| AMBLYOPIA | • amblyopia n. Dimness or blurring of the eyesight due to a fault in transmission of signals to the brain from an otherwise… • amblyopia n. A disorder of visual development in which the brain partially or wholly ignores input from one or both eyes. • AMBLYOPIA n. impaired sight without any apparent damage to the eye. |
| AMBLYOPIC | • amblyopic adj. Of, relating to, or suffering from amblyopia. • AMBLYOPIC adj. of or pertaining to amblyopia, partial loss of sight not due to disease of eye. |
| AMBROTYPE | • ambrotype n. (Photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when… • AMBROTYPE n. a picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the un-silvered portions of the glass. |
| AMPHIBOLY | • amphiboly n. (Grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction. • AMPHIBOLY n. a grammatically ambiguous phrase or sentence, also AMPHIBOLOGY. |
| BIPYRAMID | • bipyramid n. A dipyramid. • BIPYRAMID n. a crystal formed of two pyramids base to base. |
| BLASPHEMY | • blasphemy n. An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act… • blasphemy n. (By extension) An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention. • BLASPHEMY n. impious speech. |
| BUMPKINLY | • bumpkinly adj. Befitting a bumpkin. • BUMPKINLY adj. like a bumpkin, also BUMPKINISH. |
| BUMPOLOGY | • bumpology n. (Archaic, derogatory) phrenology. • BUMPOLOGY n. jocularly, the study of bumps on the head, aka phrenology. |
| IMPROBITY | • improbity n. A lack of probity, honesty or integrity. • IMPROBITY n. dishonesty. |
| IMPUTABLY | • imputably adv. In an imputable manner; by imputation. • IMPUTABLE adv. that can be imputed. |
| PERMEABLY | • permeably adv. In a permeable manner. • PERMEABLE adv. allowing a gas or liquid to pass through. |
| PROEMBRYO | • proembryo n. (Botany) A cluster of cells in the ovule of a fertilized flowering plant that has not yet formed into an embryo. • proembryo n. (Botany) The protonema of mosses. • PROEMBRYO n. a group of cells formed in the dividing zygote, from which part the embryo arises. |
| SUBPHYLUM | • subphylum n. (Taxonomy) A taxonomic category below phylum and above class. • SUBPHYLUM n. (Latin) the taxonomic division below a phylum. |