BACKRONYM | • backronym n. A word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it, sometimes… • backronym v. To create a backronym. • BACKRONYM n. an acronym formed using the initial letters or syllables of an existing word, also BACRONYM. |
BACRONYMS | • bacronyms n. Plural of bacronym. • BACRONYM n. an acronym formed using the initial letters or syllables of an existing word, also BACKRONYM. |
BENCHMARK | • benchmark n. A standard by which something is evaluated or measured. • benchmark n. A surveyor’s mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point. • benchmark n. (Computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment. |
BROMANCES | • bromances n. Plural of bromance. • BROMANCE n. a close but not romantic or sexual relationship between two men. |
BROMANTIC | • bromantic adj. (Informal) Of or relating to bromance. • BROMANTIC adj. characterising a close but not romantic or sexual relationship between two men. |
CAMBERING | • cambering v. Present participle of camber. • cambering n. A slight convexity or slope for drainage etc.; a camber. • CAMBERING n. a type of rock-folding that forms rounded hills. |
CARBAMINO | • carbamino n. (Biochemistry, attributive) Designating a compound composed by the addition of carbon dioxide to a free… • CARBAMINO adj. relating to any of the carbamic acid derivatives formed by reaction of carbon dioxide with an amino acid or a protein. |
CARBONIUM | • carbonium n. (Dated, chemistry, deprecated) Any of several organic cations; carbocation or carbenium. • CARBONIUM n. a type of positively charged organic ion. |
CUMBRANCE | • cumbrance n. (Obsolete) encumbrance. • CUMBRANCE n. an encumbrance. |
EMBRACING | • embracing v. Present participle of embrace. • embracing n. The act of embracing (in various senses). • EMBRACE v. to hug. |
MACROBIAN | • macrobian adj. Having an exceptionally long life span. • Macrobian adj. Of or relating to Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, Ancient Roman writer. • Macrobian n. (Historical) A member of an ancient Proto-Somali tribal kingdom positioned in the Horn of Africa, mentioned… |
MAINBRACE | • mainbrace n. (Nautical) The rope (or sheet) used to control the main yard. The main yard is the spar set across the… • MAINBRACE n. the brace attached to the mainyard. |
MICROBIAN | • microbian adj. (Biology) Of, relating to, or caused by, microbes; microbial. • MICROBIAN adj. of or like a microbe, also MICROBIAL, MICROBIC. |
SCRAMBING | • scrambing v. Present participle of scramb. • SCRAMB v. (dialect) to scratch with claws or nails, also SCRAM. |