| AMBULACRUM | • ambulacrum n. (Of an echinoderm) A row of pores for the protrusion of appendages such as tube feet. • AMBULACRUM n. a radial band in the shell of an echinoderm, bearing rows of pores through which the tube-feet protrude. |
| AMOEBIFORM | • amoebiform adj. Alternative form of amebiform. • AMOEBIFORM adj. resembling an amoeba; changing in shape like an amoeba, also AMEBOID, AMOEBOID. |
| BLAMESTORM | • blamestorm n. A process for determining the cause(s), human and otherwise, of the failure of something. • blamestorm v. To have a blamestorm, i.e., a session where a group discusses the cause(s), human and otherwise, of… • BLAMESTORM v. (of colleagues in a business, government, etc.) to meet in order to apportion blame for an error or failure. |
| BRAHMANISM | • Brahmanism prop.n. The principles and religious practice of the Brahmins, aspects of Hinduism as practiced by the Brahmin caste of India. • Brahmanism prop.n. Historical Vedic ritualism, contrasted with Shramana traditions. • Brahmanism prop.n. The conduct or attitudes ascribed to the social or cultural elite within a given society. |
| BRAHMINISM | • Brahminism prop.n. Alternative spelling of Brahmanism. • BRAHMINISM n. the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism, also BRAHMANISM. |
| BRUMMAGEMS | • brummagems n. Plural of brummagem. • Brummagems n. Plural of Brummagem. • BRUMMAGEM n. something showy but cheap. |
| BUSHHAMMER | • bushhammer n. Alternative form of bush hammer. • bushhammer v. To dress with bush hammer. • bush␣hammer n. A square-headed hammer with spikes used in stoneworking to either even the surface before polishing… |
| EMBARKMENT | • embarkment n. Embarkation; the act of setting out. • EMBARKMENT n. embarkation. |
| EMMARBLING | • emmarbling v. Present participle of emmarble. • EMMARBLE v. to adorn with marble. |
| HAMMERBEAM | • hammerbeam n. Alternative form of hammer beam. • hammer␣beam n. (Architecture) A member of a kind of roof truss (a hammer-beam truss), so framed as not to have a tiebeam… |
| MANUBRIUMS | • manubriums n. Plural of manubrium. • MANUBRIUM n. (Latin) any handle-like structure. |
| MARIMBISTS | • marimbists n. Plural of marimbist. • MARIMBIST n. one who plays the marimba. |
| MEMBRANOUS | • membranous adj. (Anatomy, zoology) Having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a membrane. • membranous adj. (Medicine) Accompanying the formation of a usually abnormal membrane or membranous layer. • membranous adj. Thin, pliable, and often transparent. |
| MEMORABILE | • memorabile n. Singular of memorabilia. • MEMORABILE n. something memorable. |
| MICROBEAMS | • microbeams n. Plural of microbeam. • MICROBEAM n. a beam of radiation of small cross-section. |
| PROCAMBIUM | • procambium n. (Botany) A meristem that lies just inside the protoderm and develops into primary xylem and primary phloem. • PROCAMBIUM n. the young tissue of a fibrovascular bundle before its component cells have begun to be differentiated. |
| UMBRACULUM | • umbraculum n. (Botany) Any umbrella-shaped appendage, such as the cap borne on the seta of Marchantia. • UMBRACULUM n. (Latin) an umbrella or umbrella-like structure. |