Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
buccinators
buccinators
noun
plural of buccinator
cannonsburg
coinsurable
constabular
construable
construable
adj
That may be construed.
counterbase
counterbase
noun
Archaic form of contrabass.
jacksonburg
obscurantic
obscurantic
adj
Employing obscurantism.
obscuration
obscuration
noun
A unit of measurement used in particular for smoke detectors which respond to absorption of light by smoke, in percent absorption per unit length, e.g. % obs/ft, % obs/m.
The state of being obscured.
obstructant
punchboards
punchboards
noun
plural of punchboard
subchondral
subchondral
adj
(bone) Lying under articular cartilage and containing marrow.
subcolumnar
subcolumnar
adj
(geology) Having an imperfect or interrupted columnar structure.
subconsular
subcontract
subcontract
noun
A portion of a contracted project that is contracted out in turn.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To contract out portions of a larger contracted project.
subcontrary
subcontrary
adj
(geometry) Having, or being in, a contrary order; said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel.
(logic) Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be true and only one can be false.
noun
(logic) Either of a pair of propositions at least one of which must be true
subdeaconry
subdeaconry
noun
The office of subdeacon; subdeaconship.
subfraction
subfraction
noun
The result of fractionating a fraction into smaller components
subharmonic
subharmonic
adj
(physics) Having a frequency that is a fraction of a fundamental frequency
noun
Such a frequency
subnacreous
subnarcotic
subnarcotic
adj
(medicine) Moderately narcotic.
subordinacy
subordinacy
Noun
The property or condition of being subordinate.
subtraction
subtraction
noun
(arithmetic, countable) A calculation involving subtracting.
(arithmetic, uncountable) The process of subtracting a number from another.