| AMPHIBIOTIC | • amphibiotic adj. Describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults. • AMPHIBIOTIC adj. having an aquatic larval form and a terrestrial adult form, as amphibians. |
| ANTECHAMBER | • antechamber n. A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room. • ANTECHAMBER n. a chamber or room leading to a more important apartment. |
| BATHOCHROME | • BATHOCHROME n. a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound. |
| BATHOMETRIC | • BATHOMETRIC adj. relating to a bathometer, an instrument for measuring depths. |
| BATHYMETRIC | • bathymetric adj. Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry. • BATHYMETRIC adj. relating to measurement by a bathymeter, also BATHYMETRICAL. |
| BICHROMATED | • BICHROMATED adj. relating to a salt of dichromic acid. |
| BICHROMATES | • bichromates n. Plural of bichromate. • BICHROMATE n. a salt of dichromic acid. |
| BLACKSMITHS | • blacksmiths n. Plural of blacksmith. • Blacksmiths prop.n. Plural of Blacksmith. • BLACKSMITH n. a smith who forges iron. |
| CHAMBERPOTS | • chamberpots n. Plural of chamberpot. • chamber␣pots n. Plural of chamber pot. • CHAMBERPOT n. a container for urine etc. |
| DEBAUCHMENT | • debauchment n. The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty. • DEBAUCHMENT n. the act of debauching. |
| DITHYRAMBIC | • dithyrambic adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a dithyramb; especially, passionate, intoxicated with enthusiasm. • dithyrambic n. A dithyramb. • DITHYRAMBIC adj. like a dithyramb, wildly enthusiastic in statement or writing. |
| HOMOBLASTIC | • homoblastic adj. (Biology) Developing from a single type of tissue. • homoblastic adj. (Botany) Having leaves whose shape changes very little with the plant’s or shoot’s age. • HOMOBLASTIC adj. derived from similar cells; showing direct embryonic development. |
| MATCHBOARDS | • matchboards n. Plural of matchboard. • MATCHBOARD n. one of a number of boards with a tongue cut along one edge and a groove in the opposite edge, fitted one into the next to make a wall-facing, etc. |
| MULTIBRANCH | • multibranch adj. Of or pertaining to more than one branch (in various senses). |
| SUBSCHEMATA | • subschemata n. Plural of subschema. • SUBSCHEMA n. part of a schema. |
| THERMOBARIC | • thermobaric adj. Describing various weapons that use atmospheric oxygen to produce a blast wave of a significantly longer… • thermobaric n. A thermobaric weapon. • THERMOBARIC adj. of a weapon, using a combination of heat and pressure to create a blast more powerful than that of conventional explosives. |
| THUMBTACKED | • thumbtacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of thumbtack. • THUMBTACK v. to fasten with a thumbtack. |
| UNMATCHABLE | • unmatchable adj. Unable to be matched. • unmatchable adj. Uniquely good; not approached by anything else in quality or excellence. • unmatchable n. Something that cannot be matched. |
| UNMATCHABLY | • unmatchably adv. In a way that cannot be matched. |