| 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. |
| AMPHIBOLIES | • amphibolies n. Plural of amphiboly. • AMPHIBOLY n. a grammatically ambiguous phrase or sentence, also AMPHIBOLOGY. |
| AMPHIBOLITE | • amphibolite n. Any of a class of metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc. • AMPHIBOLITE n. rock composed of amphibole; hornblende. |
| BIMORPHEMIC | • bimorphemic adj. Consisting of, or relating to, two morphemes. • bimorphemic adj. Relating to bimorphemes. • BIMORPHEMIC adj. consisting of two morphemes. |
| IMPOSSIBLES | • impossibles n. Plural of impossible. • IMPOSSIBLE n. an impossible thing. |
| IMPROBATION | • improbation n. Disapproval. • improbation n. (Law, Scotland) The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose… • IMPROBATION n. in Scots law, an action for the purpose of declaring some instrument false or forged. |
| IMPROBITIES | • improbities n. Plural of improbity. • IMPROBITY n. dishonesty. |
| MILLIPROBES | • MILLIPROBE n. an instrument for analysing small quantities, esp. a spectrometer. |
| PIMPMOBILES | • pimpmobiles n. Plural of pimpmobile. • PIMPMOBILE n. a car used by a pimp. |
| POPMOBILITY | • popmobility n. (Dated) A form of aerobics performed to pop music. • POPMOBILITY n. a form of exercise that combines aerobics in a continuous dance routine, performed to pop music. |
| POSSIBILISM | • possibilism n. (Philosophy) The belief that possible things exist, as well as actual things. • possibilism n. The theory that the geographical environment sets certain constraints, but culture is otherwise determined… • possibilism n. An approach that pragmatically focuses on achievable goals rather than impossible ideals. |
| PROBABILISM | • probabilism n. (Philosophy) The doctrine that, in the absence of certainty, probability is the best criterion. • probabilism n. (Theology, chiefly Catholicism) The casuistic doctrine that, in difficult matters of conscience, one… • PROBABILISM n. the belief that knowledge is always probable but never absolute. |
| SUBOPTIMISE | • SUBOPTIMISE v. to optimize to an inferior degree, also SUBOPTIMIZE. |
| SUBOPTIMIZE | • suboptimize v. (Transitive) To perform suboptimization upon. • SUBOPTIMIZE v. to optimize to an inferior degree, also SUBOPTIMISE. |
| TIMBROPHILY | • timbrophily n. (Dated) philately (the study or collection of stamps). • TIMBROPHILY n. the love of stamps. |