| BIOTURBATION | • bioturbation n. (Geology) the mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms. • BIOTURBATION n. the restructuring of sedimentary deposits (as in a lake bottom or seabed) by moving organisms (as worms and burrowing clams). |
| BRONTOSAURUS | • brontosaurus n. One of the largest land animals to ever walk the earth; a Brontosaurus. • Brontosaurus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Diplodocidae – certain large long-necked sauropods; formerly merged… • BRONTOSAURUS n. any of a genus of large sauropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic, also BRONTOSAUR. |
| CARBONACEOUS | • carbonaceous adj. Of, relating to, rich in, or yielding carbon, or a compound of carbon. • CARBONACEOUS adj. coaly; containing much carbon. |
| CONFABULATOR | • confabulator n. One who confabulates. • CONFABULATOR n. one who confabulates. |
| CONURBATIONS | • conurbations n. Plural of conurbation. • CONURBATION n. an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities. |
| FAUXBOURDONS | • FAUXBOURDON n. (French) a type of improvised polyphony, popular in England from the 15th century to the Reformation, also FABURDEN. |
| FLUOROCARBON | • fluorocarbon n. (Chemistry) Any derivative of a hydrocarbon in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by fluorine. • FLUOROCARBON n. any of a series of compounds of fluorine and carbon. |
| NEUROFIBROMA | • neurofibroma n. (Medicine) A benign tumor composed of fibroblasts surrounding nerve cells. • NEUROFIBROMA n. a tumour of the nervous fibre. |
| OBJURGATIONS | • objurgations n. Plural of objurgation. • OBJURGATION n. a rebuke, a scolding. |
| OBSCURATIONS | • obscurations n. Plural of obscuration. • OBSCURATION n. the act of obscuring. |
| OBUMBRATIONS | • obumbrations n. Plural of obumbration. • OBUMBRATION n. the act of obumbrating. |
| OVERABOUNDED | • overabounded v. Simple past tense and past participle of overabound. • OVERABOUND v. to be exceedingly plenty. |
| ROUNDABOUTED | • roundabouted v. Simple past tense and past participle of roundabout. • ROUNDABOUT v. to go round and round. |
| ROUNDABOUTLY | • roundaboutly adv. In a roundabout manner; indirectly. • ROUNDABOUT adv. circuitous. |
| SUBORDINATOR | • subordinator n. (Grammar) Any of a lexical class of words that join clauses at a subordinate syntactic level. • subordinator n. One who subordinates, or reduces the status of, another person. • SUBORDINATOR n. one that subordinates. |
| SUBORNATIONS | • subornations n. Plural of subornation. • SUBORNATION n. the act of suborning. |
| SUBROGATIONS | • subrogations n. Plural of subrogation. • SUBROGATION n. the act of subrogating, also SURROGATION. |
| URBANOLOGIES | • urbanologies n. Plural of urbanology. • URBANOLOGY n. the study of cities. |
| URBANOLOGIST | • urbanologist n. A sociologist who studies the problems of living in cities and towns. • URBANOLOGIST n. one who studies towns. |