| BATHOMETER | • bathometer n. An instrument that measures the depth of water, used especially to measure the depth of ocean water. • BATHOMETER n. an instrument for measuring depths, esp. one for taking soundings without a sounding line. |
| BATHOMETRY | • BATHOMETRY n. measurement of the depth of water. |
| BESTOWMENT | • bestowment n. The act of bestowing or conferring something, especially an honour; bestowal. • bestowment n. Something, such as an honour, that is bestowed. • BESTOWMENT n. the act of giving or bestowing. |
| BETTERMOST | • bettermost adj. (Colloquial) best, superior. • BETTERMOST adj. best. |
| BOTTOMLESS | • bottomless adj. Having no bottom. • bottomless adj. Extremely deep. • bottomless adj. Having no bounds; limitless. |
| BOTTOMNESS | • bottomness n. (Physics) A quantum number of quarks and hadrons, determined by the number(s) of bottom quarks &… • BOTTOMNESS n. a property that characterizes quarks and hadrons. |
| BOTTOMRIES | • bottomries n. Plural of bottomry. • BOTTOMRY n. the use of a ship as collateral to finance a sea voyage. |
| 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. |
| ETHAMBUTOL | • ethambutol n. (Pharmacology) A synthetic bacteriostatic antimycobacterial drug C10H24N2O2 that is a derivative of… • ETHAMBUTOL n. a drug used in the treatment of tuberculosis. |
| METABOLITE | • metabolite n. Any substance produced by, or taking part in, a metabolic reaction. • METABOLITE n. a product of metabolism; a substance produced by metabolic action, as urea. |
| MONTBRETIA | • montbretia n. Any plant of the genus Crocosmia (once called Montbretia). • MONTBRETIA n. a widely cultivated plant of the African iridaceous genus Crocosmia. |
| OBTAINMENT | • obtainment n. The act of obtaining something; acquisition. • OBTAINMENT n. the act of obtaining. |
| STEAMBOATS | • steamboats adj. (UK, Ireland, slang) Drunk; intoxicated. • steamboats n. Plural of steamboat. • steam-boats n. Plural of steam-boat. |
| TOMBSTONES | • tombstones n. Plural of tombstone. • TOMBSTONE n. a stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased. |
| TRIBOMETER | • tribometer n. (Physics) A device that measures the coefficient of friction of a surface. • TRIBOMETER n. an instrument used to measure friction. |
| UNBOTTOMED | • unbottomed adj. (Dated) bottomless. • UNBOTTOMED adj. deprived of a bottom. |