| BACKDROPT | • BACKDROP v. to create a background for a stage. |
| BACKSTOPS | • backstops n. Plural of backstop. • backstops v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstop. • back-stops n. Plural of back-stop. |
| BENCHTOPS | • benchtops n. Plural of benchtop. • BENCHTOP n. a flat surface area to work on. |
| BETATOPIC | • BETATOPIC adj. of atoms, differing in proton number by one. |
| BLACKSPOT | • blackspot n. Alternative form of black spot. • black␣spot n. (Phytopathology) A fungal disease among plants, particularly roses, that results in black spots on the leaves. • black␣spot n. (Transport) A section of roadway that has been designated as being particularly accident-prone. |
| BLACKTOPS | • blacktops v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacktop. • black-tops v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of black-top. • black-tops n. Plural of black-top. |
| BYPRODUCT | • byproduct n. Alternative form of by-product. • by-product n. A secondary product; something made incidentally during the production of something else. • by-product n. A side effect. |
| COMPTABLE | • COMPTABLE adj. (obsolete) countable, also COMPTIBLE, COUNTABLE. |
| COMPTIBLE | • comptible adj. (Obsolete) accountable; responsible. • comptible adj. (Obsolete) sensitive. • COMPTIBLE adj. (obsolete) countable, also COMPTABLE. |
| EPIBIOTIC | • epibiotic adj. Living on the surface of another organism. • EPIBIOTIC adj. relating to epibiosis, a relationship between two organisms where one grows on the other but is not parasitic. |
| PREBIOTIC | • prebiotic n. (Chiefly in the plural) A substance in food that is hard to digest and promotes the growth of beneficial… • prebiotic adj. Before the advent of life. • prebiotic adj. (Of a food) Not digestible, but beneficial. |
| PROBIOTIC | • probiotic n. (Bacteriology) A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons. • probiotic adj. (Ecology) Of, or relating to probiosis; ecologic facilitation. • probiotic adj. Describing any dietary supplement that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes. |
| SUBTOPICS | • subtopics n. Plural of subtopic. • SUBTOPIC n. a secondary topic. |
| SUBTROPIC | • subtropic n. A subtropical region. • SUBTROPIC adj. relating to the area lying between the Tropic of Cancer and 40 degrees N, and the Tropic of Capricorn and 40 degrees south, also SUBTROPICAL. • SUBTROPIC n. a subtropical region. |