING | • bloodsucking adj. (Of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person. • bloodsucking adj. (By extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading. • blood-sucking adj. Alternative form of bloodsucking. |
| BOOTLICKINGS | • bootlickings n. Plural of bootlicking. • BOOTLICKING n. the act of toadying. |
| CHONDROBLAST | • chondroblast n. A cell which originates from a mesenchymal stem cell and forms chondrocytes. • CHONDROBLAST n. a cell that forms cartilage. |
| COBBLESTONED | • cobblestoned adj. Cobbled; laid with cobblestones. • cobblestoned adj. (Medicine) Exhibiting cobblestoning. • COBBLESTONE v. to pave with cobblestones. |
| COBBLESTONES | • cobblestones n. Plural of cobblestone. • COBBLESTONE v. to pave with cobblestones. |
| COLLEMBOLANS | • collembolans n. Plural of collembolan. • COLLEMBOLAN n. a springtail, any one of numerous species of small apterous insects belonging to the order Thysanura. |
| CONSCIONABLE | • conscionable adj. In accordance with conscience; defensible; proper. • CONSCIONABLE adj. (obsolete) governed by conscience. |
| CONSCIONABLY | • conscionably adv. In a conscionable manner. • CONSCIONABLE adv. (obsolete) governed by conscience. |
| COUNTERBLOWS | • counterblows n. Plural of counterblow. • COUNTERBLOW n. a blow in return. |
| ECCALEOBIONS | • eccaleobions n. Plural of eccaleobion. • ECCALEOBION n. (historical) a kind of incubator. |
| INCONSOLABLE | • inconsolable adj. Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress. • INCONSOLABLE adj. incapable of being consoled. |
| INCONSOLABLY | • inconsolably adv. In an inconsolable manner. • INCONSOLABLE adv. incapable of being consoled. |
| INCORROSIBLE | • INCORROSIBLE adj. not corrosible, also INCORRODIBLE. |
| LOPHOBRANCHS | • lophobranchs n. Plural of lophobranch. • LOPHOBRANCH n. any fish of the pipefish and seahorse genus. |
| LUCKENBOOTHS | • LUCKENBOOTH n. (Scots) a shop or booth esp. in 18th century Edinburgh. |
| MONOSYLLABIC | • monosyllabic adj. Consisting of one syllable. • monosyllabic adj. Using monosyllables, speaking in monosyllables; curt. • monosyllabic n. A word consisting of one syllable. |
| OBSOLESCENCE | • obsolescence n. (Uncountable) The state of being obsolete—no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected. • obsolescence n. (Countable) The process of becoming obsolete, outmoded or out of date. • OBSOLESCENCE n. the process of becoming obsolete or the condition of being nearly obsolete. |
| UNCOMPOSABLE | • uncomposable adj. Impossible to compose, or put together. • uncomposable adj. Incapable of being composed or reconciled. • UNCOMPOSABLE adj. that cannot be composed. |