| ANTIMETABOLES | • antimetaboles n. Plural of antimetabole. • ANTIMETABOLE n. repetition of words or ideas in different order e.g. to fail to plan is to plan to fail. |
| BACHELORETTES | • bachelorettes n. Plural of bachelorette. • BACHELORETTE n. an unmarried woman. |
| BALLOTTEMENTS | • ballottements n. Plural of ballottement. • BALLOTTEMENT n. a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp. confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus. |
| BETACAROTENES | • BETACAROTENE n. a nutrient found in yellow and orange fruits and vegetables. |
| BIOSATELLITES | • biosatellites n. Plural of biosatellite. • BIOSATELLITE n. an artificial satellite containing living organisms to be studied during flight. |
| BLASTOGENETIC | • blastogenetic adj. Relating to blastogenesis. • BLASTOGENETIC adj. related to blastogenesis, reproduction by budding, also BLASTOGENIC. |
| BLETHERATIONS | • BLETHERATION n. blethering. |
| BREASTSTROKER | • breaststroker n. (Swimming) A person swimming using the breaststroke. • BREASTSTROKER n. one who swims using breaststroke. |
| BREASTSTROKES | • breaststrokes n. Plural of breaststroke. • breaststrokes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breaststroke. • BREASTSTROKE n. a swimming-stroke performed breast-down, with circling movements of the arms and a froglike movement of the legs. |
| ETHNOBOTANIES | • ethnobotanies n. Plural of ethnobotany. • ETHNOBOTANY n. the plant lore of indigenous cultures. |
| HETEROBLASTIC | • heteroblastic adj. (Biology) Developing from more than a single type of tissue. • heteroblastic adj. (Botany) Growing several forms or type of leaves along a shoot depending on age or shoot length. • HETEROBLASTIC adj. derived from different kinds of cells; showing indirect development. |
| INCONTESTABLE | • incontestable adj. Not contestable; indisputable; certain. • INCONTESTABLE adj. not contestable. |
| OBSTINATENESS | • obstinateness n. The characteristic of being obstinate. • OBSTINATE n. stubborn. |
| OBSTREPERATED | • obstreperated v. Simple past tense and past participle of obstreperate. • OBSTREPERATE v. (Sterne) to make an unruly noise. |
| OBSTREPERATES | • obstreperates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obstreperate. • OBSTREPERATE v. (Sterne) to make an unruly noise. |
| POSTDEBUTANTE | • postdebutante n. A young woman who has made her formal appearance in society. • POSTDEBUTANTE adj. following the stage of being a debutante. |
| UNCONTESTABLE | • uncontestable adj. Not contestable. • UNCONTESTABLE adj. not contestable. |
| VERTEBRATIONS | • VERTEBRATION n. division into vertebrae. |