(archaic, medicine) Of bacterial origin or causation.
barbariousness
barbariousness
noun
(nonstandard) The state or quality of being barbarious.
benzothiofuran
binomenclature
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
boisterousness
boisterousness
noun
The characteristic of being boisterous.
branchiogenous
branchiopodous
branchiosauria
branchiosaurus
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
bridgebuilding
bridgebuilding
noun
The construction of bridges.
brunelliaceous
brunelliaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Brunelliaceae.
buccobranchial
buettneriaceae
bulletproofing
bulletproofing
verb
present participle of bulletproof
burmanniaceous
burmanniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Burmanniaceae.
butterfingered
butterfingered
adj
Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
caeremoniarius
caeremoniarius
noun
(historical, religion) An official in charge of religious ceremonies.
campanularidae
capriciousness
capriciousness
noun
The quality of being capricious.
carbunculation
carbunculation
noun
(rare) The blasting of something, by excessive heat or cold.
carcinophagous
carcinopolypus
cardioneurosis
cardioneurosis
noun
Da Costa's syndrome
cardiopuncture
cardiopuncture
noun
(surgery) cardiocentesis
carminophilous
cartilagineous
cartilagineous
adj
Archaic form of cartilaginous.
casuarinaceous
casuarinaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Casuarinaceae.
cauterizations
cauterizations
noun
plural of cauterization
censoriousness
censoriousness
noun
The state of being censorious
centauromachia
centauromachia
noun
Alternative form of centauromachy
centrifugalise
centrifugalise
verb
Alternative form of centrifugalize
centrifugalize
centrifugalize
verb
Synonym of centrifugate
centrifugaller
centrifugation
centrifugation
noun
The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.
ceruminiferous
cervicolingual
cervicolingual
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the lingual region of the neck of a tooth
chiastoneurous
chiastoneurous
adj
Exhibiting or relating to chiastoneury.
chivalrousness
chivalrousness
noun
The state of being chivalrous.
chondrocranium
chondrocranium
noun
(anatomy) The developing skull, composed of cartilage, of an embryo before ossification
christiansburg
chrysosplenium
circuitousness
circuitousness
noun
The state of being circuitous.
circumadjacent
circumadjacent
adj
Lying immediately around
circumambience
circumambience
noun
The condition of being circumambient
circumambiency
circumambiency
Noun
The act of surrounding or encompassing.
circumaviation
circumbendibus
circumbendibus
adj
(often humorous) indirect or roundabout
noun
(often humorous) A roundabout route or process
(often humorous) A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing
circumcincture
circumcolumnar
circumcolumnar
adj
Surrounding a column.
circumcrescent
circumcrescent
adj
(botany) Synonym of epibolic
(botany) That grows around something
circumferences
circumferences
noun
plural of circumference
circumferentor
circumferentor
noun
(surveying) An instrument used to measure horizontal angles, consisting of a brass circle and an index, all of one piece.
circumgyration
circumgyration
noun
circling, wheeling (around)
rotation, revolution
circumlocution
circumlocution
noun
(countable) An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.
(uncountable) Necessary use of a phrase to circumvent either a vocabulary fault (of speaker or listener) or a lexical gap, either monolingually or in translation.
(uncountable) Unnecessary use of extra words to express an idea, such as a pleonastic phrase (sometimes driven by an attempt at emphatic clarity) or a wordy substitution (the latter driven by euphemistic intent, pedagogic intent, or sometimes loquaciousness alone).
circummeridian
circummeridian
adj
(astronomy) About or around the meridian.
circumnavigate
circumnavigate
verb
(intransitive, sailing) To sail around the world.
(transitive) To circumvent or bypass.
(transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.
circumnutating
circumnutating
verb
present participle of circumnutate
circumnutation
circumnutation
noun
(botany) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stem of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.