| AMPHIBOLY | • amphiboly n. (Grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction. • AMPHIBOLY n. a grammatically ambiguous phrase or sentence, also AMPHIBOLOGY. |
| BEAMISHLY | • beamishly adv. In a beamish manner. • BEAMISH adv. radiant. |
| BERHYMING | • berhyming v. Present participle of berhyme. • BERHYME v. to compose in rhyme, also BERIME. |
| BIMETHYLS | • BIMETHYL n. ethane. |
| BIMONTHLY | • bimonthly adj. Occurring once every two months; bimestrial. • bimonthly adj. Twice every month; semimonthly. • bimonthly adv. Once every two months; bimestrially. |
| BIORHYTHM | • biorhythm n. (Biology) Any cyclic biological or physiological pattern or activity. • biorhythm n. (Pseudoscience) Any of three sinusoidal graphs, normally plotted by computer, having a person’s birthdate… • BIORHYTHM n. a periodic change in the behaviour or physiology of many animals and plants (e.g. hibernation and migration) mediated by hormones which are in turn influenced by changes in day-length. |
| CHIMBLEYS | • chimbleys n. Plural of chimbley. • CHIMBLEY n. a chimney, also CHIMBLY, CHIMLA, CHIMLEY. |
| DITHYRAMB | • dithyramb n. A raucous and ardent choral hymn sung in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus. • dithyramb n. A poem or oration in the same style. • dithyramb n. An impassioned speech, a rant. |
| HOBBYISMS | • hobbyisms n. Plural of hobbyism. • HOBBYISM n. the pursuit of hobbies. |
| HYBRIDISM | • hybridism n. The state of being hybrid. • hybridism n. The production of hybrids by cross-breeding. • hybridism n. (Linguistics) The formation of a hybrid, a word from elements of different languages. |
| HYBRIDOMA | • hybridoma n. (Immunology) A hybrid cell engineered from a lymphocyte and a tumour cell; used to generate monoclonal antibodies. • HYBRIDOMA n. a hybrid cell produced by the fusion of an antibody-producing lymphocyte with a tumor cell. |
| JAMBIYAHS | • jambiyahs n. Plural of jambiyah. • JAMBIYAH n. (Arabic) a Middle Eastern curved dagger, also JAMBIYA. |
| MOBBISHLY | • MOBBISH adv. in the way of a mob. |
| TOMBOYISH | • tomboyish adj. Displaying behavior associated with a tomboy. • TOMBOYISH adj. like a tomboy. |
| WHIMBERRY | • whimberry n. (Dialectal) The bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus). • WHIMBERRY n. the bilberry or whortleberry, so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze, also WHINBERRY. |
| YOHIMBINE | • yohimbine n. (Organic chemistry, pharmacology) A toxic crystalline compound obtained from the bark of the yohimbe… • YOHIMBINE n. (Bantu) an alkaloid obtained from the bark of a West African tree. |