| ABAMPERES | • abamperes n. Plural of abampere. • ABAMPERE n. a unit of electric current equivalent to 10 amperes. |
| AMBIPOLAR | • ambipolar adj. Reacting to both positive and negative polarity. • AMBIPOLAR adj. of plasmas and semiconductors, involving both positive and negative charge carriers. |
| AMBLYOPIA | • amblyopia n. Dimness or blurring of the eyesight due to a fault in transmission of signals to the brain from an otherwise… • amblyopia n. A disorder of visual development in which the brain partially or wholly ignores input from one or both eyes. • AMBLYOPIA n. impaired sight without any apparent damage to the eye. |
| AMPHIBIAN | • amphibian adj. Of or relating to the class Amphibia. • amphibian adj. Capable of operating on both land and water amphibious. • amphibian adj. (Obsolete) Having two natures. |
| BACKSTAMP | • BACKSTAMP n. a mark stamped on the back of an envelope. • BACKSTAMP v. to mark with a backstamp. |
| BAPTISMAL | • baptismal adj. Of or relating to baptism. • baptismal adj. Of a name, conferred at baptism. • baptismal n. A baptismal name: a name given at baptism. |
| BLACKDAMP | • blackdamp n. Choke damp. • BLACKDAMP n. air that is low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide as a result of an explosion in a mine. |
| CRAMPBARK | • crampbark n. Viburnum opulus, the highbush cranberry. • CRAMPBARK n. (US) the guelder rose; its medicinal bark. |
| IMPACABLE | • impacable adj. (Obsolete) Not to be appeased or quieted. • IMPACABLE adj. not able to be quieted or appeased. |
| LAMPBLACK | • lampblack n. An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks. • lampblack v. (Transitive) To blacken (something) using this form of carbon. • LAMPBLACK n. a finely divided form of almost pure carbon produced by the incomplete combustion of organic compounds. |
| OPOBALSAM | • opobalsam n. (Medicine, obsolete) The aromatic resinous juice of Balsamodendron opobalsamum (balm of Gilead). • OPOBALSAM n. balm of Gilead, the resinous exudation of certain trees. |
| PALMBALLS | • PALMBALL n. a baseball pitched from the palm and thumb. |
| PERMABEAR | • permabear n. (Finance, informal) An investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and… • PERMABEAR n. an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will fall. |
| PRAEAMBLE | • praeamble n. Obsolete form of preamble. • præamble n. Obsolete spelling of preamble. • PRAEAMBLE n. (Milton) a preamble, also PREAMBLE. |
| PROCAMBIA | • procambia n. Plural of procambium. • PROCAMBIUM n. the young tissue of a fibrovascular bundle before its component cells have begun to be differentiated. |