| BACKPEDALLING | • backpedalling v. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain) present participle of backpedal. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| BACTERIOCIDAL | • bacteriocidal adj. Alternative form of bactericidal. |
| BLADDERWRACKS | • bladderwracks n. Plural of bladderwrack. • bladder␣wracks n. Plural of bladder wrack. • BLADDERWRACK n. a common brown seaweed with air-bladders. |
| CLAPPERBOARDS | • clapperboards n. Plural of clapperboard. • clapper␣boards n. Plural of clapper board. • CLAPPERBOARD n. a hinged board (or a set of hinged boards) clapped together in front of the camera before or after shooting a piece of film, to help synchronize sound and vision. |
| DECARBOXYLASE | • decarboxylase n. (Biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a carboxyl group, effectively removing carbon… • DECARBOXYLASE n. any of a group of enzymes that accelerate decarboxylation esp. of amino acids. |
| DECARBOXYLATE | • decarboxylate v. (Organic chemistry) To remove one or more carboxyl groups from a molecule. • DECARBOXYLATE v. to remove carbon dioxide from its substrate. |
| DECASYLLABICS | • decasyllabics n. Plural of decasyllabic. • DECASYLLABIC n. a decasyllabic verse. |
| DECASYLLABLES | • decasyllables n. Plural of decasyllable. • DECASYLLABLE n. a line with ten syllables. |
| DETACHABILITY | • detachability n. The quality or degree of being detachable. • DETACHABILITY n. the state of being detachable. |
| DISCHARGEABLE | • dischargeable adj. Capable of being discharged. • DISCHARGEABLE adj. capable of being discharged. |
| EDUCATABILITY | • educatability n. The state or condition of being educatable. • EDUCATABILITY n. the quality of being educatable. |
| HARDSCRABBLES | • HARDSCRABBLE n. a great effort made in the face of difficulties. |
| NONDETACHABLE | • nondetachable adj. Not capable of being detached. • non-detachable adj. Alternative form of nondetachable. • NONDETACHABLE adj. not detachable. |
| PARTICLEBOARD | • particleboard n. Alternative spelling of particle board. • particle-board n. Alternative spelling of particle board. • particle␣board n. (US, Canada) a structural material manufactured from wood particles (such as chips and shavings) by… |