| BATHOCHROMES | • BATHOCHROME n. a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound. |
| BIOASTRONOMY | • bioastronomy n. Synonym of astrobiology. • BIOASTRONOMY n. the branch of biology which deals with the study or the discovery of life forms on other planets or in space. |
| BLOODSTREAMS | • bloodstreams n. Plural of bloodstream. • BLOODSTREAM n. the flowing blood in a circulatory system. |
| BROMINATIONS | • brominations n. Plural of bromination. • BROMINATION n. the substitution by bromine in or the addition of bromine to organic compounds. |
| EMBROCATIONS | • embrocations n. Plural of embrocation. • EMBROCATION n. a liquid medication rubbed on the skin. |
| FOOTLAMBERTS | • footlamberts n. Plural of footlambert. • foot-lamberts n. Plural of foot-lambert. • FOOTLAMBERT n. a unit of luminance of a surface emitting one lumen per square foot. |
| IMPROBATIONS | • improbations n. Plural of improbation. • IMPROBATION n. in Scots law, an action for the purpose of declaring some instrument false or forged. |
| MACROBIOTICS | • macrobiotics n. The art of prolonging life. • MACROBIOTICS n. the art or science of prolonging life; a cult partly concerned with diet, foods regarded as pure being vegetable substances grown and prepared without chemicals or processing. |
| MORTARBOARDS | • mortarboards n. Plural of mortarboard. • MORTARBOARD n. a square-topped college cap. |
| MOTHERBOARDS | • motherboards n. Plural of motherboard. • MOTHERBOARD n. the board containing the main circuits of an electronic device, especially in computers. |
| MOTORBOATERS | • motorboaters n. Plural of motorboater. • MOTORBOATER n. one who drives a motorboat. |
| OBUMBRATIONS | • obumbrations n. Plural of obumbration. • OBUMBRATION n. the act of obumbrating. |
| STRABOTOMIES | • strabotomies n. Plural of strabotomy. • STRABOTOMY n. surgical removal of a squint. |
| SYMBOLOLATRY | • symbololatry n. The worship of symbols. • SYMBOLOLATRY n. the worship of symbols. |
| THROMBOXANES | • thromboxanes n. Plural of thromboxane. • THROMBOXANE n. any of several compounds formed from prostaglandin endoperoxides which, when released from blood platelets, induce platelet aggregation and arterial constriction. |