| ABIOGENIC | • abiogenic adj. Not produced or derived by means of living organisms or their processes. • ABIOGENIC adj. relating to abiogenesis, the origination of life by nonliving matter, also ABIOGENETIC. |
| ABJECTION | • abjection n. A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. • abjection n. (Obsolete, chiefly figuratively) Something cast off; garbage. • abjection n. (Obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down. |
| AITCHBONE | • aitchbone n. A cut of beef lying above the rump bone. • aitchbone n. The rump bone itself. • aitch-bone n. Alternative form of aitchbone. |
| ANAEROBIC | • anaerobic adj. Without oxygen; especially of an environment or organism. • anaerobic adj. Of exercise, involving glycolysis (the conversion of glucose to adenosine triphosphate) rather than… • anaerobic adj. Of or relating to an anaerobe. |
| BALCONIED | • balconied adj. That has a balcony attached. • BALCONIED adj. having a balcony. |
| BALCONIES | • balconies n. Plural of balcony. • BALCONY n. a platform projecting from the wall of a building, often with access from a door or window. |
| BALECTION | • balection n. Alternative form of bolection. • BALECTION n. a moulding around a panel, projecting beyond the surface of the framing, also BILECTION, BOLECTION. |
| BEACONING | • beaconing v. Present participle of beacon (The emitting of signals from a beacon). • beaconing n. Gerund of beacon. • BEACON v. to shine like a light on high. |
| BICONCAVE | • biconcave adj. (Optics, anatomy) Having both sides concave. • BICONCAVE adj. concave on both sides. |
| BICORNATE | • bicornate adj. Alternative form of bicornuate. • BICORNATE adj. having two horns or hornlike parts, also BICORNUATE. |
| BONIFACES | • bonifaces n. Plural of boniface. • BONIFACE n. (French) the proprietor of a hotel, nightclub or restaurant. |
| CARBONISE | • carbonise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of carbonize. • CARBONISE v. to turn into carbon, also CARBONIZE. |
| CARBONIZE | • carbonize v. To turn something to carbon, especially by heating it; to scorch or blacken. • carbonize v. (Chemistry) To react something with carbon. • CARBONIZE v. to turn into carbon, also CARBONISE. |
| COBALTINE | • cobaltine n. Synonym of cobaltite. • COBALTINE n. a mineral of a nearly silver-white color, composed of arsenic, sulphur, and cobalt, also COBALTITE. |
| COMBINATE | • combinate n. The result of a combining of two or more components. • combinate adj. United; joined; betrothed. • COMBINATE adj. combined; betrothed. |
| ESCRIBANO | • escribano n. A clerk; a scrivener. • Escribano prop.n. A surname from Spanish. • ESCRIBANO n. (Spanish) a notary. |
| EXCAMBION | • excambion n. (Law, Scotland) exchange or barter, especially of lands. • EXCAMBION n. in Scots law, exchange of lands, also EXCAMBIUM. |
| FORECABIN | • forecabin n. A cabin located toward the front of a vessel. • FORECABIN n. a cabin in the fore part of a ship. |
| INVOCABLE | • invocable adj. Alternative spelling of invokable. • INVOCABLE adj. that can be invoked. |
| OBEISANCE | • obeisance n. Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude. • obeisance n. An obedient attitude. • OBEISANCE n. a bow or curtsey, a paying of homage. |