| ABDOMINAL | • abdominal adj. Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral. • abdominal adj. (Ichthyology) Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins. • abdominal adj. (Ichthyology) Ventral, in describing a fin. |
| ABNORMALS | • abnormals n. Plural of abnormal. • ABNORMAL n. a mentally deficient person. |
| 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. |
| AMBROSIAL | • ambrosial adj. (Greek mythology) Pertaining to or worthy of the gods. • ambrosial adj. Succulently sweet or fragrant; balmy, divine. • AMBROSIAL adj. consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia, also AMBROSIAN. |
| AMBULATOR | • ambulator n. A walker; one who walks. • AMBULATOR n. one who walks about; a walker. |
| ANABOLISM | • anabolism n. The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism. • ANABOLISM n. the constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from katabolism. |
| BALMORALS | • balmorals n. Plural of balmoral. • BALMORAL n. a flat Scottish bonnet. |
| BLASTOMAS | • blastomas n. Plural of blastoma. • BLASTOMA n. a type of tumour. |
| CARAMBOLA | • carambola n. A tree species native of southern Asia, Averrhoa carambola. • carambola n. The fruit of this tree, more commonly known as star fruit. • carambola n. A yellow colour, like that of a carambola. |
| CARAMBOLE | • carambole n. Archaic form of carambola. (star fruit) • carambole v. (Archaic) To play a carom shot. • CARAMBOLE v. (French) to make a cannon in billiards, also CAROM, CARROM. |
| CARBAMOYL | • carbamoyl n. (Organic chemistry) The univalent radical NH2-CO- derived from urea by loss of an amino group. • CARBAMOYL n. a radical derived from carbamic acid, also CARBAMYL. |
| COBALAMIN | • cobalamin n. (Organic chemistry) Any of several forms of vitamin B12 depending on the upper axial ligand of the cobalt… • COBALAMIN n. a complex molecule containing cobalt that is a constituent of vitamin B12. |
| JAMBOLANA | • jambolana n. Syzygium cumini, a myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America with astringent bark and edible fruit. • JAMBOLANA n. (Sanskrit) the rose-apple tree of Malaysia, also JAMBOLAN, JAMBOOL, JAMBU, JAMBUL. |
| JAMBOLANS | • jambolans n. Plural of jambolan. • JAMBOLAN n. (Sanskrit) the rose-apple tree of Malaysia, also JAMBOLANA, JAMBOOL, JAMBU, JAMBUL. |
| MAILBOATS | • mailboats n. Plural of mailboat. • MAILBOAT n. a boat that carries mail. |
| MYROBALAN | • myrobalan n. A plum-like fruit from various trees of the genus Terminalia, formerly used in medicine and now in the… • MYROBALAN n. the astringent fruit of an Indian tree, aka cherry-plum. |
| 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. |
| RHABDOMAL | • rhabdomal adj. Relating to a rhabdom. • RHABDOMAL adj. of or like a rhabdom, a fourfold rod in the compound eye of an arthropod. |