ANTHRACYCLINES | • anthracyclines n. Plural of anthracycline. • ANTHRACYCLINE n. any of a class of antineoplastic drugs (as doxorubicin) derived from an actinomycete of the genus Streptomyces. |
CONTRACYCLICAL | • contracyclical adj. (Economics) Tending to counteract the effects of the business cycle. • CONTRACYCLICAL adj. of an economic policy, offsetting fluctuation cycles in the economy by reducing taxes during a recession and raising them during a boom. |
CYCLANTHACEOUS | • cyclanthaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae. • CYCLANTHACEOUS adj. belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a tropical South American family of plants related to the screw-pines. |
CYCLOADDITIONS | • cycloadditions n. Plural of cycloaddition. • CYCLOADDITION n. a chemical reaction leading to ring formation in a compound. |
CYCLOALIPHATIC | • cycloaliphatic adj. (Organic chemistry) Relating to a cycloalkane or a cycloalkyl radical. • CYCLOALIPHATIC adj. denoting organic compounds that are both aliphatic and cyclic, i.e. aliphatic in chemical behaviour but having their carbon atoms in a ring, also ALICYCLIC. |
CYCLOBARBITONE | • CYCLOBARBITONE n. a barbiturate drug used as a hypnotic and sedative. |
CYCLOHEXANONES | • cyclohexanones n. Plural of cyclohexanone. • CYCLOHEXANONE n. a liquid ketone used esp. as a solvent and in organic synthesis. |
CYCLOHEXIMIDES | • cycloheximides n. Plural of cycloheximide. • CYCLOHEXIMIDE n. an agricultural fungicide that inhibits protein synthesis and is obtained from a soil bacterium, Streptomyces griseus. |
CYCLOOXYGENASE | • cyclooxygenase n. (Biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze a cyclooxygenation reaction, but especially the… • cyclo-oxygenase n. (Biochemistry) Alternative spelling of cyclooxygenase. |
CYCLOPARAFFINS | • cycloparaffins n. Plural of cycloparaffin. • CYCLOPARAFFIN n. a saturated hydrocarbon containing a ring of carbon atoms joined by single bonds, aka cycloalkane. |
CYCLOPENTOLATE | • cyclopentolate n. (Pharmacology) An anticholinergic drug used especially in the form of its hydrochloride C17H25NO3·HCl… • CYCLOPENTOLATE n. a drug used in eye drops to dilate the pupil and also to treat inflammatory disorders of the eye. |
CYCLOSTOMATOUS | • cyclostomatous adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the Cyclostomata, a group of agnathans that comprises the living jawless… • CYCLOSTOMATOUS adj. of or like a cyclostome. |
ENCYCLOPAEDIAS | • encyclopaedias n. Plural of encyclopaedia. • encyclopædias n. Plural of encyclopædia, an alternative spelling of encyclopaedia. • ENCYCLOPAEDIA n. a work containing information on every branch, or on a particular branch, of knowledge, also ENCYCLOPEDIA. |
ENCYCLOPAEDISM | • encyclopaedism n. Alternative form of encyclopedism. • encyclopædism n. Obsolete spelling of encyclopedism. • ENCYCLOPAEDISM n. the compiling of encyclopaedias, also ENCYCLOPEDISM. |
ENCYCLOPAEDIST | • encyclopaedist n. Alternative spelling of encyclopedist. • encyclopædist n. Archaic spelling of encyclopedist. • ENCYCLOPAEDIST n. one who compiles encyclopaedias, also ENCYCLOPEDIST. |
ENCYCLOPEDICAL | • encyclopedical adj. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of encyclopaedical. • ENCYCLOPEDICAL adj. of or relating to an encyclopedia; comprehensive; full of information, also ENCYCLOPAEDIC, ENCYCLOPAEDICAL, ENCYCLOPEDIC. |
ENCYCLOPEDISMS | • ENCYCLOPEDISM n. the state of being encyclopedic, also ENCYCLOPAEDISM. |
ENCYCLOPEDISTS | • encyclopedists n. Plural of encyclopedist. • ENCYCLOPEDIST n. one who compiles or writes for an encyclopedia, also ENCYCLOPAEDIST. |
NONRECYCLABLES | • nonrecyclables n. Plural of nonrecyclable. • NONRECYCLABLE n. something not recyclable. |
PHENCYCLIDINES | • phencyclidines n. Plural of phencyclidine. • PHENCYCLIDINE n. a veterinary anesthetic, sometimes used illicitly as a psychedelic drug. |