| BIGNONIACEOUS | • bignoniaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae. • BIGNONIACEOUS adj. belonging to the bignonia family. |
| BIOCOMPUTINGS | • BIOCOMPUTING n. the application of computers to problems in biology and biochemistry. |
| BLOODCURDLING | • bloodcurdling adj. Causing great horror or terror. • blood-curdling adj. Causing terror or horror. • BLOODCURDLING adj. arousing fright or horror. |
| BORAGINACEOUS | • boraginaceous adj. (Botany) Of, relating to, or resembling the Boraginaceae, a plant family which includes the borage… • BORAGINACEOUS adj. belonging to the borage family. |
| CARBONIFEROUS | • carboniferous adj. Containing or producing carbon. • Carboniferous adj. (Geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian… • Carboniferous prop.n. (Geology) the Carboniferous period. |
| CONFABULATION | • confabulation n. A casual conversation; a chat. • confabulation n. (Psychology) A fabricated memory believed to be true. • CONFABULATION n. the fabrication of past experiences, either consciously or unconsciously to make up for loss of memory. |
| CONTRIBUTIONS | • contributions n. Plural of contribution. • CONTRIBUTION n. the act of contributing. |
| COUNTERBORING | • counterboring v. Present participle of counterbore. • counterboring n. A counterbore. (cylindrical recess) • COUNTERBORE v. to form a counterbore in. |
| CRYOGLOBULINS | • cryoglobulins n. Plural of cryoglobulin. • CRYOGLOBULIN n. an immunoglobulin formed in the blood in certain diseases which forms obstructions in small blood vessels when the extremities are subjected to low temperatures. |
| LACTOGLOBULIN | • lactoglobulin n. (Biochemistry) The globulin content of milk. • LACTOGLOBULIN n. a crystalline protein fraction that is obtained from the whey of milk. |
| MACROGLOBULIN | • macroglobulin n. A plasma globulin of high molecular weight. • MACROGLOBULIN n. a highly polymerized globulin of high molecular weight. |
| OBSTRUCTIONAL | • obstructional adj. Being or relating to an obstruction. • OBSTRUCTIONAL adj. relating to obstruction. |
| PRECOMBUSTION | • precombustion adj. Alternative spelling of pre-combustion. • pre-combustion adj. Occurring prior to combustion. • pre-combustion adj. Concerned with a phase prior to combustion. |
| SUBALLOCATION | • suballocation n. A secondary or subsidiary allocation; a further allocation of part of something previously allocated. • SUBALLOCATION n. a subdivision of an allocation. |
| SUBCOLLECTION | • subcollection n. A subset of a collection. • SUBCOLLECTION n. a subdivision of a collection. |
| SUBCOMMISSION | • subcommission n. A subdivision of a commission. • SUBCOMMISSION v. to give a subsidiary commission. |
| SUBCONTIGUOUS | • subcontiguous adj. Almost touching. • SUBCONTIGUOUS adj. partially contiguous. |
| SUBCONTINUOUS | • subcontinuous adj. Nearly continuous, but with slight interruptions. • SUBCONTINUOUS adj. partially continuous. |