| ABIOTROPHIES | • abiotrophies n. Plural of abiotrophy. • ABIOTROPHY n. bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| BARORECEPTOR | • baroreceptor n. (Anatomy) A nerve ending that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure. • BARORECEPTOR n. a sensory nerve ending, esp. in the walls of large arteries, that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure. |
| BLASTOSPORES | • blastospores n. Plural of blastospore. • BLASTOSPORE n. the orifice of a gastrula. |
| BOOTSTRAPPED | • bootstrapped v. Simple past tense and past participle of bootstrap. • BOOTSTRAP v. to prepare (a computer) for operation by causing an operating system to be loaded into its memory. |
| BOOTSTRAPPER | • bootstrapper n. Someone engaged in bootstrapping, or self-improvement. • bootstrapper n. (Computing) A process that performs bootstrapping. • bootstrapper n. (Statistics) One who uses bootstrap methods. |
| EROTOPHOBIAS | • EROTOPHOBIA n. fear of sex. |
| EXPROBRATION | • exprobration n. (Obsolete) Reproachful accusation; upbraiding. • EXPROBRATION n. the act of exprobrating, upbraiding. |
| EXPROBRATORY | • exprobratory adj. Expressing, or relating to, exprobration. • EXPROBRATORY adj. expressing reproach, also EXPROBRATIVE. |
| METABOTROPIC | • metabotropic adj. Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g… • METABOTROPIC adj. describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation). |
| POLYSORBATES | • polysorbates n. Plural of polysorbate. • POLYSORBATE n. an emulsifier. |
| POWERBOATERS | • powerboaters n. Plural of powerboater. |
| POWERBOATING | • powerboating n. The act of travelling in a powerboat. • POWERBOATING n. the sport of driving a powerboat. |
| PROBATIONERS | • probationers n. Plural of probationer. • PROBATIONER n. a person (as a newly admitted student nurse) whose fitness is being tested during a trial period. |
| REABSORPTION | • reabsorption n. (Physics) The subsequent absorption of emitted radiation. • reabsorption n. (Physiology) The subsequent absorption of a secreted substance. • REABSORPTION n. the act of reabsorbing. |
| REPROBATIONS | • reprobations n. Plural of reprobation. • REPROBATION n. the act of reprobating. |
| TERATOPHOBIA | • teratophobia n. (Rare) An irrational fear of monsters (terrifying creatures, or deformed children). • TERATOPHOBIA n. an irrational fear of monsters. |