| 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. |
| BATHOCHROME | • BATHOCHROME n. a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound. |
| BATHOMETRIC | • BATHOMETRIC adj. relating to a bathometer, an instrument for measuring depths. |
| 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. |
| CHAMBERPOTS | • chamberpots n. Plural of chamberpot. • chamber␣pots n. Plural of chamber pot. • CHAMBERPOT n. a container for urine etc. |
| CRUMBCLOTHS | • crumbcloths n. Plural of crumbcloth. • CRUMBCLOTH n. a cloth laid under a table to keep crumbs from the carpet. |
| DEBOUCHMENT | • debouchment n. The point of debouch of a watercourse. • debouchment n. (Medicine) Opening or emptying into another part. • debouchment n. (Military) The act, or the result of debouching. |
| 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. |
| MATCHBOARDS | • matchboards n. Plural of matchboard. • 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. |
| PHLEBECTOMY | • phlebectomy n. (Surgery) The removal of a vein, especially of a varicose vein. • PHLEBECTOMY n. the surgical excision of a vein or part of a vein. |
| 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. |
| THROMBOCYTE | • thrombocyte n. (Hematology, cytology) platelet. • THROMBOCYTE n. a platelet. |
| 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. |