| BACKSWIMMER | • backswimmer n. Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs. • BACKSWIMMER n. one who swims on the back. |
| BIMORPHEMIC | • bimorphemic adj. Consisting of, or relating to, two morphemes. • bimorphemic adj. Relating to bimorphemes. • BIMORPHEMIC adj. consisting of two morphemes. |
| BIOMIMETICS | • biomimetics n. The study of the structure and function of living things as models for the creation of materials or… • BIOMIMETICS n. the science of deriving useful structures and processes from the study of natural parallels e.g. Velcro from plant burrs. |
| BISYMMETRIC | • bisymmetric adj. (Mathematics, of a square matrix) Symmetric about both of its main diagonals. • BISYMMETRIC adj. showing symmetry in two planes at right angles to each other, also BISYMMETRICAL. |
| CHAMBERMAID | • chambermaid n. A maid who handles the chores in a bedroom. • CHAMBERMAID n. a maid who makes beds and does general cleaning of bedrooms (as in a hotel). |
| COLUMBARIUM | • columbarium n. (Historical) A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons… • columbarium n. A pigeonhole in such a dovecote. • columbarium n. A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns… |
| COMMITTABLE | • committable adj. Capable of being committed. • COMMITTABLE adj. that can be committed. |
| CUMULONIMBI | • cumulonimbi n. Plural of cumulonimbus. • cumulo-nimbi n. Plural of cumulo-nimbus. • CUMULONIMBUS n. a type of cloud. |
| IMMEDICABLE | • immedicable adj. Incurable; not able to be assisted by medicine. • IMMEDICABLE adj. that cannot be medicated. |
| IMMEDICABLY | • immedicably adv. In an immedicable way; incurably. • IMMEDICABLE adv. that cannot be medicated. |
| LAMBDACISMS | • lambdacisms n. Plural of lambdacism. • LAMBDACISM n. a fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously, also LABDACISM. |
| METABOLOMIC | • metabolomic adj. Of or pertaining to metabolomics. |
| MICROBIOMES | • microbiomes n. Plural of microbiome. • MICROBIOME n. the microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, which inhabit the human body in a symbiotic relationship. |
| MISBECOMING | • misbecoming v. Present participle of misbecome. • misbecoming adj. Unbecoming; unbefitting. • MISBECOME v. (archaic) to be unbecoming to. |
| PROCAMBIUMS | • PROCAMBIUM n. the young tissue of a fibrovascular bundle before its component cells have begun to be differentiated. |
| SOMNAMBULIC | • somnambulic adj. Related to somnambulism, walking in sleep. • SOMNAMBULIC adj. like a somnambule, a sleepwalker. |