CAMPYLOBACTERS | • campylobacters n. Plural of campylobacter. • CAMPYLOBACTER n. a bacterium that is a common cause of gastroenteritis in humans, and also of abortion in cattle and sheep. |
CIRCUMAMBIENCE | • circumambience n. The condition of being circumambient. • CIRCUMAMBIENCE n. the act of going round, encompassing, also CIRCUMAMBIENCY. |
CIRCUMAMBIENCY | • circumambiency n. The condition of being circumambient. • CIRCUMAMBIENCY n. the act of going round, encompassing, also CIRCUMAMBIENCE. |
CIRCUMAMBULATE | • circumambulate v. (Transitive) To walk around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose. • CIRCUMAMBULATE v. to circle on foot esp. ritualistically. |
CIRCUMBENDIBUS | • circumbendibus adj. (Often humorous) indirect or roundabout. • circumbendibus n. (Often humorous) A roundabout route or process. • circumbendibus n. (Often humorous) A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing. |
CIRCUMSCRIBERS | • circumscribers n. Plural of circumscriber. • CIRCUMSCRIBER n. one who circumscribes. |
CIRCUMSCRIBING | • circumscribing v. Present participle of circumscribe. • CIRCUMSCRIBE v. to draw a line around, to surround by or as if by a boundary. |
COMPUTERPHOBIC | • computerphobic adj. Pertaining to, or afflicted by, computerphobia. • computerphobic n. A computerphobe. • COMPUTERPHOBIC n. someone having an irrational fear of computers. |
CRUCIVERBALISM | • cruciverbalism n. The construction of crosswords. • CRUCIVERBALISM n. the compiling and solving of crosswords. |
CYANOBACTERIUM | • cyanobacterium n. (Biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once… • CYANOBACTERIUM n. a blue-green alga. |
CYBERCRIMINALS | • cybercriminals n. Plural of cybercriminal. • CYBERCRIMINAL n. one who commits cybercrime, computer-related crime. |
DISENCUMBRANCE | • disencumbrance n. Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome. • DISENCUMBRANCE n. the act of freeing from encumbrance. |
DITHIOCARBAMIC | • DITHIOCARBAMIC adj. as in dithiocarbamic acid. |
MICROCELEBRITY | • microcelebrity n. (Uncountable) Celebrity on a small scale or in a specific area. • microcelebrity n. (Countable) A celebrity whose fame is on a small scale or in a specific area. • micro-celebrity n. Alternative form of microcelebrity. |
MONOCARBOXYLIC | • monocarboxylic adj. (Organic chemistry) Having a single carboxyl or carboxylic acid group. • MONOCARBOXYLIC adj. containing one carboxyl group. |
SUBMETACENTRIC | • submetacentric adj. (Cytology) (of a chromosome) having the centromere between one end and the middle, and thus having a… • submetacentric n. A submetacentric chromosome. • SUBMETACENTRIC n. a chromosome having the centromere situated so that one chromosome arm is somewhat shorter than the other. |
SUBMICROSCOPIC | • submicroscopic adj. Smaller than microscopic; too small to be seen even with a microscope. • SUBMICROSCOPIC adj. too small to be seen in an ordinary light microscope. |