| BIOPHOR | • biophor n. (Obsolete, genetics) A supposed supramolecular unit of heredity. • BIOPHOR n. a hypothetical unit of living matter, also BIOPHORE. |
| BIOTOPE | • biotope n. A geographical area that has a uniform biological environment and a uniform distribution of plants and animals. • biotope n. (Figuratively) a context where someone feels ’naturally’ at home, such as their field of professional… • BIOTOPE n. an area having uniform conditions and supporting a particular, uniform association of animal life. |
| BLOOPED | • blooped v. Simple past tense and past participle of bloop. • BLOOP v. in baseball, to hit a short fly ball. |
| BLOOPER | • blooper n. (Informal) A blunder, an error. • blooper n. (Baseball, slang) A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders. • blooper n. (Film, informal) A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident and/or mistake. |
| BOWPOTS | • bowpots n. Plural of bowpot. • BOWPOT n. a pot for boughs as an ornament, also BOUGHPOT. |
| BOXPLOT | • boxplot n. Alternative spelling of box plot. • box␣plot n. (Statistics) A graphical summary of a numerical data sample through five statistics: median, lower quartile… • BOXPLOT n. a type of statistical graph. |
| COPYBOY | • copyboy n. Alternative form of copy boy. • copy␣boy n. (Publishing) A boy employed to carry copy and run errands. • COPYBOY n. an office boy. |
| PLOWBOY | • plowboy n. A boy plower, a boy who plows. • plowboy n. A boy who helps the plowman by driving the draught animals in front of the plow. • PLOWBOY n. a boy who drives or guides horses in ploughing, also PLOUGHBOY. |
| POBLANO | • poblano n. A mild green chile pepper native to Mexico; when dried, the chilis are called anchos or chiles anchos… • Poblano prop.n. A surname from Spanish. • POBLANO n. a kind of long, wide, dark-green moderately hot chili used esp. in Mexican cooking. |
| POOBAHS | • poobahs n. Plural of poobah. • poo-bahs n. Plural of poo-bah. • Poo-Bahs n. Plural of Poo-Bah. |
| POORBOX | • poorbox n. Alternative form of poor box. • poor␣box n. A locked box with a slot for depositing coins into, usually placed in churches to accept donations for the needy. • POORBOX n. a box, esp. one in a church, used for the collection of alms or money for the poor. |
| POSTBOX | • postbox n. Alternative spelling of post box. • post-box n. Alternative spelling of post box. • post␣box n. A box in which post can be left by a sender to be picked up by a courier or postman (postal worker). |
| POSTBOY | • postboy n. (Historical) A male postilion. • postboy n. A boy who carries letters from the post. • post␣boy n. Alternative form of postboy. |
| POTBOIL | • potboil v. To produce inferior creative works in order to make money. • POTBOIL v. to produce an artistic work of poor quality. |
| POTBOYS | • potboys n. Plural of potboy. • pot␣boys n. Plural of pot boy. • POTBOY n. one who collects up empty glasses in a tavern. |
| PREBOOK | • prebook v. (Transitive) To book in advance. • PREBOOK v. to book beforehand. |
| PREBOOM | • preboom adj. (Economics) Before a boom. • PREBOOM adj. preceding a sudden expansion of business. |
| SHOPBOT | • shopbot n. Shopping bot. • SHOPBOT n. a website that offers price comparisons for particular products. |
| SHOPBOY | • shopboy n. A boy employed in a shop. • SHOPBOY n. a boy employed in a shop. |
| SOAPBOX | • soapbox n. (Literally) A crate for packing soap. • soapbox n. (Figuratively) Any physical or media platform which gives prominence to the person on it and the views they espouse. • soapbox n. (Figuratively) A talk about one’s pet topic (or the topic itself), especially when only tangentially… |