| BIOGRAPHY | • biography n. A person’s life story, especially one published. • biography n. The art of writing this kind of story. • biography v. (Transitive) To write a biography of. |
| 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. |
| BOARISHLY | • boarishly adv. In a boarish manner. • BOARISH adv. swinish; brutal. |
| BOORISHLY | • boorishly adv. In a boorish manner; uncultured. • BOORISH adv. rude. |
| BOYSHORTS | • boyshorts n. A female undergarment that covers the hips like a pair of shorts. • boy-shorts n. Alternative form of boyshorts. • boy␣shorts n. Alternative form of boyshorts. |
| BROTHERLY | • brotherly adj. Of or characteristic of brothers. • brotherly adv. In the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers. • BROTHERLY adj. like a brother. |
| BRYOPHYTE | • bryophyte n. (Botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts… • BRYOPHYTE n. a member of the Bryophyta, one of the main groups of the vegetable kingdom, mosses and liverworts. |
| CHOIRBOYS | • choirboys n. Plural of choirboy. • choir␣boys n. Plural of choir boy. • CHOIRBOY n. a boy who sings in a church choir. |
| CHOREBOYS | • choreboys n. Plural of choreboy. • CHOREBOY n. a boy used to do odd jobs. |
| HERBIVORY | • herbivory n. (Ecology) The consumption of living plant tissue by animals. • HERBIVORY n. the eating of grass. |
| HERBOLOGY | • herbology n. The study of herbs and their medical properties, especially when combined. • HERBOLOGY n. the use or study of herbal medicine. |
| HOMEBUYER | • homebuyer n. A person who buys or plans to buy a house. • HOMEBUYER n. one who is buying a home. |
| HONORABLY | • honorably adv. US standard spelling of honourably. • HONORABLE adv. (US) honourable, also HONOURABLE. |
| 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. |
| HYBRIDOUS | • hybridous adj. (Archaic) hybrid. • HYBRIDOUS adj. hybrid. |
| HYPERBOLA | • hyperbola n. (Geometry) A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base… • HYPERBOLA n. a type of mathematical curve. |
| HYPERBOLE | • hyperbole n. (Uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement. • hyperbole n. (Countable) An instance or example of such overstatement. • hyperbole n. (Countable, obsolete) A hyperbola. |
| HYPOBARIC | • hypobaric adj. Of, relating to, or utilizing less than normal air pressure. • HYPOBARIC adj. below normal pressure. |