| BROMOURACIL | • bromouracil n. A brominated derivative of uracil. • BROMOURACIL n. a uracil derivative that is an analog of thymine and pairs readily with adenine and sometimes with guanine. |
| CIRCUMPOLAR | • circumpolar adj. Located or found throughout a polar region. • circumpolar adj. (Astronomy) Of a celestial body, continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel. • CIRCUMPOLAR adj. continually visible above the horizon. |
| CIRCUMSOLAR | • circumsolar adj. Surrounding or moving around the Sun. • CIRCUMSOLAR adj. situated or moving round the sun. |
| CIRROCUMULI | • cirrocumuli n. Plural of cirrocumulus. • CIRROCUMULUS n. (Latin) a type of cloud. |
| COLUBRIFORM | • colubriform adj. Having the form of a snake. • colubriform adj. Characteristic of snakes of the family Colubridae; colubrid. • colubriform n. Any snake of the clade Colubriformes. |
| CORRIGENDUM | • corrigendum n. An error that is to be corrected in a printed work after publication. • corrigendum n. (Usually in the plural) A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections. • CORRIGENDUM n. an error in a printed work discovered after printing and shown with its correction on a separate sheet. |
| COURTIERISM | • courtierism n. The behaviour or practices of a courtier; obsequiousness. • COURTIERISM n. the behaviour or practices of a courtier. |
| CREMATORIUM | • crematorium n. A place where the bodies of dead people are cremated. • CREMATORIUM n. a place where bodies are cremated, also CREMATORY. |
| CRUCIFORMLY | • cruciformly adv. In a cruciform manner. • CRUCIFORM adv. cross-shaped. |
| CUMULOCIRRI | • CUMULOCIRRUS n. a type of cloud. |
| FORMICARIUM | • formicarium n. A vivarium used for the study of ants and ant colonies. • FORMICARIUM n. an anthill, an ant colony, also FORMICARY. |
| MERCURATION | • MERCURATION n. conversion into a mercury compound. |
| MICROBURSTS | • microbursts n. Plural of microburst. • MICROBURST n. a sudden violent downward rush of air usually associated with thunderstorms, also DOWNBURST. |
| MICROCURIES | • microcuries n. Plural of microcurie. • MICROCURIE n. a unit of radiation, a millionth of a curie. |
| MICROPOROUS | • microporous adj. (Of a material) Having micropores of a size less than 2 nanometres. • MICROPOROUS adj. of or like a micropore. |
| SCRIPTORIUM | • scriptorium n. (Countable) A room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts and records, especially… • SCRIPTORIUM n. (Latin) a writing room, esp. of scribes in medieval monastery. |
| SUPERMICROS | • supermicros n. Plural of supermicro. • SUPERMICRO n. a very small micro computer. |
| THERMODURIC | • thermoduric adj. (Of bacteria) Capable of surviving high temperatures such as the pasteurisation process. • thermoduric n. A bacterium capable of surviving high temperatures. • THERMODURIC adj. resistant to high temperatures. |
| VERRUCIFORM | • verruciform adj. Having a shape like a wart or warts. • VERRUCIFORM adj. shaped like a wart; wartlike. |