| AUTOPHOBY | • autophoby n. Archaic form of autophobia. • AUTOPHOBY n. a shrinking from making any reference to oneself. |
| BABYPROOF | • babyproof adj. Resistant to damage caused by babies, or unable to harm them; childproof. • babyproof v. (Transitive) To childproof. • BABYPROOF v. to render e.g. a room safe for babies. |
| BUMPOLOGY | • bumpology n. (Archaic, derogatory) phrenology. • BUMPOLOGY n. jocularly, the study of bumps on the head, aka phrenology. |
| COPYBOOKS | • copybooks n. Plural of copybook. • COPYBOOK n. a book used in teaching penmanship. |
| CRYOPROBE | • cryoprobe n. (Surgery) An instrument used to apply extreme cold to a tissue as part of cryosurgery. • CRYOPROBE n. a blunt chilled probe used to freeze tissue in cryosurgery. |
| GYNOPHOBE | • gynophobe n. One who fears or hates women. • GYNOPHOBE n. a person who hates or fears women. |
| 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. |
| PROBATORY | • probatory adj. Serving for trial; probationary. • probatory adj. Relating to, or serving for, proof. • PROBATORY adj. testing, affording proof, also PROBATIVE. |
| PROEMBRYO | • proembryo n. (Botany) A cluster of cells in the ovule of a fertilized flowering plant that has not yet formed into an embryo. • proembryo n. (Botany) The protonema of mosses. • PROEMBRYO n. a group of cells formed in the dividing zygote, from which part the embryo arises. |
| PYROBORIC | • pyroboric adj. Of or relating to pyroboric acid or its derivatives. • PYROBORIC adj. as in pyroboric acid. |
| XENOPHOBY | • xenophoby n. Dated form of xenophobia. • XENOPHOBY n. fear of foreigners, also XENOPHOBIA. |