| ABDICATIONS | • abdications n. Plural of abdication. • ABDICATION n. an act of abdicating. |
| ABORTICIDES | • aborticides n. Plural of aborticide. • ABORTICIDE n. the killing of a fetus; abortion. |
| BACKSTOPPED | • backstopped v. Simple past tense and past participle of backstop. • BACKSTOP v. to act as a backstop. |
| BACKSTROKED | • backstroked v. Simple past tense and past participle of backstroke. • BACKSTROKE v. to swim on the back. |
| BACTERIOIDS | • BACTERIOID n. a swollen bacterium living symbiotically in the root-nodules of beans and other plants, also BACTEROID. |
| BLASTODISCS | • blastodiscs n. Plural of blastodisc. • BLASTODISC n. the embryo-forming portion of an egg with discoid cleavage. |
| BROADCASTED | • broadcasted v. (Sometimes proscribed) simple past tense and past participle of broadcast. • BROADCAST v. to scatter, send out, disseminate. |
| BROADCASTER | • broadcaster n. (Agriculture). • broadcaster n. (Broadcasting). • broadcaster n. (Computing) A piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network. |
| BROADCLOTHS | • broadcloths n. Plural of broadcloth. • BROADCLOTH n. dense twilled wool or worsted fabric. |
| BUCKETLOADS | • bucketloads n. Plural of bucketload. |
| CATABOLISED | • catabolised v. Simple past tense and past participle of catabolise. • CATABOLISE v. to subject to catabolism, destructive chemical processes in living creatures, also CATABOLIZE. |
| CNIDOBLASTS | • cnidoblasts n. Plural of cnidoblast. • CNIDOBLAST n. a stinging thread cell containing a nematocyst. |
| CONTRABANDS | • contrabands v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contraband. • CONTRABAND n. illegal or prohibited traffic in goods. |
| ENDOBLASTIC | • endoblastic adj. (Biology) Relating to the endoblast. • ENDOBLASTIC adj. relating to the endoblast. |
| IDIOBLASTIC | • idioblastic adj. Of, or relating to an idioblast. • IDIOBLASTIC adj. relating to an idioblast. |
| 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. |
| PATCHBOARDS | • patchboards n. Plural of patchboard. • PATCHBOARD n. a panel with multiple electrical terminals. |
| REBROADCAST | • rebroadcast v. To broadcast again. • REBROADCAST v. to broadcast again (a radio or television program being simultaneously received from another source). |
| SWITCHBOARD | • switchboard n. (Telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient. • switchboard n. (Electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads. • SWITCHBOARD n. a board or frame bearing apparatus for making or breaking an electric current or circuit. |