| BIOPHORE | • biophore n. Alternative spelling of biophor. • BIOPHORE n. a hypothetical unit of living matter, also BIOPHOR. |
| BIOSCOPE | • bioscope n. An early form of movie projector. • bioscope n. (South Africa, India, Myanmar, Singapore, Indonesia, dated) A cinema or movie theatre. • BIOSCOPE n. an early movie projector. |
| BIOTOPES | • biotopes n. Plural of biotope. • BIOTOPE n. an area having uniform conditions and supporting a particular, uniform association of animal life. |
| BLOOPERS | • bloopers n. Plural of blooper. • BLOOPER n. a public blunder. |
| BLOOPIER | • BLOOPY adj. in baseball, being a hit that is a short fly ball. |
| BOLTROPE | • boltrope n. Alternative spelling of bolt rope. • bolt-rope n. Alternative spelling of bolt rope. • bolt␣rope n. (Nautical) Rope sewn around the edges of a sail to prevent tearing or fraying. |
| GEOPROBE | • geoprobe n. A probe used for studying the earth. • GEOPROBE n. a spacecraft which explores space near the earth. |
| HYPOBOLE | • hypobole n. (Rhetoric) A rhetorical figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument… • HYPOBOLE n. the anticipation and refutal of objections to an argument. |
| LYOPHOBE | • lyophobe n. (Chemistry) a lyophobic substance. • lyophobe adj. (Chemistry) lyophobic. • LYOPHOBE adj. of a colloid, not readily dispersed, also LYOPHOBIC. |
| NEOPHOBE | • neophobe n. One who dislikes new or novel things. • NEOPHOBE n. one who hates novelty. |
| PEEKABOO | • peekaboo n. (Games) A game for a small child in which one covers one’s face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo… • peekaboo adj. (Of clothing) With holes, slits or transparent fabric to reveal what is normally hidden. • peekaboo adj. (Boxing) Being or using a style of boxing with the hands kept close to the face to defend it. |
| PREBOOKS | • prebooks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prebook. • PREBOOK v. to book beforehand. |
| SPEKBOOM | • spekboom n. A South African shrub (Portulacaria afra), whose succulent leaves are used as fodder. • SPEKBOOM n. (South African) a succulent shrub of the purslane family. |
| ZOOPHOBE | • zoophobe n. A zoophobic person. • ZOOPHOBE n. one who fears or hates animals. |