| BARORECEPTOR | • baroreceptor n. (Anatomy) A nerve ending that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure. • BARORECEPTOR n. a sensory nerve ending, esp. in the walls of large arteries, that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure. |
| BICARPELLARY | • bicarpellary adj. Having two carpels. • BICARPELLARY adj. of an ovary, having two carpels. |
| CARPETBAGGER | • carpetbagger n. (Politics, history, chiefly US, offensive) A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after… • carpetbagger n. (Derogatory, by extension) One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous… • carpet␣bagger n. Alternative spelling of carpetbagger. |
| CLAPPERBOARD | • clapperboard n. (Film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap… • clapper␣board n. (Film) Alternative form of clapperboard. • CLAPPERBOARD n. a hinged board (or a set of hinged boards) clapped together in front of the camera before or after shooting a piece of film, to help synchronize sound and vision. |
| HYPERCARBIAS | • HYPERCARBIA n. hypercapnia, also HYPERCAPNIA. |
| INCORPORABLE | • incorporable adj. Able to be incorporated. • INCORPORABLE adj. capable of being incorporated. |
| PAPERBACKERS | • paperbackers n. Plural of paperbacker. • PAPERBACKER n. one who publishes in paperback. |
| PERTURBANCES | • perturbances n. Plural of perturbance. • PERTURBANCE n. perturbation. |
| PREFABRICATE | • prefabricate v. (Transitive) To manufacture (A building, etc.) in standard components that can be fitted together on site. • PREFABRICATE v. to make standardized parts of beforehand, for assembling later. |
| PROCARBAZINE | • procarbazine n. A particular drug used in chemotherapy. • PROCARBAZINE n. an antineoplastic drug used esp. in the palliative treatment of Hodgkin's disease. |
| PROTRACTIBLE | • protractible adj. Able to be protracted or extended. • PROTRACTIBLE adj. able to be thrust out, also PROTRACTILE. |
| PROTUBERANCE | • protuberance n. A bulge, knob, swelling, spine or anything that protrudes. • PROTUBERANCE n. a swelling or bump on the surface, also PROTUBERANCY. |
| PROTUBERANCY | • protuberancy n. The quality or state of being protuberant. • protuberancy n. A protuberance. • PROTUBERANCY n. a swelling or bump on the surface, also PROTUBERANCE. |
| REPROACHABLE | • reproachable adj. Deserving reproach. • reproachable adj. (Obsolete) Opprobrious; scurrilous; reproachful; abusive. • REPROACHABLE adj. worthy of reproach. |
| REPROACHABLY | • reproachably adv. In a reproachable manner. • REPROACHABLE adv. worthy of reproach. |
| SCRAPBOOKERS | • scrapbookers n. Plural of scrapbooker. |
| SCRAPERBOARD | • scraperboard n. (Art) scratchboard. • SCRAPERBOARD n. a clay-surface board on which drawings can be made by scraping tints off as well as applying them. |
| SUBOPERCULAR | • subopercular adj. (Anatomy) Situated below the operculum. • subopercular adj. (Anatomy) Relating to the suboperculum. • subopercular n. (Anatomy) The suboperculum. |
| UNPROCURABLE | • unprocurable adj. Unable to be procured. • UNPROCURABLE adj. not procurable. |