| AILUROPHOBIA | • ailurophobia n. An irrational fear or hatred of cats or other felines. • AILUROPHOBIA n. fear of cats. |
| AILUROPHOBIC | • ailurophobic adj. Having or relating to a fear or hatred of cats. • AILUROPHOBIC adj. having a morbid fear of cats. |
| AMPHIBIOUSLY | • amphibiously adv. In the manner of an amphibian. • amphibiously adv. In an amphibious manner. • AMPHIBIOUS adv. adapted for both land and water. |
| AMPHIBLASTIC | • amphiblastic adj. (Biology) Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation. • AMPHIBLASTIC adj. of animal ova, showing complete but unequal cleavage after fertilization. |
| AMPHIBOLITES | • amphibolites n. Plural of amphibolite. • AMPHIBOLITE n. rock composed of amphibole; hornblende. |
| BAILIFFSHIPS | • bailiffships n. Plural of bailiffship. • BAILIFFSHIP n. the office of bailiff. |
| BAILLIESHIPS | • BAILLIESHIP n. the office of baillie. |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | • bibliography n. A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work. • bibliography n. A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author. • bibliography n. The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication. |
| BIBLIOPHOBIA | • bibliophobia n. The fear or dislike of books. • BIBLIOPHOBIA n. fear of books. |
| BIOGRAPHICAL | • biographical adj. Of or relating to an account of a person’s life. • BIOGRAPHICAL adj. relating to biography, also BIOGRAPHIC. |
| EPHEBOPHILIA | • ephebophilia n. A sexual preference for adolescent boys. • ephebophilia n. Primary adult sexual attraction towards late pubescent or postpubescent adolescents. • EPHEBOPHILIA n. sexual desire for youths or adolescents. |
| HAPLOBIONTIC | • haplobiontic adj. (Biology) Describing a plant or fungus that has either a haploid or a diploid phase (but not both) in… • HAPLOBIONTIC adj. of or like a haplobiont, an organism living in a salt environment. |
| IMPERISHABLE | • imperishable adj. Not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently. • imperishable n. (In the plural) something that does not perish, or keeps for a long time. • IMPERISHABLE adj. not perishable or subject to decay. |
| IMPERISHABLY | • imperishably adv. In an imperishable manner. • IMPERISHABLE adv. not perishable or subject to decay. |
| INHOSPITABLE | • inhospitable adj. (Of a person) Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly. • inhospitable adj. (Of a place) Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding. • INHOSPITABLE adj. not showing hospitality, also UNHOSPITABLE. |
| INHOSPITABLY | • inhospitably adv. In an inhospitable manner. • INHOSPITABLE adv. not showing hospitality, also UNHOSPITABLE. |