| BACKSCRATCHED | • backscratched v. Simple past tense and past participle of backscratch. • BACKSCRATCH v. to scratch the back; (figurative) to do favours in return for favours, to engage in servile flattery. |
| CIRCUMSCRIBED | • circumscribed v. Simple past tense and past participle of circumscribe. • circumscribed adj. Limited narrowly; restricted. • CIRCUMSCRIBE v. to draw a line around, to surround by or as if by a boundary. |
| CIRCUMSTANCED | • circumstanced v. Simple past tense and past participle of circumstance. • circumstanced adj. (In combination) In the specified situation or circumstances. • CIRCUMSTANCE v. to place in particular circumstances. |
| COADJACENCIES | • COADJACENCY n. the state of being coadjacent. |
| COCCIDIOSTATS | • coccidiostats n. Plural of coccidiostat. • COCCIDIOSTAT n. an agent which builds up a resistance by the host to coccidia by retarding the latter's life-cycle, etc. |
| COINCIDENCIES | • coincidencies n. Plural of coincidency. • COINCIDENCY n. the act or condition of coinciding, also COINCIDENCE. |
| CYSTICERCOIDS | • cysticercoids n. Plural of cysticercoid. • CYSTICERCOID n. a tapeworm larva having an invaginated scolex and solid tailpiece. |
| DECALESCENCES | • decalescences n. Plural of decalescence. • DECALESCENCE n. the point in heating metal where it appears to cool. |
| DICHROISCOPIC | • DICHROISCOPIC adj. relating to a dichroiscope. |
| DICHROOSCOPIC | • DICHROOSCOPIC adj. relating to a dichrooscope. |
| INCANDESCENCE | • incandescence n. (Physics) the emission of visible light by a hot body. • incandescence n. The light so emitted. • incandescence n. (By extension) great emotion, especially anger. |
| INCANDESCENCY | • INCANDESCENCY n. the state of being incandescent, also INCANDESCENCE. |
| RECRUDESCENCE | • recrudescence n. The condition or state being recrudescent; the condition of something (often undesirable) breaking out… • recrudescence n. (Medicine, by extension) The acute recurrence of a disease, or its symptoms, after a period of improvement. • recrudescence n. (Botany) The production of a fresh shoot from a ripened spike. |
| RECRUDESCENCY | • recrudescency n. Dated form of recrudescence. • RECRUDESCENCY n. a new outbreak after a dormant period, also RECRUDESCENCE. |
| SYNECDOCHICAL | • synecdochical adj. Using an inclusive term for something included, or vice versa; using something spoken of as the whole… • SYNECDOCHICAL adj. relating to synecdoche, also SYNECDOCHIC. |
| UNCIRCUMCISED | • uncircumcised adj. Not circumcised, intact. • uncircumcised adj. (By extension) Not Jewish or Muslim; gentile. • uncircumcised adj. Spiritually impure; irreligious. |