| BACKBONES | • backbones n. Plural of backbone. • back-bones n. Plural of back-bone. • BACKBONE n. the spine. |
| ABSORBANCE | • absorbance n. (Physics) A logarithmic measure of the amount of light that is absorbed when passing through a substance;… • ABSORBANCE n. the ability of a substance to absorb radiation. |
| ABSORBENCY | • absorbency n. (Obsolete) The action of absorbing. • absorbency n. The quality of being absorbent. • absorbency n. (Physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent. |
| BONEBLACKS | • boneblacks n. Plural of boneblack. • BONEBLACK n. black residue from the destructive distillation of bones. |
| ABSORBANCES | • absorbances n. Plural of absorbance. • ABSORBANCE n. the ability of a substance to absorb radiation. |
| ABSORBANCIES | • absorbancies n. Plural of absorbancy. • ABSORBANCY n. the state of being absorbent, also ABSORBENCY. |
| ABSORBENCIES | • absorbencies n. Plural of absorbency. • ABSORBENCY n. the state of being absorbent, also ABSORBANCY. |
| BACKBONELESS | • backboneless adj. Without a backbone; invertebrate. • backboneless adj. Cowardly, spineless. • BACKBONELESS adj. without a backbone. |
| BICARBONATES | • bicarbonates n. Plural of bicarbonate. • BICARBONATE n. an acid carbonate. |
| CABBAGETOWNS | • CABBAGETOWN n. from Cabbagetown, a depressed area of Toronto, where the Anglo-Saxon population was thought to exist on cabbage. |
| BEACHCOMBINGS | • beachcombings n. Plural of beachcombing. • BEACHCOMBING n. wandering along a beach looking for useful objects. |
| BIBLIOMANCIES | • bibliomancies n. Plural of bibliomancy. • BIBLIOMANCY n. divination by interpreting a passage picked at random from a book, esp. from a religious book such as the Bible. |
| BONNYCLABBERS | • BONNYCLABBER n. (Irish) milk naturally clotted on souring. |
| SNOBBOCRACIES | • SNOBBOCRACY n. government by snobs. |
| TECHNOBABBLES | • TECHNOBABBLE n. technical jargon. |
| ABSORBEFACIENT | • absorbefacient adj. (Medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug). • absorbefacient n. (Medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption. • ABSORBEFACIENT n. an agent causing or promoting absorption. |
| SUBARBORESCENT | • subarborescent adj. Somewhat tree-like. • SUBARBORESCENT adj. partially arborescent. |
| ABSORBEFACIENTS | • absorbefacients n. Plural of absorbefacient. • ABSORBEFACIENT n. an agent causing or promoting absorption. |
| COMBINABILITIES | • COMBINABILITY n. the quality of being combinable. |
| CYCLOBARBITONES | • CYCLOBARBITONE n. a barbiturate drug used as a hypnotic and sedative. |