| BRONCHODILATOR | • bronchodilator n. (Medicine) Any drug used to dilate and relax the bronchial passages and ease the flow of air to the lungs. • BRONCHODILATOR n. a drug that relaxes bronchial muscle resulting in expansion of the bronchial air passages. |
| BUREAUCRATISED | • bureaucratised v. Simple past tense and past participle of bureaucratise. • BUREAUCRATISE v. to make bureaucratic, also BUREAUCRATIZE. |
| BUREAUCRATIZED | • bureaucratized v. Simple past tense and past participle of bureaucratize. • BUREAUCRATIZE v. to make bureaucratic, also BUREAUCRATISE. |
| CONTAINERBOARD | • containerboard n. A form of paperboard especially manufactured for the production of corrugated fiberboard. • CONTAINERBOARD n. corrugated or solid cardboard used for making containers. |
| DECARBURATIONS | • DECARBURATION n. the act of decarburizing. |
| DECEREBRATIONS | • decerebrations n. Plural of decerebration. • DECEREBRATION n. the act of decerebrating. |
| DEFIBRILLATORS | • defibrillators n. Plural of defibrillator. • DEFIBRILLATOR n. an electronic device that applies an electric shock to restore the rhythm of a fibrillating heart. |
| DISAPPROBATORY | • disapprobatory adj. Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove. • DISAPPROBATORY adj. disapproving. |
| DISTRIBUTARIES | • distributaries n. Plural of distributary. • DISTRIBUTARY n. a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it, as in a delta. |
| FEATHERBRAINED | • featherbrained adj. Alternative spelling of feather-brained. • feather-brained adj. Foolish, scatterbrained. • FEATHERBRAINED adj. foolish. |
| FINGERBREADTHS | • fingerbreadths n. Plural of fingerbreadth. • FINGERBREADTH n. the breadth of a finger. |
| MISTRANSCRIBED | • mistranscribed v. Simple past tense and past participle of mistranscribe. • MISTRANSCRIBE v. to transcribe wrongly. |
| MULTIBARRELLED | • multibarrelled adj. Having more than one barrel. • MULTIBARRELLED adj. of a gun, having many barrels, also MULTIBARRELED. |
| PARTICLEBOARDS | • particleboards n. Plural of particleboard. • particle-boards n. Plural of particle-board. • particle␣boards n. Plural of particle board. |
| PARTRIDGEBERRY | • partridgeberry n. Any of various plants, including. • partridgeberry n. The berry of such a plant. • partridge␣berry n. Alternative form of partridgeberry. |
| REBROADCASTING | • rebroadcasting v. Present participle of rebroadcast. • REBROADCAST v. to broadcast again (a radio or television program being simultaneously received from another source). |
| SCATTERBRAINED | • scatterbrained adj. Having the qualities of a scatterbrain: absent-minded, forgetful, easily distracted. • scatter-brained adj. Alternative spelling of scatterbrained. • SCATTERBRAINED adj. having the characteristics of a scatterbrain. |
| SCRATCHBUILDER | • SCRATCHBUILDER n. one who scratchbuilds, builds models from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
| WATERBOARDINGS | • waterboardings n. Plural of waterboarding. • WATERBOARDING n. a form of torture in which the victim is immobilized and has water poured on his or her face, producing a severe gag reflex, to simulate drowning. |