ABSTRACTNESS | • abstractness n. The quality of being abstract. • ABSTRACTNESS n. the quality of being abstract. |
BESCATTERING | • bescattering v. Present participle of bescatter. • BESCATTER v. (archaic) to scatter over. |
BETACAROTENE | • betacarotene n. (Pharmacology) The international nonproprietary name of beta-carotene when used as a drug. • beta-carotene n. (Biochemistry) A plant pigment that is an isomer of carotene, found in dark green and dark yellow vegetables… • beta␣carotene n. Alternative spelling of beta-carotene. |
CARBONATITES | • carbonatites n. Plural of carbonatite. • CARBONATITE n. any igneous rock composed chiefly of carbonates rather than silicates. |
CARBURETTING | • carburetting v. Present participle of carburet. • CARBURET v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURATE. |
CONTRACTABLE | • contractable adj. Capable of being contracted (in various senses). • CONTRACTABLE adj. that can be contracted, also CONTRACTIBLE. |
CONTRACTIBLE | • contractible adj. Capable of contraction. • contractible adj. (Mathematics) (of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation. • CONTRACTIBLE adj. that can be contracted, also CONTRACTABLE. |
CONTRASTABLE | • contrastable adj. Capable of being contrasted (with something else); admitting contrast. • CONTRASTABLE adj. able to be contrasted. |
CONTRIBUTIVE | • contributive adj. Tending to contribute; making a contribution. • CONTRIBUTIVE adj. relating to contribution. |
COUNTERBLAST | • counterblast n. A work that strongly refutes or criticises another. • COUNTERBLAST n. a defiant pronouncement or denunciation. |
INSTRUCTIBLE | • instructible adj. Capable of being instructed; teachable. • INSTRUCTIBLE adj. that can be instructed. |
OBSTETRICIAN | • obstetrician n. (Medicine) A physician who specializes in childbirth. • OBSTETRICIAN n. one who specialises in the care of women during pregnancy. |
SCATTERBRAIN | • scatterbrain n. A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person. • SCATTERBRAIN n. a giddy heedless person. |
TECTIBRANCHS | • tectibranchs n. Plural of tectibranch. • TECTIBRANCH n. any member of the Tectibranchiata, molluscs including sea-slugs. |
UNOBSTRUCTED | • unobstructed adj. Not obstructed. • unobstructed v. Simple past tense and past participle of unobstruct. • UNOBSTRUCTED adj. not obstructed. |