| RUBYTHROAT | • rubythroat n. Any of several species of birds, the males having a brilliant patch of metallic red on the throat. • RUBYTHROAT n. any of numerous species of humming birds, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections. |
| ERYTHORBATE | • erythorbate n. (Organic chemistry) any salt or ester of erythorbic acid. • ERYTHORBATE n. a salt of erythorbic acid that is used in foods as an antioxidant. |
| RUBYTHROATS | • rubythroats n. Plural of rubythroat. • RUBYTHROAT n. any of numerous species of humming birds, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections. |
| CONTRIBUTARY | • contributary adj. Obsolete form of contributory. • CONTRIBUTARY n. (obsolete) a person or thing that contributes, also CONTRIBUTORY. |
| ERYTHORBATES | • erythorbates n. Plural of erythorbate. • ERYTHORBATE n. a salt of erythorbic acid that is used in foods as an antioxidant. |
| ERYTHROBLAST | • erythroblast n. (Cytology) A cell in the bone marrow from which red blood cells develop. • ERYTHROBLAST n. a cell in bone marrow that develops into an erythrocyte. |
| MASTURBATORY | • masturbatory adj. Of or relating to masturbation. • masturbatory adj. Excessively self-absorbed or self-indulgent. • MASTURBATORY adj. of, relating to, or involving masturbation. |
| PERTURBATORY | • perturbatory adj. Relating to, or causing, perturbation. • perturbatory n. (Obsolete) The supposed power of deflecting the divining rod by magnetic influence. • PERTURBATORY n. something tending to perturb. |
| ERYTHROBLASTS | • erythroblasts n. Plural of erythroblast. • ERYTHROBLAST n. a cell in bone marrow that develops into an erythrocyte. |
| PROTUBERANTLY | • protuberantly adv. In a protuberant manner. • PROTUBERANT adv. thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface often as a rounded mass. |
| ABSORPTIOMETRY | • absorptiometry n. (Chemistry) Analysis using an absorptiometer. |
| ERYTHROBLASTIC | • erythroblastic adj. Relating to erythroblasts. • ERYTHROBLASTIC adj. of or like an erythroblast. |
| SUBCONTRARIETY | • subcontrariety n. Quality of being subcontrary. • SUBCONTRARIETY n. the state of being subcontrary. |
| BIOSTRATIGRAPHY | • biostratigraphy n. (Biology, geology) The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils. • BIOSTRATIGRAPHY n. the determination of age, etc., of sedimentary strata from fossils which they contain. |
| HYDROXYBUTYRATE | • hydroxybutyrate n. (Chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. • HYDROXYBUTYRATE n. as in gamma hydroxybutyrate, a substance that occurs naturally in the brain, used medically as a sedative but also as a recreational drug and alleged aphrodisiac. |