| ALEMBROTHS | • ALEMBROTH n. an alchemists' word for mercury ammonium chloride, aka salt of wisdom. |
| 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. |
| BICHROMATE | • bichromate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Synonym of dichromate. • BICHROMATE n. a salt of dichromic acid. |
| BIORHYTHMS | • biorhythms n. Plural of biorhythm. • BIORHYTHM n. a periodic change in the behaviour or physiology of many animals and plants (e.g. hibernation and migration) mediated by hormones which are in turn influenced by changes in day-length. |
| BOTHERSOME | • bothersome adj. Causing trouble, annoyance, inconvenience, irritation, or perplexity. • BOTHERSOME adj. causing bother. |
| BRIGHTSOME | • brightsome adj. (Archaic) Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining. • BRIGHTSOME adj. bright; clear; brilliant. |
| CHAMBERPOT | • chamberpot n. Alternative spelling of chamber pot. • chamber␣pot n. A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before… • CHAMBERPOT n. a container for urine etc. |
| CRUMBCLOTH | • crumbcloth n. A cloth laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments and keep the carpet or floor clean. • CRUMBCLOTH n. a cloth laid under a table to keep crumbs from the carpet. |
| EMBOTHRIUM | • EMBOTHRIUM n. an evergreen shrub native to South America, widely cultivated as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers. |
| HOMEBIRTHS | • homebirths n. Plural of homebirth. • HOMEBIRTH n. the act of giving birth to a child in one's own home. |
| MATCHBOARD | • matchboard n. (Carpentry) A type of wooden board that connects with others using a tongue and groove system. • matchboard n. (Sand casting) A thin piece of material (such as wood, plaster, or metal) that forms and aligns the… • MATCHBOARD n. one of a number of boards with a tongue cut along one edge and a groove in the opposite edge, fitted one into the next to make a wall-facing, etc. |
| RHUMBATRON | • RHUMBATRON n. a cavity resonator. |
| 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. |
| THROMBOGEN | • THROMBOGEN n. a protein present in blood that is essential for the formation of thrombin. |
| THROMBOSED | • thrombosed v. Simple past tense and past participle of thrombose. • THROMBOSE v. to cause thrombosis in. |
| THROMBOSES | • thromboses n. Plural of thrombosis. • thromboses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thrombose. • THROMBOSIS n. clotting of blood in a vessel during life. |
| THROMBOSIS | • thrombosis n. (Pathology) The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction… • THROMBOSIS n. clotting of blood in a vessel during life. |
| THROMBOTIC | • thrombotic adj. (Pathology) Of, pertaining to, or caused by thrombosis. • THROMBOTIC adj. relating to thrombosis. |
| WITCHBROOM | • WITCHBROOM n. a dense abnormal growth of shoots on a tree or other woody plant, usually caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Taphrina. |