| BLOODSTONE | • bloodstone n. A green chalcedony that has been sprinkled with red spots (which resemble blood, hence the name). • bloodstone n. Hematite. • BLOODSTONE n. a green chalcedony sprinkled with red spots resembling blood. |
| BOOKSTORES | • bookstores n. Plural of bookstore. • book␣stores n. Plural of book store. • BOOKSTORE n. a bookshop. |
| BOOTLOADER | • bootloader n. Alternative spelling of boot loader. • boot␣loader n. (Computing) A small program that initiates the bootstrap process by loading the operating system proper. • BOOTLOADER n. a system program that takes a program close in form to machine code and loads it into memory. |
| GNOTOBIOTE | • gnotobiote n. Alternative form of gnotobiont. • GNOTOBIOTE n. a germfree animal. |
| LOBOTOMIES | • lobotomies n. Plural of lobotomy. • LOBOTOMY n. a type of surgical operation. |
| LOBOTOMISE | • lobotomise v. Alternative form of lobotomize. • LOBOTOMISE v. to carry out a lobotomy, also LOBOTOMIZE. |
| LOBOTOMIZE | • lobotomize v. (Transitive) To perform a lobotomy upon. • lobotomize v. (Transitive, figurative) To remove the vitality or intelligence from. • LOBOTOMIZE v. to carry out a lobotomy, also LOBOTOMISE. |
| OBSOLETION | • obsoletion n. Obsolescence. • OBSOLETION n. obsolescence. |
| OUTBLOOMED | • outbloomed v. Simple past tense and past participle of outbloom. • OUTBLOOM v. to surpass in blooming. |
| PHOTOPHOBE | • PHOTOPHOBE n. a plant that shuns or avoids light. |
| POCKETBOOK | • pocketbook n. (US) a purse or handbag. • pocketbook n. (Dated) A wallet for paper money. • pocketbook n. (Figuratively) One’s personal budget or economic capacity - the amount one can afford. |
| PORTOBELLO | • portobello n. The large, mature form of the crimini mushroom (Agaricus bisporus). • Portobello prop.n. An area in Birtley, Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2755). • Portobello prop.n. A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9597). |
| SMOOTHBORE | • smoothbore adj. (Firearms) having a bore with a smooth interior, ie. one that has not been rifled. • smoothbore n. (Firearms) a cannon, gun or other firearm that has an unrifled barrel. • SMOOTHBORE adj. having a bore of perfectly smooth surface, not rifled. |