| CARDBOARDY | • cardboardy adj. (Informal) Resembling cardboard. • CARDBOARDY adj. like cardboard. |
| CLOUDBERRY | • cloudberry n. A species of slow-growing bramble, Rubus chamaemorus. • cloudberry n. The fruit of these plants. • CLOUDBERRY n. a low plant of North America and North Europe, related to the bramble, with an orange-red sweet-flavoured berry known as bakeapple. |
| CORNBRANDY | • CORNBRANDY n. spirits made from grain; whisky. |
| CURRYCOMBED | • currycombed v. Simple past tense and past participle of currycomb. • curry-combed v. Simple past tense and past participle of curry-comb. • CURRYCOMB v. to comb with this. |
| HYDROBROMIC | • hydrobromic adj. (Chemistry) Composed of hydrogen and bromine. • HYDROBROMIC adj. applied to an acid composed of hydrogen and bromine, hydrogen bromide. |
| HYDROCARBON | • hydrocarbon n. (Organic chemistry) A compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms. • HYDROCARBON n. a compound of hydrogen and carbon with nothing else, occurring notably in oil, natural gas and coal. |
| CARBOHYDRASE | • carbohydrase n. (Biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of polysaccharides into simple sugars. • CARBOHYDRASE n. any of a group of enzymes (as amylase) that promote hydrolysis or synthesis of a carbohydrate (as a disaccharide). |
| CARBOHYDRATE | • carbohydrate n. (Organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant. • carbohydrate n. (Colloquial, by extension, metonymically) Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates. • CARBOHYDRATE n. a compound of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen; extended to similar compounds, the sugars and starches which form the main source of energy in food. |
| HYDROCARBONS | • hydrocarbons n. Plural of hydrocarbon. • HYDROCARBON n. a compound of hydrogen and carbon with nothing else, occurring notably in oil, natural gas and coal. |
| REPRODUCIBLY | • reproducibly adv. In a reproducible manner; in a manner that can be copied. • REPRODUCIBLE adv. that can be reproduced. |
| SUBDIRECTORY | • subdirectory n. (Computing) A directory located inside another directory. |
| CARBOHYDRASES | • carbohydrases n. Plural of carbohydrase. • CARBOHYDRASE n. any of a group of enzymes (as amylase) that promote hydrolysis or synthesis of a carbohydrate (as a disaccharide). |
| CARBOHYDRATES | • carbohydrates n. Plural of carbohydrate. • CARBOHYDRATE n. a compound of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen; extended to similar compounds, the sugars and starches which form the main source of energy in food. |
| CORRODIBILITY | • corrodibility n. The quality of being corrodible. • CORRODIBILITY n. the quality of being corrodible, also CORROSIBILITY. |
| 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. |
| CYBERCHONDRIAC | • cyberchondriac n. A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet. • CYBERCHONDRIAC n. one suffering from CYBERCHONDRIA. |
| CYBERCHONDRIAS | • CYBERCHONDRIA n. unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites. |
| CYBERCHONDRIACS | • cyberchondriacs n. Plural of cyberchondriac. • CYBERCHONDRIAC n. one suffering from CYBERCHONDRIA. |
| NONCARBOHYDRATE | • noncarbohydrate n. (Often attributive) Any material that is not a carbohydrate. • NONCARBOHYDRATE adj. relating to something that is not a carbohydrate. |
| REPRODUCIBILITY | • reproducibility n. The quality of being reproducible. • REPRODUCIBILITY n. the state of being reproducible. |