| ABIOTROPHIC | • abiotrophic adj. (Medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ… • ABIOTROPHIC adj. relating to abiotrophy, bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| ASTROPHOBIA | • astrophobia n. A fear of stars and celestial space. • ASTROPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of thunder and lightning, also ASTRAPHOBIA, ASTRAPOPHOBIA. |
| ASTROPHOBIC | • ASTROPHOBIC adj. suffering from astrophobia, a morbid fear of thunder and lightning, also ASTRAPHOBIC. |
| BATHOCHROME | • BATHOCHROME n. a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound. |
| BOTHERATION | • botheration interj. A mild expression of annoyance or exasperation: bother! • botheration n. (Uncountable) The state of being bothered; annoyance, vexation. • botheration n. (Countable) An act of bothering or annoying. |
| BRACHYODONT | • brachyodont adj. Having unusually short teeth. • BRACHYODONT adj. of mammals, such as humans, having teeth with short crowns. |
| BROADCLOTHS | • broadcloths n. Plural of broadcloth. • BROADCLOTH n. dense twilled wool or worsted fabric. |
| EROTOPHOBIA | • erotophobia n. Fear of sex; negative attitudes towards sex. • EROTOPHOBIA n. fear of sex. |
| FOOTBREADTH | • footbreadth n. The breadth of a foot; used as a measure. • FOOTBREADTH n. the width of a foot. |
| HOUSEBOATER | • houseboater n. One who lives in a houseboat. • HOUSEBOATER n. one who lives on a houseboat. |
| KATABOTHRON | • KATABOTHRON n. (Modern Greek) an underground water channel, also KATAVOTHRON. |
| MOTHERBOARD | • motherboard n. (Computer hardware) The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the… • MOTHERBOARD n. the board containing the main circuits of an electronic device, especially in computers. |
| ORTHOBORATE | • orthoborate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any anion derived from orthoboric acid; any salt containing this anion. • ORTHOBORATE n. a salt of orthoboric acid. |
| OUTHARBOURS | • outharbours n. Plural of outharbour. |
| SHORTBOARDS | • shortboards n. Plural of shortboard. • SHORTBOARD n. a surfboard between six and eight feet in length. |
| SHOWBOATERS | • showboaters n. Plural of showboater. • SHOWBOATER n. one who behaves in an ostentatious manner to show off. |
| THARBOROUGH | • THARBOROUGH n. (Shakespeare) a mispronunciation of thirdborough, also FARBOROUGH. |
| THROMBOXANE | • thromboxane n. (Organic chemistry, medicine) Any of a number of eicosanoids, related to prostaglandin, that have a… • THROMBOXANE n. any of several compounds formed from prostaglandin endoperoxides which, when released from blood platelets, induce platelet aggregation and arterial constriction. |
| TROPHOBLAST | • trophoblast n. (Cytology) The membrane of cells that forms the wall of a blastocyst during early pregnancy, providing… • TROPHOBLAST n. the outermost layer of cells in the morula that attaches the fertilized ovum to the uterine wall and acts as a nutritive pathway. |