| ABIOTROPHY | • abiotrophy n. (Medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function… • ABIOTROPHY n. bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| BIRTHPLACE | • birthplace n. The location where a person was born. • birthplace n. (By extension) The location where something was created or devised. • BIRTHPLACE n. a place of birth or origin. |
| BRYOPHYTES | • bryophytes n. Plural of bryophyte. • BRYOPHYTE n. a member of the Bryophyta, one of the main groups of the vegetable kingdom, mosses and liverworts. |
| BRYOPHYTIC | • bryophytic adj. Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta… • BRYOPHYTIC adj. of or like a bryophyte. |
| BUTLERSHIP | • butlership n. The rank, office, or position of a butler. • BUTLERSHIP n. the office of a butler. |
| CHAMBERPOT | • chamberpot n. Alternative spelling of chamber pot. • chamber␣pot n. A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before… • CHAMBERPOT n. a container for urine etc. |
| HYPERBATIC | • hyperbatic adj. Of or pertaining to a hyperbaton; transposed; inverted. • HYPERBATIC adj. of or pertaining to a hyperbaton. |
| HYPERBATON | • hyperbaton n. (Grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect. • hyperbaton n. (Rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing… • HYPERBATON n. the use, esp. for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in 'Bird thou never wert'. |
| PAINTBRUSH | • paintbrush n. A thin brush for applying paint. • PAINTBRUSH n. a brush for applying paint. |
| PATCHBOARD | • patchboard n. A component of a manual telephone switchboard, or of various early data processing equipment, in which… • PATCHBOARD n. a panel with multiple electrical terminals. |
| PROHIBITED | • prohibited adj. Forbidden; unallowed. • prohibited v. Simple past tense and past participle of prohibit. • PROHIBIT v. to forbid with authority. |
| PROHIBITER | • prohibiter n. One who prohibits or forbids. • PROHIBITER n. one who prohibits, also PROHIBITOR. |
| PROHIBITOR | • prohibitor n. One who prohibits. • PROHIBITOR n. one who prohibits, also PROHIBITER. |
| SUBCHAPTER | • subchapter n. A subsection of a chapter. • SUBCHAPTER n. a subordinate part of a chapter. |
| SUPERBITCH | • superbitch n. (Informal, vulgar) A particularly malicious or powerful bitch (unpleasant woman). • SUPERBITCH n. (offensive) a highly-placed aggressive female. |
| THUMBPRINT | • thumbprint n. A print, mark or impression made by a thumb. • THUMBPRINT n. an impression made by the thumb. |