| ABRUPTIONS | • abruptions n. Plural of abruption. • ABRUPTION n. a sudden, violent separation. |
| ABRUPTNESS | • abruptness n. The state of being abrupt or broken. • abruptness n. Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence. • ABRUPTNESS n. the quality of being abrupt. |
| ABSORPTION | • absorption n. The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as… • absorption n. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind. • absorption n. Mental assimilation. |
| BANKRUPTCY | • bankruptcy n. (Finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization. • BANKRUPTCY n. the state of being bankrupt. |
| BANKRUPTED | • bankrupted v. Simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt. • BANKRUPT v. to make insolvent. |
| BEANSPROUT | • beansprout n. Alternative form of bean sprout. • bean␣sprout n. (Chiefly in the plural) A sprout of the mung bean. • bean␣sprout n. (Chiefly in the plural) A sprout of the soybean. |
| BIOPARENTS | • bioparents n. Plural of bioparent. • BIOPARENT n. a biological parent, not a stepparent. |
| BIPARENTAL | • biparental adj. Having two parents. • BIPARENTAL adj. relating to or derived from two parents. |
| BIPARTISAN | • bipartisan adj. (Politics) Relating to, or supported by two groups, especially by two political parties. • bi-partisan adj. Alternative spelling of bipartisan. • BIPARTISAN adj. of, relating to, or involving members of two parties. |
| BREAKPOINT | • breakpoint n. (Programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the… • breakpoint n. (Meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas. • breakpoint n. (Physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes. |
| BREASTPINS | • breastpins n. Plural of breastpin. • BREASTPIN n. an ornamental pin for the breast. |
| HYPERBATON | • hyperbaton n. (Grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect. • hyperbaton n. (Rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing… • HYPERBATON n. the use, esp. for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in 'Bird thou never wert'. |
| PAINTBRUSH | • paintbrush n. A thin brush for applying paint. • PAINTBRUSH n. a brush for applying paint. |
| PENETRABLE | • penetrable adj. Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Also figuratively. • PENETRABLE adj. that can be penetrated. |
| PENETRABLY | • penetrably adv. In a penetrable way. • PENETRABLE adv. that can be penetrated. |
| PERTURBANT | • perturbant n. Anything that causes perturbation. • PERTURBANT n. anything that perturbs. |
| PREOBTAINS | • preobtains v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preobtain. • PREOBTAIN v. to obtain in advance. |
| PROBATIONS | • probations n. Plural of probation. • PROBATION n. the act of proving; also, that which proves anything; proof. |
| SAPROBIONT | • saprobiont n. Synonym of saprobe. • SAPROBIONT n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROTROPH. |
| STEPBAIRNS | • stepbairns n. Plural of stepbairn. • STEPBAIRN n. (Scots) a stepchild. |