| 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. |
| ACTINOBACILLI | • actinobacilli n. Plural of actinobacillus. • ACTINOBACILLUS n. a bacillus of the genus of bacteria Actinobacillus. |
| 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. |
| BACKCOUNTRIES | • backcountries n. Plural of backcountry. • BACKCOUNTRY n. a remote rural region. |
| BICONCAVITIES | • biconcavities n. Plural of biconcavity. • BICONCAVITY n. the state of being biconcave. |
| BIOSCIENTIFIC | • bioscientific adj. Relating to bioscience. • BIOSCIENTIFIC adj. relating to bioscience. |
| 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. |
| CONFISCATABLE | • confiscatable adj. That can be confiscated. • CONFISCATABLE adj. capable of being confiscated, also CONFISCABLE. |
| CONSTABLEWICK | • constablewick n. (Obsolete) The district to which a constable’s power is limited. • CONSTABLEWICK n. (historical) the district of a constable. |
| 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. |
| SUBCOLLECTION | • subcollection n. A subset of a collection. • SUBCOLLECTION n. a subdivision of a collection. |
| TECHNOPHOBICS | • TECHNOPHOBIC n. one suffering from technophobia. |
| TOBACCANALIAN | • tobaccanalian adj. (Rare) Relating to the smoking of tobacco. • tobaccanalian n. (Rare) A person who smokes tobacco. • TOBACCANALIAN n. (facetious) a smoker. |
| UNCOLLECTIBLE | • uncollectible adj. That cannot be collected. • uncollectible n. (Usually in the plural) Something, such as a bad debt, that cannot be collected. • UNCOLLECTIBLE adj. not collectible. |