| AMPHIBIOTIC | • amphibiotic adj. Describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults. • AMPHIBIOTIC adj. having an aquatic larval form and a terrestrial adult form, as amphibians. |
| BATHOMETRIC | • BATHOMETRIC adj. relating to a bathometer, an instrument for measuring depths. |
| BATHYMETRIC | • bathymetric adj. Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry. • BATHYMETRIC adj. relating to measurement by a bathymeter, also BATHYMETRICAL. |
| BESMUTCHING | • besmutching v. Present participle of besmutch. • BESMUTCH v. (archaic) to soil, besmirch. |
| BEWITCHMENT | • bewitchment n. The characteristic of being bewitched. • BEWITCHMENT n. the state of being bewitched. |
| BICHROMATED | • BICHROMATED adj. relating to a salt of dichromic acid. |
| BICHROMATES | • bichromates n. Plural of bichromate. • BICHROMATE n. a salt of dichromic acid. |
| BIOCHEMISTS | • biochemists n. Plural of biochemist. • BIOCHEMIST n. a chemist specialising in the chemistry of living things. |
| BIORHYTHMIC | • biorhythmic adj. Of or pertaining to biorhythms. • BIORHYTHMIC adj. relating to biorhythms. |
| BLACKSMITHS | • blacksmiths n. Plural of blacksmith. • Blacksmiths prop.n. Plural of Blacksmith. • BLACKSMITH n. a smith who forges iron. |
| DITHYRAMBIC | • dithyrambic adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a dithyramb; especially, passionate, intoxicated with enthusiasm. • dithyrambic n. A dithyramb. • DITHYRAMBIC adj. like a dithyramb, wildly enthusiastic in statement or writing. |
| HOMOBLASTIC | • homoblastic adj. (Biology) Developing from a single type of tissue. • homoblastic adj. (Botany) Having leaves whose shape changes very little with the plant’s or shoot’s age. • HOMOBLASTIC adj. derived from similar cells; showing direct embryonic development. |
| MULTIBRANCH | • multibranch adj. Of or pertaining to more than one branch (in various senses). |
| PHLEBOTOMIC | • phlebotomic adj. Relating to phlebotomy. • PHLEBOTOMIC adj. relating to phlebotomy, the surgical opening of a vein to draw blood, also PHLEBOTOMICAL. |
| THERMOBARIC | • thermobaric adj. Describing various weapons that use atmospheric oxygen to produce a blast wave of a significantly longer… • thermobaric n. A thermobaric weapon. • THERMOBARIC adj. of a weapon, using a combination of heat and pressure to create a blast more powerful than that of conventional explosives. |
| THUMBPIECES | • thumbpieces n. Plural of thumbpiece. • THUMBPIECE n. a piece that is pressed by the thumb or receives the thumb. |
| WITCHBROOMS | • WITCHBROOM n. a dense abnormal growth of shoots on a tree or other woody plant, usually caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Taphrina. |