| BIOMIMETIC | • biomimetic adj. Of, related to, or produced by biomimetics. • BIOMIMETIC adj. relating to biomimetics, the science of deriving useful structures and processes from the study of natural parallels. |
| BLAMESTORM | • blamestorm n. A process for determining the cause(s), human and otherwise, of the failure of something. • blamestorm v. To have a blamestorm, i.e., a session where a group discusses the cause(s), human and otherwise, of… • BLAMESTORM v. (of colleagues in a business, government, etc.) to meet in order to apportion blame for an error or failure. |
| COMBRETUMS | • combretums n. Plural of combretum. • COMBRETUM n. (Latin) a member of a genus of tropical trees known for the beauty of their flowers. |
| COMMUTABLE | • commutable adj. Capable of being commuted. • COMMUTABLE adj. able to be commuted. |
| EMBODIMENT | • embodiment n. The process of embodying. • embodiment n. (Countable) A physical entity typifying an abstract concept. • EMBODIMENT n. one that embodies something. |
| EMBOSSMENT | • embossment n. The result of embossing; something that has been embossed. • embossment n. The process or act of embossing. • EMBOSSMENT n. the act of forming bosses or raised figures. |
| EMBOTHRIUM | • EMBOTHRIUM n. an evergreen shrub native to South America, widely cultivated as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers. |
| EMBOWMENTS | • embowments n. Plural of embowment. • EMBOWMENT n. the act of embowing, bending. |
| EMBRYOTOMY | • embryotomy n. (Medicine) The act of cutting a foetus into pieces within the womb, so that it can be removed. • EMBRYOTOMY n. the cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal. |
| ENTOMBMENT | • entombment n. The act of entombing or the state of being entombed. • entombment n. The decommissioning of a radioactive site by encasing it in concrete. • ENTOMBMENT n. the act of entombing. |
| METABOLISM | • metabolism n. (Physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. • metabolism n. (Figurative, by extension) The processes that maintain any dynamic system. • Metabolism prop.n. A post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with… |
| METABOLOME | • metabolome n. (Biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of metabolites found in a biological sample; especially that… • METABOLOME n. the quantitative complement of all the low molecular weight metabolites present in a particular physiological or developmental state. |
| OMBROMETER | • ombrometer n. An instrument for measuring rainfall. • OMBROMETER n. a rain-gauge. |
| TUMBLEHOME | • tumblehome n. (Nautical) The inward curve of the topsides of some ship hulls. • tumble␣home v. (Nautical) To incline inward, as the sides of a vessel, above the bends or extreme breadth. • TUMBLEHOME n. the inward curvature of the upper parts of the sides of a vessel at or near the stern. |