| ABSORBENCIES | • absorbencies n. Plural of absorbency. • ABSORBENCY n. the state of being absorbent, also ABSORBANCY. |
| BRISTLECONES | • bristlecones n. Plural of bristlecone. • BRISTLECONE n. a western American pine with bristlelike prickles on its cones. |
| BURSERACEOUS | • burseraceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the family Burseraceae. • BURSERACEOUS adj. belonging to a genus of tropical plants related to the rue family. |
| CEREBROSIDES | • cerebrosides n. Plural of cerebroside. • CEREBROSIDE n. any of various glycolipids found esp. in nerve tissue. |
| CHEESEBOARDS | • cheeseboards n. Plural of cheeseboard. • CHEESEBOARD n. a board on which cheese is served. |
| COMBURGESSES | • comburgesses n. Plural of comburgess. • COMBURGESS n. a fellow-burgess. |
| COMPRESSIBLE | • compressible adj. Able to be compressed. • compressible adj. (Topology, of a surface embedded in a 3-dimensional manifold) Containing a circle that does not serve… • COMPRESSIBLE adj. capable of being compressed. |
| COUNTERBASES | • COUNTERBASE n. (Italian) the double bass, also CONTRABASS, CONTRABASSO, CONTRABBASSO. |
| CROSSBEARERS | • crossbearers n. Plural of crossbearer. • cross-bearers n. Plural of cross-bearer. • cross␣bearers n. Plural of cross bearer. |
| CROSSBENCHER | • crossbencher n. Alternative form of cross-bencher. • cross-bencher n. (Politics) A member of the British House of Lords or the Senate of Canada or Australia who sits on a… • CROSSBENCHER n. an independent member of the House of Lords. |
| CROSSBENCHES | • crossbenches n. The seats in either house of the British parliament, or a similar assembly, used by members who do not… • cross-benches n. Plural of cross-bench. • CROSSBENCH n. a bench laid crosswise. |
| DECARBONISES | • decarbonises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decarbonise. • DECARBONISE v. to remove carbon or carbon dioxide from, also DECARBONIZE. |
| FORCIBLENESS | • forcibleness n. The quality of being forcible. • FORCIBLENESS n. the state of being forcible. |
| INCROSSBREED | • INCROSSBREED v. to produce by crossing two inbred individuals of different breeds, also INCROSS. |
| OBCOMPRESSED | • obcompressed adj. Compressed or flattened anteroposteriorly, or in a way opposite to the usual one. • OBCOMPRESSED adj. flattened from front to back. |
| OBSCUREMENTS | • obscurements n. Plural of obscurement. • OBSCUREMENT n. the act of obscuring. |
| OBSERVANCIES | • observancies n. Plural of observancy. • OBSERVANCY n. the keeping of a customary practice, rite, or ceremony, also OBSERVANCE. |
| PRESBYCOUSES | • PRESBYCOUSIS n. progressive loss of hearing with advancing old age, also PRESBYACOUSIS, PRESBYACUSIS, PRESBYCUSIS. |
| SUBPROCESSES | • subprocesses n. Plural of subprocess. • subprocesses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of subprocess. • SUBPROCESS n. part of a process. |
| TUBERCULOSES | • tuberculoses n. Plural of tuberculosis. • TUBERCULOSIS n. consumption or phthisis, a disease caused by the tubercle bacillus. |