| BARORECEPTORS | • baroreceptors n. Plural of baroreceptor. • BARORECEPTOR n. a sensory nerve ending, esp. in the walls of large arteries, that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure. |
| BRACHYPTERISM | • BRACHYPTERISM n. the state of having abnormally short wings. |
| BRACHYPTEROUS | • brachypterous adj. (Zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings. • BRACHYPTEROUS adj. having short wings. |
| CARPETBAGGERS | • carpetbaggers n. Plural of carpetbagger. • carpet␣baggers n. Plural of carpet bagger. • CARPETBAGGER n. an opportunistic outsider, especially a political candidate who contests an election in an area while having little connection to it. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBE | • claustrophobe n. One who suffers from claustrophobia. • CLAUSTROPHOBE n. one with a fear of confined spaces. |
| OPISTHOBRANCH | • opisthobranch n. (Zoology) A gastropod with gills behind the heart, formerly thought to belong to a single group. • opisthobranch adj. (Of gills) Placed behind the heart. • opisthobranch adj. (Of a gastropod) Having gills placed behind the heart. |
| PARASYMBIOTIC | • parasymbiotic adj. Exhibiting or relating to parasymbiosis. • PARASYMBIOTIC adj. relating to parasymbiosis. |
| PREFABRICATES | • prefabricates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefabricate. • PREFABRICATE v. to make standardized parts of beforehand, for assembling later. |
| PROBABILISTIC | • probabilistic adj. (Mathematics, probability theory) Of, pertaining to, or derived using probability. • probabilistic adj. (Religion) Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic doctrine of probabilism. • PROBABILISTIC adj. of or relating to probabilism. |
| PROTUBERANCES | • protuberances n. Plural of protuberance. • PROTUBERANCE n. a swelling or bump on the surface, also PROTUBERANCY. |
| SUBTRIPLICATE | • subtriplicate adj. (Mathematics) Expressed by the cube root; said especially of ratios. • SUBTRIPLICATE adj. expressed by the cube root. |
| SUBTROPICALLY | • subtropically adv. In a subtropical way. • SUBTROPICAL adv. relating to the area lying between the Tropic of Cancer and 40 degrees N, and the Tropic of Capricorn and 40 degrees south, also SUBTROPIC. |
| SUPERCABINETS | • supercabinets n. Plural of supercabinet. • SUPERCABINET n. a cabinet above other cabinets. |
| TRIPLOBLASTIC | • triploblastic adj. Exhibiting triploblasty. • TRIPLOBLASTIC adj. having an ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm, as in most animal groups other than coelenterates. |
| TROPHOBLASTIC | • trophoblastic adj. Of, or relating to a trophoblast. • TROPHOBLASTIC adj. of or like a trophoblast. |
| UNRESPECTABLE | • unrespectable adj. Not respectable. • unrespectable n. One who is not respectable. • UNRESPECTABLE n. one who is not respectable. |