| BIOPSYING | • biopsying v. Present participle of biopsy. • BIOPSY v. to examine tissue from a living body. |
| COPYBOOKS | • copybooks n. Plural of copybook. • COPYBOOK n. a book used in teaching penmanship. |
| 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. |
| OPPOSABLY | • opposably adv. In an opposable manner. • OPPOSABLE adv. that can be opposed. |
| PAPERBOYS | • paperboys n. Plural of paperboy. • PAPERBOY n. a newsboy. |
| PENNYBOYS | • PENNYBOY n. an employee whose duties include menial tasks such as running errands. |
| PLAYBOOKS | • playbooks n. Plural of playbook. • PLAYBOOK n. a printed book of plays. |
| 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. |
| PRESBYOPE | • presbyope n. (Medicine) One who has presbyopia: a farsighted person. • PRESBYOPE n. one who has presbyopia; a farsighted person. |
| PRESBYOPY | • presbyopy n. Dated form of presbyopia. • PRESBYOPY n. long-sightedness in old age, also PRESBYOPIA. |
| SAPROBITY | • saprobity n. (Ecology) A measure of the amount of decaying organic material in an environment such as a river. • SAPROBITY n. the state of being a saprobe. |
| SOAPBERRY | • soapberry n. Any woody plant of the genus Sapindus, which is eponymous of the Sapindaceae family. • soapberry n. The fruit of such a plant, especially of the tree Sapindus saponaria. • SOAPBERRY n. any tree of the genus Sapindus, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen. |