| ABSORBANCIES | • absorbancies n. Plural of absorbancy. • ABSORBANCY n. the state of being absorbent, also ABSORBENCY. |
| ABSORBENCIES | • absorbencies n. Plural of absorbency. • ABSORBENCY n. the state of being absorbent, also ABSORBANCY. |
| BACKBLOCKERS | • BACKBLOCKER n. one who lives in the backblocks. |
| BACKBONELESS | • backboneless adj. Without a backbone; invertebrate. • backboneless adj. Cowardly, spineless. • BACKBONELESS adj. without a backbone. |
| BEACHCOMBERS | • beachcombers n. Plural of beachcomber. • BEACHCOMBER n. a white man living as a drifter or loafer especially on the islands of the South Pacific. |
| BEACHCOMBING | • beachcombing n. The lifestyle and habits of a beachcomber. • beachcombing n. An item found lying near the sea; marine salvage. • beachcombing v. Present participle of beachcomb. |
| BIBLIOTHECAE | • bibliothecae n. Plural of bibliotheca. • BIBLIOTHECA n. a collection of books; a list of books. |
| BIBLIOTHECAL | • bibliothecal adj. Belonging or pertaining to a library. • BIBLIOTHECAL adj. of or like a bibliotheca, a collection of books; a list of books. |
| BIBLIOTHECAS | • bibliothecas n. Plural of bibliotheca. • BIBLIOTHECA n. a collection of books; a list of books. |
| BICARBONATES | • bicarbonates n. Plural of bicarbonate. • BICARBONATE n. an acid carbonate. |
| BIOFEEDBACKS | • biofeedbacks n. Plural of biofeedback. • BIOFEEDBACK n. a technique for learning control of autonomic body functions in response to monitoring by electronic instruments such as an electrocardiograph. |
| BOMBACACEOUS | • bombacaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the now disused family Bombacaceae (now the much-reduced subfamily Bombacoideae in Malvaceae). • BOMBACACEOUS adj. relating to the family Bombacaceae, silk-cotton trees. |
| BONNYCLABBER | • bonnyclabber n. (Scotland and US dialects) Sour, soured, fermented or curdled milk; acidophilus milk. • BONNYCLABBER n. (Irish) milk naturally clotted on souring. |
| CABBAGETOWNS | • CABBAGETOWN n. from Cabbagetown, a depressed area of Toronto, where the Anglo-Saxon population was thought to exist on cabbage. |
| CABBAGEWORMS | • cabbageworms n. Plural of cabbageworm. • cabbage␣worms n. Plural of cabbage worm. • CABBAGEWORM n. the larva of the cabbage butterfly. |
| CORROBORABLE | • corroborable adj. Capable of being corroborated. • CORROBORABLE adj. able to be corroborated. |
| CYBERPHOBIAS | • CYBERPHOBIA n. fear of computers. |
| PSYCHOBABBLE | • psychobabble n. The jargon of psychology and psychoanalysis, especially when regarded as trite or trivial. • psychobabble v. To speak this kind of jargon. • PSYCHOBABBLE v. to use language laden with jargon from psychotherapy or psychiatry used without much concern for accuracy. |
| SECOBARBITAL | • secobarbital n. (Pharmacology) A barbiturate C12H18N2O3 that is used chiefly in the form of its bitter hygroscopic sodium… • SECOBARBITAL n. a barbiturate used chiefly as a hypnotic and sedative. |
| TECHNOBABBLE | • technobabble n. Technical or scientific language used in fiction to convey a false impression of meaningful technical… • technobabble n. From the point of view of the layperson, technical and scientific literature not understood. • TECHNOBABBLE n. technical jargon. |