| AMBLYOPIA | • amblyopia n. Dimness or blurring of the eyesight due to a fault in transmission of signals to the brain from an otherwise… • amblyopia n. A disorder of visual development in which the brain partially or wholly ignores input from one or both eyes. • AMBLYOPIA n. impaired sight without any apparent damage to the eye. |
| AMBLYOPIC | • amblyopic adj. Of, relating to, or suffering from amblyopia. • AMBLYOPIC adj. of or pertaining to amblyopia, partial loss of sight not due to disease of eye. |
| AMPHIBOLY | • amphiboly n. (Grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction. • AMPHIBOLY n. a grammatically ambiguous phrase or sentence, also AMPHIBOLOGY. |
| BELLYFLOP | • bellyflop n. Alternative form of belly flop. • bellyflop v. Alternative spelling of belly flop. • belly-flop n. Alternative spelling of belly flop. |
| BUMPOLOGY | • bumpology n. (Archaic, derogatory) phrenology. • BUMPOLOGY n. jocularly, the study of bumps on the head, aka phrenology. |
| 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. |
| HYPOBLAST | • hypoblast n. (Embryology) A type of tissue that forms from the inner cell mass and later is incorporated into the endoderm. • HYPOBLAST n. the inner or lower layer of the blastoderm. |
| HYPOBOLES | • hypoboles n. Plural of hypobole. • HYPOBOLE n. the anticipation and refutal of objections to an argument. |
| LYOPHOBIC | • lyophobic adj. (Chemistry, of a colloid) Having no affinity for the dispersion medium and thus easily precipitated. • LYOPHOBIC adj. of a colloid, not readily dispersed, also LYOPHOBE. |
| OPPOSABLY | • opposably adv. In an opposable manner. • OPPOSABLE adv. that can be opposed. |
| PLAYBOOKS | • playbooks n. Plural of playbook. • PLAYBOOK n. a printed book of plays. |
| PLOUGHBOY | • ploughboy n. (Historical) A boy who directed the animals that pulled a plough. • PLOUGHBOY n. a boy who drives or guides horses in ploughing, also PLOWBOY. |
| POLYBASIC | • polybasic adj. (Chemistry, of an acid) containing two or more replaceable hydrogen atoms; see also polyprotic. • polybasic adj. (Chemistry, of a salt) having two or more atoms of a univalent metal. • polybasic adj. (Chemistry, of a base) Having two or more basic groups; see also polybase and polyprotic. |
| POLYBRIDS | • POLYBRID n. a type of hybrid plant. |
| PROBINGLY | • probingly adv. In a probing way. • PROBINGLY adv. PROBING. |
| PROVEABLY | • proveably adv. Alternative spelling of provably. • PROVEABLE adv. that can be proved, also PROVABLE. |
| TALBOTYPE | • talbotype n. An early photograph produced on paper coated with silver iodide. • TALBOTYPE n. (tradename) a method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver, aka calotype, kalotype. |