| BELLICOSE | • bellicose adj. Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile. • bellicose adj. Showing or having the impulse to be combative. • BELLICOSE adj. warlike. |
| BELLICOSELY | • bellicosely adv. In a bellicose manner. • BELLICOSE adv. warlike. |
| CATHOLICOSES | • catholicoses n. Plural of catholicos. • CATHOLICOS n. (Greek) the Primate of the Armenian or Nestorian church. |
| CICATRICOSE | • cicatricose adj. (Biology) apparently scarred. • CICATRICOSE adj. like a cicatrix. |
| CORTICOSE | • corticose adj. Abounding in bark; resembling bark; barky. • CORTICOSE adj. consisting of or like bark. |
| FRUTICOSE | • fruticose adj. (Botany) Having woody stems and branches; shrubby. • FRUTICOSE adj. shrubby. |
| MYCOTOXICOSES | • mycotoxicoses n. Plural of mycotoxicosis. • MYCOTOXICOSIS n. poisoning caused by a mycotoxin. |
| PICOSECOND | • picosecond n. (Metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10-12 seconds. Symbol: ps. • PICOSECOND n. a trillionth of a second. |
| PICOSECONDS | • picoseconds n. Plural of picosecond. • PICOSECOND n. a trillionth of a second. |
| SILICOSES | • silicoses n. Plural of silicosis. • SILICOSIS n. a lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust. |
| SUFFRUTICOSE | • suffruticose adj. (Botany) Having a woody base, but shrubby higher up. • SUFFRUTICOSE adj. of a perennial plant, having a woody base, but remaining herbaceous in upper part. |
| THYROTOXICOSES | • thyrotoxicoses n. Plural of thyrotoxicosis. • THYROTOXICOSIS n. hyperthyroidism with goitre and exophthalmia, Graves' disease. |
| TOXICOSES | • toxicoses n. Plural of toxicosis. • TOXICOSIS n. a pathological condition caused by a poison or toxin. |
| VARICOSE | • varicose adj. (Usually of a vein or set of veins) Abnormally swollen, dilated or knotty. • VARICOSE adj. swollen, esp. in irregular lumps and twists, also VARICOSED. |
| VARICOSED | • varicosed adj. Synonym of varicose. • VARICOSED adj. having varicose veins, also VARICOSE. |
| VARICOSES | • varicoses n. Plural of varicosis. • VARICOSIS n. any condition characterized by distention of the veins. |
| VENTRICOSE | • ventricose adj. Distended; corpulent. • ventricose adj. (Mycology) Broadest in the middle and tapering toward the ends. • VENTRICOSE adj. distended or swollen in the middle, also VENTRICOUS. |
| VORTICOSE | • vorticose adj. Vortical. • VORTICOSE adj. like a vortex, whirling, also VORTICAL, VORTICULAR, VORTIGINOUS. |