| ABSTENTIONISM | • abstentionism n. A policy of abstaining or of the desirability of withholding one’s vote or other participation with… • ABSTENTIONISM n. the policy of not using one's vote, esp. in a political election. |
| ABSTENTIONIST | • abstentionist n. A practitioner or advocate of not getting involved politically. • abstentionist adj. Relating to or in accordance with abstentionism. • ABSTENTIONIST n. a believer in abstentionism. |
| ASTROBOTANIES | • ASTROBOTANY n. the branch of botany that investigates the possibility that plants grow on other planets. |
| BACTERIOSTATS | • bacteriostats n. Plural of bacteriostat. • BACTERIOSTAT n. an agent that causes bacteriostasis. |
| BIOSATELLITES | • biosatellites n. Plural of biosatellite. • BIOSATELLITE n. an artificial satellite containing living organisms to be studied during flight. |
| BIOSYSTEMATIC | • biosystematic adj. Of or pertaining to biosystematics. • BIOSYSTEMATIC adj. relating to taxonomy esp. as based on cytogenetics and genetics. |
| BOOTSTRAPPERS | • bootstrappers n. Plural of bootstrapper. |
| 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. |
| COUNTERBLASTS | • counterblasts n. Plural of counterblast. • COUNTERBLAST n. a defiant pronouncement or denunciation. |
| CRISTOBALITES | • cristobalites n. Plural of cristobalite. • CRISTOBALITE n. a variety of silica. |
| ERYTHROBLASTS | • erythroblasts n. Plural of erythroblast. • ERYTHROBLAST n. a cell in bone marrow that develops into an erythrocyte. |
| HAEMATOBLASTS | • haematoblasts n. Plural of haematoblast. • HAEMATOBLAST n. a blood platelet, also HEMATOBLAST. |
| OBSTETRICIANS | • obstetricians n. Plural of obstetrician. • OBSTETRICIAN n. one who specialises in the care of women during pregnancy. |
| OBSTINATENESS | • obstinateness n. The characteristic of being obstinate. • OBSTINATE n. stubborn. |
| OBSTREPERATES | • obstreperates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obstreperate. • OBSTREPERATE v. (Sterne) to make an unruly noise. |
| PAEDOBAPTISTS | • paedobaptists n. Plural of paedobaptist. • pædobaptists n. Plural of pædobaptist. • PAEDOBAPTIST n. a believer in paedobaptism. |
| SPERMATOBLAST | • spermatoblast n. (Dated) A spermatocyte. • SPERMATOBLAST n. a sperm-producing cell. |