| BALLOONING | • ballooning adj. Growing rapidly as a balloon. • ballooning adj. Rising high in the air. • ballooning n. The act of something that swells or expands. |
| BALLOONIST | • balloonist n. A person who flies in balloons, especially in hot-air balloons. • BALLOONIST n. a person who operates or rides in a balloon. |
| BIBLIOLOGY | • bibliology n. The study of the history of books and the art of printing. • bibliology n. The study of biblical literature, or theology. • BIBLIOLOGY n. the study of books. |
| BIBLIOPOLE | • bibliopole n. A bookseller. • BIBLIOPOLE n. (archaic) a bookseller, also BIBLIOPOLIST. |
| BIBLIOPOLY | • bibliopoly n. (Literary) Bookselling. • BIBLIOPOLY n. bookselling. |
| BIOLOGICAL | • biological adj. Of or relating to biology. • biological adj. Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children. • biological adj. (Proscribed, an error in non-native speakers’ English) Organic (grown without agrochemicals). |
| BLOODGUILT | • bloodguilt n. Guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood. • BLOODGUILT n. the guilt of shedding blood, e.g. in murder. |
| BLOODLINES | • bloodlines n. Plural of bloodline. • BLOODLINE n. all the individuals in a family line over a number of generations. |
| BOLLOCKING | • bollocking n. (Taboo slang, chiefly non-US) A severe reprimand. • BOLLOCKING n. a reprimand. |
| BOOBIALLAS | • boobiallas n. Plural of boobialla. • BOOBIALLA n. (Native Australian) an Australian tree, aka golden wattle. |
| BOUILLOTTE | • bouillotte n. (Card games) A card game resembling poker. • BOUILLOTTE n. (French) a card game resembling poker. |
| CELLOBIOSE | • cellobiose n. (Biochemistry) A disaccharide, found mainly as a repeat unit in cellulose, in which two glucose units… • CELLOBIOSE n. a disaccharide obtained by hydrolysis of cellulose, also CELLOSE. |
| LIFEBLOODS | • lifebloods n. Plural of lifeblood. • LIFEBLOOD n. the blood necessary to life. |
| LOBLOLLIES | • loblollies n. Plural of loblolly. • LOBLOLLY n. a pine tree. |
| LOBULATION | • lobulation n. (Pathology) The presence of lobules (in a place where there are normally none). • LOBULATION n. the state of being lobulate. |
| LOCOMOBILE | • Locomobile n. (Historical) A steam-powered automobile. • LOCOMOBILE n. an early automobile. |
| MORBILLOUS | • morbillous adj. Resembling or relating to measles. • MORBILLOUS adj. pertaining to the measles. |
| OBLATIONAL | • oblational adj. Of or pertaining to oblation; oblatory. • OBLATIONAL adj. relating to oblation, the act of offering. |
| SPOONBILLS | • spoonbills n. Plural of spoonbill. • SPOONBILL n. a kind of wading bird with a spoon-shaped bill. |
| TOURBILLON | • tourbillon n. A rotating frame, containing the escapement of a clock or watch, that attempts to compensate for the… • tourbillon n. A whirlwind. • tourbillon n. A kind of firework that gyrates in the air. |