| ASBESTIFORM | • asbestiform adj. (Crystallography) Having a particular kind of fibrosity in which fibers have high tensile strength and flexibility. • asbestiform n. (Mineralogy) Any of asbestos-like forms of several minerals. • ASBESTIFORM adj. of or like asbestos. |
| BAFFLEMENTS | • bafflements n. Plural of bafflement. • BAFFLEMENT n. the state of being baffled. |
| BROOMSTAFFS | • broomstaffs n. Plural of broomstaff. • BROOMSTAFF n. (archaic) a broomstick. |
| BULLMASTIFF | • bullmastiff n. Alternative letter-case form of Bullmastiff. • Bullmastiff n. A breed of very large mastiff originally bred to immobilize poachers. • BULLMASTIFF n. a breed of dog. |
| BUMBAILIFFS | • bumbailiffs n. Plural of bumbailiff. • BUMBAILIFF n. a bailiff who comes behind to make arrests. |
| FALLIBILISM | • fallibilism n. The doctrine that knowledge is never certain, but always hypothetical and susceptible to correction. • FALLIBILISM n. the doctrine that empirical knowledge is uncertain. |
| FIBROMATOUS | • fibromatous adj. Of or relating to a fibroma. • FIBROMATOUS adj. of or like a fibroma. |
| FLAMBOYANTS | • flamboyants n. Plural of flamboyant. • FLAMBOYANT n. a tropical tree with flame-coloured flowers, also FLAMBOYANTE. |
| FRAMBOESIAS | • FRAMBOESIA n. a tropical skin disease, aka yaws, also FRAMBESIA. |
| FUNAMBULISM | • funambulism n. The art of walking on a tightrope or a slack-rope. • FUNAMBULISM n. tightrope walking. |
| FUNAMBULIST | • funambulist n. A tightrope walker or a similar performer on a slack rope. • FUNAMBULIST n. a tightrope walker. |
| SUBFAMILIES | • subfamilies n. Plural of subfamily. • SUBFAMILY n. a taxonomic division of a family, of one or more genera. |
| SUBFRAGMENT | • subfragment n. (Biochemistry, genetics) A subsection of a fragment (of nucleic acid etc). • subfragment v. To split into such fragments. |
| SUBMANIFOLD | • submanifold n. (Topology) A manifold which is a subset of another, so that the inclusion function is an embedding or… • SUBMANIFOLD n. in mathematics, a subset of a manifold which itself has the properties of a manifold. |