| BEHAPPENS | • behappens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behappen. • BEHAPPEN v. (Spenser) to happen to. |
| BENCHTOPS | • benchtops n. Plural of benchtop. • BENCHTOP n. a flat surface area to work on. |
| BIPHENYLS | • biphenyls n. Plural of biphenyl. • BIPHENYL n. a hydrocarbon consisting of two phenyl groups, used as a fungicide and in dye-manufacture, also DIPHENYL. |
| BISPHENOL | • bisphenol n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from methylenediphenol, CH2(C6H4OH)… • BISPHENOL n. a hydrocarbon used in the manufacture of plastics and resins. |
| GYNOPHOBE | • gynophobe n. One who fears or hates women. • GYNOPHOBE n. a person who hates or fears women. |
| NEOPHOBES | • neophobes n. Plural of neophobe. • NEOPHOBE n. one who hates novelty. |
| NEOPHOBIA | • neophobia n. The fear or hatred of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations. • NEOPHOBIA n. fear of novelty. |
| NEOPHOBIC | • neophobic n. (Psychology) A person or animal that fears or dislikes new or novel experiences or food. • neophobic adj. Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new. • NEOPHOBIC adj. hating novelty. |
| PHENOBARB | • phenobarb n. (Informal, uncountable) The drug phenobarbital or phenobarbitone. • phenobarb n. (Informal, countable) A tablet of the drug. • PHENOBARB n. (short for) phenobarbitol. |
| PINCHBECK | • pinchbeck n. An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry. • pinchbeck adj. (Not comparable) Made of pinchbeck. • pinchbeck adj. Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive. |
| PITCHBEND | • PITCHBEND n. a device that enables a player to bend the pitch of a note on a synthesiser. |
| SHIPBORNE | • shipborne adj. Carried by ship. • SHIPBORNE adj. carried by ship. |
| XENOPHOBE | • xenophobe n. One who hates or fears strangers or foreigners. • XENOPHOBE n. one who hates foreigners. |
| XENOPHOBY | • xenophoby n. Dated form of xenophobia. • XENOPHOBY n. fear of foreigners, also XENOPHOBIA. |