| ACINETOBACTER | • acinetobacter n. Any bacterium of the genus Acinetobacter. • Acinetobacter prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Moraxellaceae – aerobic, Gram-negative, non-motile bacteria which… • ACINETOBACTER n. a kind of bacteria, instrumental in causing respiratory disease. |
| ANTISCORBUTIC | • antiscorbutic adj. (Pharmacology) preventing or curing scurvy. • antiscorbutic n. (Pharmacology) A medicine that prevents or cures scurvy. • ANTISCORBUTIC adj. preventive of scurvy, esp. applied to vitamin C or food containing it. |
| ARACHNOPHOBIC | • arachnophobic adj. Suffering from arachnophobia. • arachnophobic n. Synonym of arachnophobe. • ARACHNOPHOBIC n. one with a morbid fear of spiders. |
| BACKCOUNTRIES | • backcountries n. Plural of backcountry. • BACKCOUNTRY n. a remote rural region. |
| BRONCHOSCOPIC | • bronchoscopic adj. Of or pertaining to bronchoscopy. • BRONCHOSCOPIC adj. relating to bronchoscopy, examination of the bronchi, also BRONCHOSCOPICAL. |
| CANCEROPHOBIA | • cancerophobia n. Alternative form of cancerphobia. • CANCEROPHOBIA n. fear of cancer, also CANCERPHOBIA. |
| CANCERPHOBIAS | • CANCERPHOBIA n. fear of cancer, also CANCEROPHOBIA. |
| CEREBROTONICS | • cerebrotonics n. Plural of cerebrotonic. • CEREBROTONIC n. someone with a personality characterized by shyness, introspection, and emotional restraint. |
| COMBINATORICS | • combinatorics n. (Mathematics) a branch of mathematics that studies (usually finite) collections of objects that satisfy… • COMBINATORICS n. combinatorial mathematics. |
| CONCUBINARIES | • CONCUBINARY n. a concubine. |
| CONSTRUCTIBLE | • constructible adj. Of a land, suitable or allowable for constructing a building on. • constructible adj. Of a building or other thing, capable of being constructed. • constructible adj. (Of a regular polygon) That can be constructed in a plane using only a pair of compasses and a straightedge. |
| CYANOBACTERIA | • cyanobacteria n. Plural of cyanobacterium. • Cyanobacteria prop.n. The only photosynthetic prokaryotes able to produce oxygen. • CYANOBACTERIUM n. a blue-green alga. |
| CYBERCHONDRIA | • cyberchondria n. Anxiety concerning one’s health, caused by visiting medical websites. • CYBERCHONDRIA n. unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites. |
| KNICKERBOCKER | • knickerbocker n. (Archaic, used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to knickerbockers. • knickerbocker n. A linsey-woolsey fabric with a rough knotted surface on the right side, formerly used for women’s dresses. • Knickerbocker n. (Archaic or historical) A New Yorker, particularly a scion of its old Dutch families. |
| MICROBALANCES | • microbalances n. Plural of microbalance. • MICROBALANCE n. a balance designed to measure very small weights. |
| SNOBBOCRACIES | • SNOBBOCRACY n. government by snobs. |