| AUTOANTIBODY | • autoantibody n. An antibody formed in response to an agent (autoantigen) produced by the organism itself. • AUTOANTIBODY n. an antibody produced in reaction to an antigenic constituent of the body's own tissues. |
| BATTLEGROUND | • battleground n. A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought. • battleground n. (Figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention. • battleground n. (Figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention. |
| BESOTTEDNESS | • besottedness n. The state or quality of being besotted, infatuation, intellectual or moral blindness. • BESOTTEDNESS n. the state of being besotted. |
| BLOODLETTING | • bloodletting n. (Historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to… • bloodletting n. (By extension) The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect. • bloodletting n. A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence. |
| BOTTLENECKED | • bottlenecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of bottleneck. • BOTTLENECK v. to slow down or impede by creating an obstruction. |
| BUTTONHOOKED | • buttonhooked v. Simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook. • BUTTONHOOK v. to make a kind of offensive play in American football. |
| BUTTONMOULDS | • buttonmoulds n. Plural of buttonmould. • BUTTONMOULD n. the small core of plastic, wood, or metal that is the base for buttons covered with fabric, leather, etc. |
| DEBILITATION | • debilitation n. The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness. • DEBILITATION n. the act of debilitating. |
| DEOBSTRUENTS | • deobstruents n. Plural of deobstruent. • DEOBSTRUENT n. something that removes an obstacle. |
| DETONABILITY | • detonability n. A measure of the readiness with which an explosive will detonate under specified conditions. • DETONABILITY n. the state of being detonable. |
| DISTRIBUTION | • distribution n. An act of distributing or state of being distributed. • distribution n. An apportionment by law (of funds, property). • distribution n. (Business, marketing) The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market… |
| MUTTONBIRDER | • muttonbirder n. One who takes part in muttonbirding, the seasonal harvesting of petrel chicks. • MUTTONBIRDER n. (New Zealand) a person who hunts muttonbirds. |
| ODONTOBLASTS | • odontoblasts n. Plural of odontoblast. • ODONTOBLAST n. a tooth cell in the surface of dental pulp that produces dentine. |
| THUNDERBOLTS | • thunderbolts n. Plural of thunderbolt. • THUNDERBOLT n. a flash of lightning conceived as a bolt hurled from the heavens. |
| UNOBSTRUCTED | • unobstructed adj. Not obstructed. • unobstructed v. Simple past tense and past participle of unobstruct. • UNOBSTRUCTED adj. not obstructed. |