| AFTERBODY | • afterbody n. The afterpart of a vehicle. • afterbody n. (Nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships. • afterbody n. (Astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft. |
| AMBROTYPE | • ambrotype n. (Photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when… • AMBROTYPE n. a picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the un-silvered portions of the glass. |
| AMEBOCYTE | • amebocyte n. Alternative spelling of amoebocyte. • AMEBOCYTE n. a cell, like a leukocyte, having amoeboid form, also AMOEBOCYTE. |
| BAROMETRY | • barometry n. The art or process of making barometrical measurements. • BAROMETRY n. the art or process of making barometrical measurements. |
| BARONETCY | • baronetcy n. The rank of a baronet. • BARONETCY n. the office of a baronet. |
| BARYTONES | • barytones n. Plural of barytone. • BARYTONE n. a deep male voice, also BARITONE. |
| BAYONETED | • bayoneted v. (US) simple past tense and past participle of bayonet. • bayoneted adj. (US) Alternative form of bayonetted. • BAYONET v. to stab with a daggerlike weapon. |
| BELLYBOAT | • bellyboat n. Alternative form of belly boat. • belly␣boat n. Synonym of float tube (“small inflatable fishing craft”). • BELLYBOAT n. a water safety device, chiefly used in angling, consisting of a large, circular inflated rubber tube attached around a person's waist. |
| BIOSAFETY | • biosafety n. Protection from potential harm from biological agents, such as infectious microbes or modified genes. • BIOSAFETY n. safety with respect to the effects of biological research. |
| FERRYBOAT | • ferryboat n. (Nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that… • ferry-boat n. Alternative form of ferryboat. • ferry␣boat n. Alternative form of ferryboat. |
| GEOBOTANY | • geobotany n. The branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of plant species. • GEOBOTANY n. the geographical study of plant distribution, aka phytogeography. |
| HYLOBATES | • hylobates n. Plural of hylobate. • Hylobates prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Hylobatidae – gibbons. • HYLOBATE n. any species of the genus Hylobates; a gibbon, or long-armed ape. |
| MOLYBDATE | • molybdate n. (Chemistry) The anion MoO42-. • molybdate n. (Chemistry) Any salt of molybdic acid. • MOLYBDATE n. a salt of molybdic acid. |
| OBOVATELY | • obovately adv. In an obovate manner. • OBOVATE adv. of a leaf, egg-shaped in outline, with the narrow end next to the base. |
| STABLEBOY | • stableboy n. Alternative form of stable boy. • stable-boy n. Alternative spelling of stable boy. • stable␣boy n. A boy or young man who attends in a stable. |
| STYLOBATE | • stylobate n. (Classical Greek architecture) The top step of the crepidoma, i.e. the platform upon which the superstructure… • STYLOBATE n. (Greek) a continuous pedestal supporting a row of columns. |
| TABOOLEYS | • TABOOLEY n. (Arabic) a kind of Lebanese salad, also TABBOULEH, TABBOULI, TABOULEH, TABOULI, TABULI. |
| TALBOTYPE | • talbotype n. An early photograph produced on paper coated with silver iodide. • TALBOTYPE n. (tradename) a method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver, aka calotype, kalotype. |
| TOLERABLY | • tolerably adv. In a tolerable manner; to an extent that can be tolerated. • tolerably adv. (Dated) Reasonably; acceptably; somewhat. • TOLERABLE adv. that can be tolerated. |
| YOTTABYTE | • yottabyte n. (Computing) One septillion (1024) bytes. SI symbol: YB. • YOTTABYTE n. a very large unit of computer memory. |