| ABRUPTIONS | • abruptions n. Plural of abruption. • ABRUPTION n. a sudden, violent separation. |
| AMPHIBIOUS | • amphibious adj. Capable of functioning on land or in water. • amphibious adj. Occurring on both land and water. • AMPHIBIOUS adj. adapted for both land and water. |
| AQUAPHOBES | • aquaphobes n. Plural of aquaphobe. • AQUAPHOBE n. one with a morbid fear of water. |
| 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. |
| BIPETALOUS | • bipetalous adj. (Botany) Having two petals. • BIPETALOUS adj. having two petals. |
| EUPHORBIAS | • euphorbias n. Plural of euphorbia. • EUPHORBIA n. any herb or shrub of the spurge family. |
| GASTROPUBS | • gastropubs n. Plural of gastropub. • GASTROPUB n. a pub that specializes in providing food and wine of a standard more typical of a fine restaurant than a traditional pub. |
| PLUGBOARDS | • plugboards n. Plural of plugboard. • PLUGBOARD n. a device with a large number of electrical sockets. |
| POTATOBUGS | • potato␣bugs n. Plural of potato bug. • POTATOBUG n. the Colorado beetle. |
| PULPBOARDS | • pulpboards n. Plural of pulpboard. • PULPBOARD n. a coarse cardboard made from pulp. |
| SUBCOMPACT | • subcompact n. Something that is smaller than the compact version, especially a very small car. • SUBCOMPACT n. a small car, such as a sports car. |
| SUBOPTIMAL | • suboptimal adj. Worse than optimal. • sub-optimal adj. Alternative form of suboptimal. • SUBOPTIMAL adj. less than optimal. |
| SUBPOENAED | • subpoenaed v. Simple past tense and past participle of subpoena. • subpœnæd v. Obsolete spelling of subpoenaed. • SUBPOENA v. (Latin) to summon with a type of judicial writ, also SUBPENA. |
| SUBPROGRAM | • subprogram n. (Computing) A program contained within a larger program. • SUBPROGRAM n. a subpart of a program. |
| SUPERBOARD | • superboard n. A consolidated governing board set up in place of several lesser boards. • SUPERBOARD n. a board above other boards. |
| SUPPOSABLE | • supposable adj. Capable of being supposed; imaginable. • SUPPOSABLE adj. capable of being supposed. |
| SUPPOSABLY | • supposably adv. Able to be supposed or conjectured. • supposably adv. (Nonstandard) Supposedly. • SUPPOSABLE adv. capable of being supposed. |
| TUBOPLASTY | • tuboplasty n. (Surgery) Surgery to repair one or both of the Fallopian tubes. • TUBOPLASTY n. the surgical repair of a Fallopian tube. |