ACIDOPHILUS | • acidophilus n. Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt. • ACIDOPHILUS n. a bacterium used to counter intestinal imbalance and in making yoghurt. |
ACIDULATION | • acidulation n. The act of acidulating. • ACIDULATION n. the process of making slightly acid. |
AUDIOMETRIC | • audiometric adj. Of or pertaining to audiometry. • audiometric adj. Measured using an audiometer. • AUDIOMETRIC adj. relating to audiometry, the measurement of the acuity of hearing. |
CAUDILLISMO | • caudillismo n. The type of government ruled by a caudillo. • CAUDILLISMO n. the doctrine or practice of a caudillo. |
COATIMUNDIS | • coatimundis n. Plural of coatimundi. • COATIMUNDI n. (Tupi) a tropical American plantigrade carnivorous mammal, also COATI. |
CUSPIDATION | • CUSPIDATION n. decoration with cusps. |
DIACOUSTICS | • diacoustics n. The science concerned with the properties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums; diaphonics. • DIACOUSTICS n. the branch of physics that deals with refracted sound. |
DIASCORDIUM | • diascordium n. (Obsolete, pharmacology) A medicine made from dried herbs, especially Teucrium scordium. • DIASCORDIUM n. (obsolete) a medicine made from water-germander, etc. |
DICOUMARINS | • DICOUMARIN n. a crystalline compound obtained from sweet clover hay, also DICOUMAROL, DICUMAROL. |
DISGRACIOUS | • disgracious adj. Lacking grace; not pleasing; disagreeable. • DISGRACIOUS adj. (Shakespeare) ungracious, unpleasing. |
DUPLICATION | • duplication n. The act of duplicating. • duplication n. A folding over; a fold. • duplication n. (Biology) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action. |
ELUCIDATION | • elucidation n. A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration. • ELUCIDATION n. the act of elucidating. |
INDUCTIONAL | • inductional adj. Pertaining to, or proceeding by, induction; inductive. • INDUCTIONAL adj. relating to induction. |
JUDICATIONS | • judications n. Plural of judication. • JUDICATION n. judgment. |
LOCULICIDAL | • loculicidal adj. (Botany) dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell; said of capsules. • LOCULICIDAL adj. dehiscing along the back of the carpel. |
NONJUDICIAL | • nonjudicial adj. Not judicial; not related to the powers of a judge. • NONJUDICIAL adj. not judicial. |
UNIDIOMATIC | • unidiomatic adj. Not idiomatic. • UNIDIOMATIC adj. not idiomatic. |
VIBRACULOID | • vibraculoid adj. Characteristic of a vibraculum. • VIBRACULOID adj. of or like a vibraculum, one of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished, also VIBRACULAR. |