AMPHIBRACHIC | • amphibrachic adj. Consisting of amphibrachs, metrical feet consisting of either a long syllable between two that are short… • AMPHIBRACHIC adj. of or like an amphibrach, a foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short. |
ARACHNOPHOBIC | • arachnophobic adj. Suffering from arachnophobia. • arachnophobic n. Synonym of arachnophobe. • ARACHNOPHOBIC n. one with a morbid fear of spiders. |
ARACHNOPHOBICS | • arachnophobics n. Plural of arachnophobic. • ARACHNOPHOBIC n. one with a morbid fear of spiders. |
ARCHBISHOPRIC | • archbishopric n. (Ecclesiastical) The rank or office of an archbishop. • archbishopric n. (Ecclesiastical) The jurisdiction of an archbishop. • ARCHBISHOPRIC n. the see or province over which an archbishop exercises authority. |
ARCHBISHOPRICS | • archbishoprics n. Plural of archbishopric. • ARCHBISHOPRIC n. the see or province over which an archbishop exercises authority. |
BATHOCHROMIC | • bathochromic adj. (Physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a lower frequency. • BATHOCHROMIC adj. denoting or relating to a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound. |
BATRACHOPHOBIC | • BATRACHOPHOBIC adj. having a morbid fear of frogs and toads. |
BRACHIOCEPHALIC | • brachiocephalic adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the arm and the head. • BRACHIOCEPHALIC adj. relating to the arms and head. |
BRACHISTOCHRONE | • brachistochrone n. (Mathematics) A cycloid; the curve of fastest descent between two points. • BRACHISTOCHRONE n. the curve along which a particle acted on by a force (e.g. gravity) will pass in the shortest time from one given point to another. |
BRACHYCEPHALIC | • brachycephalic adj. (Of a person or animal) Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right). • brachycephalic n. A brachycephalic person or creature. • BRACHYCEPHALIC adj. short-headed, esp. having a skull whose breadth is 80 per cent or more of its length. |
BRACHYCEPHALICS | • brachycephalics n. Plural of brachycephalic. • BRACHYCEPHALIC n. a short-headed person. |
BRACHYCEPHALIES | • brachycephalies n. Plural of brachycephaly. • BRACHYCEPHALY n. the state of being brachycephalic, short-headed. |
BRACHYCEPHALISM | • brachycephalism n. Dated form of brachycephaly. • BRACHYCEPHALISM n. the state of being brachycephalic, short-headed. |