| BACKLIGHTED | • backlighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of backlight. • BACKLIGHT v. to illumine a subject from the rear. |
| BATHOLITHIC | • batholithic adj. Containing or relating to batholith. • BATHOLITHIC adj. of or like a batholith, a large mass of intruded igneous rock. |
| BATHYLITHIC | • BATHYLITHIC adj. like a bathylith, a mass of igneous rock that has risen from a great depth. |
| BIBLIOTHECA | • bibliotheca n. (Obsolete) A library. • BIBLIOTHECA n. a collection of books; a list of books. |
| BIRTHPLACES | • birthplaces n. Plural of birthplace. • BIRTHPLACE n. a place of birth or origin. |
| BLACKSHIRTS | • blackshirts n. Plural of blackshirt. • Blackshirts n. Plural of Blackshirt. |
| BLACKSMITHS | • blacksmiths n. Plural of blacksmith. • Blacksmiths prop.n. Plural of Blacksmith. • BLACKSMITH n. a smith who forges iron. |
| BLEACHERITE | • bleacherite n. (Sports, informal) One who sits in the bleachers. • BLEACHERITE n. one who sits in the bleachers, uncovered seats. |
| BLEPHARITIC | • blepharitic adj. Relating to blepharitis. • BLEPHARITIC adj. relating to blepharitis, inflammation of the eyelid. |
| CHASTISABLE | • chastisable adj. Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable. • CHASTISABLE adj. capable of being chastised. |
| HALOBIONTIC | • HALOBIONTIC adj. living in the sea, also HALOBIOTIC. |
| HOLOBLASTIC | • holoblastic adj. (Biology, of an egg) Cleaving, and separating into separate blastomeres. • HOLOBLASTIC adj. of an entire egg, separated into individual blastomeres. |
| 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. |
| HYPOBLASTIC | • hypoblastic adj. Of, or relating to the hypoblast. • HYPOBLASTIC adj. relating to the hypoblast, the inner or lower layer of the blastoderm. |
| LABYRINTHIC | • labyrinthic adj. Labyrinthine. • LABYRINTHIC adj. of or like a labyrinth, also LABYRINTHAL, LABYRINTHIAN, LABYRINTHINE. |
| MULTIBRANCH | • multibranch adj. Of or pertaining to more than one branch (in various senses). |
| SWITCHBLADE | • switchblade n. A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed. • switchblade v. (Transitive) To attack or cut with a switchblade. • switchblade v. (Intransitive) To spring open or up. |
| THIOBACILLI | • thiobacilli n. Plural of thiobacillus. • THIOBACILLUS n. any of several rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from the oxidation of sulphur or sulphur compounds. |
| TRIBRACHIAL | • TRIBRACHIAL adj. of or like a tribrach, also TRIBRACHIC. |