| BIOETHANOLS | • bioethanols n. Plural of bioethanol. • BIOETHANOL n. ethanol produced from fermented plant material, used as a petrol additive or substitute. |
| BLOWTORCHED | • blowtorched v. Past participle of blowtorch. • BLOWTORCH v. to apply a blowtorch to. |
| BLOWTORCHES | • blowtorches n. Plural of blowtorch. • blowtorches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blowtorch. • blow␣torches n. Plural of blow torch. |
| BROADCLOTHS | • broadcloths n. Plural of broadcloth. • BROADCLOTH n. dense twilled wool or worsted fabric. |
| BUTTONHOLDS | • BUTTONHOLD v. to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLE. |
| BUTTONHOLED | • buttonholed v. Simple past tense and past participle of buttonhole. • BUTTONHOLE v. to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLD. |
| BUTTONHOLER | • buttonholer n. One who detains somebody in conversation against their will. • buttonholer n. An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions… • BUTTONHOLER n. a person or sewing-machine attachment that makes buttonholes. |
| BUTTONHOLES | • buttonholes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhole. • button-holes n. Plural of button-hole. • button␣holes n. Plural of button hole. |
| HALOBIONTIC | • HALOBIONTIC adj. living in the sea, also HALOBIOTIC. |
| HAPLOBIONTS | • HAPLOBIONT n. an organism living in a salt environment. |
| HAPTOGLOBIN | • haptoglobin n. (Biochemistry) A protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby… • HAPTOGLOBIN n. a protein that combines with free haemoglobin in the blood and prevents its filtration through the kidney. |
| HOLOBENTHIC | • holobenthic adj. (Biology) That inhabits the seafloor during all phases of life. • HOLOBENTHIC adj. passing the entire life in the deep ocean. |
| HOLOBLASTIC | • holoblastic adj. (Biology, of an egg) Cleaving, and separating into separate blastomeres. • HOLOBLASTIC adj. of an entire egg, separated into individual blastomeres. |
| 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. |
| LUCKENBOOTH | • LUCKENBOOTH n. (Scots) a shop or booth esp. in 18th century Edinburgh. |
| PHLEBOTOMIC | • phlebotomic adj. Relating to phlebotomy. • PHLEBOTOMIC adj. relating to phlebotomy, the surgical opening of a vein to draw blood, also PHLEBOTOMICAL. |
| TOMBOYISHLY | • tomboyishly adv. In a tomboyish way. • TOMBOYISH adv. like a tomboy. |
| TROPHOBLAST | • trophoblast n. (Cytology) The membrane of cells that forms the wall of a blastocyst during early pregnancy, providing… • TROPHOBLAST n. the outermost layer of cells in the morula that attaches the fertilized ovum to the uterine wall and acts as a nutritive pathway. |
| TROUBLESHOT | • troubleshot v. Simple past tense and past participle of troubleshoot. • TROUBLESHOOT v. to solve problems. |