ACINETOBACTERS | • acinetobacters n. Plural of acinetobacter. • ACINETOBACTER n. a kind of bacteria, instrumental in causing respiratory disease. |
BACTERIOSTATIC | • bacteriostatic adj. Of or relating to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat; inhibiting the growth of bacteria without destroying them. • BACTERIOSTATIC adj. of or like a bacteriostat, an agent that causes bacteriostasis. |
BUTTERSCOTCH | • butterscotch n. A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla. • butterscotch n. A sauce or syrup made of similar ingredients. • butterscotch n. A light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy. |
BUTTERSCOTCHES | • butterscotches n. Plural of butterscotch. • BUTTERSCOTCH n. a candy made from brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and water. |
CACTOBLASTES | • CACTOBLASTIS n. a moth introduced into Australia as a biological control for the prickly pear. |
CONSTRUCTABLE | • constructable adj. Alternative form of constructible. • CONSTRUCTABLE adj. capable of being constructed, also CONSTRUCTIBLE. |
CONSTRUCTIBLE | • constructible adj. Of a land, suitable or allowable for constructing a building on. • constructible adj. Of a building or other thing, capable of being constructed. • constructible adj. (Of a regular polygon) That can be constructed in a plane using only a pair of compasses and a straightedge. |
CONTABESCENT | • contabescent adj. Wasting away gradually. • CONTABESCENT adj. wasting away; atrophied. |
COUNTERSUBJECT | • countersubject n. (Music) The secondary melody in contrapuntal music. • COUNTERSUBJECT n. a second theme by the first voice (esp. in a fugue) when accompanying the second voice performing the main subject. |
COUNTERSUBJECTS | • countersubjects n. Plural of countersubject. • COUNTERSUBJECT n. a second theme by the first voice (esp. in a fugue) when accompanying the second voice performing the main subject. |
ECTOBLASTIC | • ectoblastic adj. Of or relating to the ectoblast. • ECTOBLASTIC adj. relating to the ectoblast, the outer layer of the blastoderm. |
OBJECTIVISTIC | • objectivistic adj. Of or pertaining to objectivism. • OBJECTIVISTIC adj. relating to objectivism. |
RECONSTRUCTIBLE | • reconstructible adj. Able to be reconstructed. • RECONSTRUCTIBLE adj. capable of being reconstructed. |
SUBCONTRACTED | • subcontracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of subcontract. • SUBCONTRACT v. to enter into a subcontract. |
SUBCONTRAOCTAVE | • subcontraoctave n. (Music) The octave on the bass clef ranging from three octaves below the staff (C0) to two octaves below… • SUBCONTRAOCTAVE n. the octave below the contraoctave. |