| ACCOMPLISHING | • accomplishing v. Present participle of accomplish. • ACCOMPLISH v. to bring about (a result) by effort, also COMPLISH. |
| CHIMNEYPIECES | • chimneypieces n. Plural of chimneypiece. • CHIMNEYPIECE n. an ornamental construction over and around a fireplace that includes the mantel. |
| COMPLICATIONS | • complications n. Plural of complication. • COMPLICATION n. complexity, intricacy. |
| COSMOPOLITICS | • cosmopolitics n. Global politics. • COSMOPOLITICS n. world politics. |
| INCOMPLIANCES | • incompliances n. Plural of incompliance. • INCOMPLIANCE n. lack of compliance, also INCOMPLIANCY. |
| MICROCOPYINGS | • MICROCOPYING n. the act of copying on microfilm. |
| MICROGRAPHICS | • micrographics n. A group of technologies using very small visual representations of text and graphics that are magnified for viewing. • MICROGRAPHICS n. the industry concerned with the manufacture and sale of graphic material in microform. |
| MICROPHYSICAL | • microphysical adj. Of or pertaining to microphysics. • MICROPHYSICAL adj. relating to microphysics. |
| MICROPLASTICS | • microplastics n. Plural of microplastic. • MICROPLASTIC n. very small particles of plastic debris persisting as waste material in the environment following the breakdown of rubbish. |
| MICROSCOPICAL | • microscopical adj. Pertaining to the microscope; achieved by means of a microscope. • microscopical adj. (Now rare) Only visible by means of a microscope; very small, microscopic. • MICROSCOPICAL adj. able to be seen only though a microscope, also MICROSCOPIC. |
| MICROSCOPISTS | • microscopists n. Plural of microscopist. • MICROSCOPIST n. one who uses a microscope. |
| MISCONCEPTION | • misconception n. A mistaken belief, a wrong idea. • MISCONCEPTION n. a false conception. |
| PICROCARMINES | • PICROCARMINE n. a stain for microscope work made from carmine, ammonia, water and picric acid. |
| PRACTICALISMS | • PRACTICALISM n. devotion to what is practical. |
| PSYCHOTICISMS | • psychoticisms n. Plural of psychoticism. • PSYCHOTICISM n. the state of being psychotic. |
| SCAPULIMANTIC | • scapulimantic adj. Relating to scapulimancy. • SCAPULIMANTIC adj. related to scapulimancy, divination involving a shoulder blade which has been charred or cracked from a fire. |
| SPECTINOMYCIN | • spectinomycin n. (Pharmacology) An aminocyclitol antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces spectabilis. • SPECTINOMYCIN n. a white crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic produced by a bacterium that is used clinically esp. in the form of its hydrochloride to treat gonorrhea. |
| SUPRACHIASMIC | • SUPRACHIASMIC adj. above the chiasm (esp. in suprachiasmic nucleus, a small area in the hypothalamus thought to regulate the biological clock). |