| ACINETOBACTERS | • acinetobacters n. Plural of acinetobacter. • ACINETOBACTER n. a kind of bacteria, instrumental in causing respiratory disease. |
| BRONCHIECTASES | • bronchiectases n. Plural of bronchiectasis. • BRONCHIECTASIS n. a chronic dilatation of bronchi or bronchioles. |
| CIRCUMAMBIENCE | • circumambience n. The condition of being circumambient. • CIRCUMAMBIENCE n. the act of going round, encompassing, also CIRCUMAMBIENCY. |
| CONCELEBRATING | • concelebrating v. Present participle of concelebrate. • CONCELEBRATE v. to jointly recite the canon of the Eucharist in unison with others. |
| CONCELEBRATION | • concelebration n. The act of concelebrating (in any sense). • CONCELEBRATION n. celebration of Eucharist by two or more ministers. |
| CORYNEBACTERIA | • corynebacteria n. Plural of corynebacterium. • CORYNEBACTERIUM n. a bacterium that causes e.g. diphtheria. |
| COUNTERBALANCE | • counterbalance n. (Literally) A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance. • counterbalance n. (Figuratively) A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one. • counterbalance v. (Transitive) To apply weight in order to balance an opposing weight. |
| COUNTERSUBJECT | • countersubject n. (Music) The secondary melody in contrapuntal music. • COUNTERSUBJECT n. a second theme by the first voice (esp. in a fugue) when accompanying the second voice performing the main subject. |
| CRANIOCEREBRAL | • craniocerebral adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the skull and the brain. • CRANIOCEREBRAL adj. involving both cranium and brain. |
| CYBERNETICALLY | • cybernetically adv. In a cybernetic manner. • CYBERNETICAL adv. relating to cybernetics, also CYBERNETIC. |
| CYBERNETICIANS | • cyberneticians n. Plural of cybernetician. • CYBERNETICIAN n. a specialist in cybernetics. |
| CYBERNETICISTS | • cyberneticists n. Plural of cyberneticist. • CYBERNETICIST n. a student of cybernetics. |
| DISENCUMBRANCE | • disencumbrance n. Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome. • DISENCUMBRANCE n. the act of freeing from encumbrance. |
| EXACERBESCENCE | • exacerbescence n. (Archaic) increase of irritation or violence, particularly of a fever or disease. • EXACERBESCENCE n. (archaic) exacerbation. |
| IRRECONCILABLE | • irreconcilable adj. Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising. • irreconcilable adj. Incompatible, discrepant, contradictory. • irreconcilable n. Something that cannot be reconciled. |
| KNICKERBOCKERS | • knickerbockers n. Men’s or boys’ baggy knee breeches, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century. • Knickerbockers n. (Archaic or historical) plural of Knickerbocker; New Yorkers, particularly descendants of its original Dutch settlers. • Knickerbockers n. (Basketball, uncommon) The formal name of the New York Knicks, a team in the National Basketball Association. |
| NONRECYCLABLES | • nonrecyclables n. Plural of nonrecyclable. • NONRECYCLABLE n. something not recyclable. |
| PREPUBESCENCES | • PREPUBESCENCE n. prepuberty. |
| SUBMETACENTRIC | • submetacentric adj. (Cytology) (of a chromosome) having the centromere between one end and the middle, and thus having a… • submetacentric n. A submetacentric chromosome. • SUBMETACENTRIC n. a chromosome having the centromere situated so that one chromosome arm is somewhat shorter than the other. |
| UNRECONCILABLE | • unreconcilable adj. Irreconcilable. • unreconcilable n. A person or thing that cannot be reconciled. • UNRECONCILABLE adj. not reconcilable. |