cancrizans
adjective
can·cri·zans
ˈkaŋkrə̇ˌzanz,
-ank-
music
: crab entry 3
Schoenberg's "Mondfleck" from Pierrot Lunaire is a vocal line accompanied by a double canon played in cancrizans fashion and a simultaneous three-part fugue. 
Edmund Dehnert, in The Languages of Creativity, 1986
Edmund Dehnert, in The Languages of Creativity, 1986a cancrizans passage
Word History
Etymology
Medieval Latin, present participle of cancrizare to go backwards, from Latin cancr-, cancer crab + Late Latin -izare -ize
First Known Use
1782, in the meaning defined above
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- nickel-chromium stainless steel
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- nickel-iron alkaline battery
- nickel-plate
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- nickelise
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- nickelising
- northerlier
- northerlies
- northerliest
- northerliness
- northerly