| BASIDIOSPORES | • basidiospores n. Plural of basidiospore. • BASIDIOSPORE n. a spore produced by a basidium. |
| BIOPROSPECTED | • bioprospected v. Simple past tense and past participle of bioprospect. • bioprospected adj. Obtained by bioprospecting. |
| BOUSTROPHEDON | • boustrophedon adv. (Historical, calligraphy, of writing) In a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left… • boustrophedon adj. (Historical, calligraphy, of writing) Written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines. • boustrophedon adj. (Figuratively) Changing direction, going back and forth. |
| CLAPPERBOARDS | • clapperboards n. Plural of clapperboard. • clapper␣boards n. Plural of clapper board. • CLAPPERBOARD n. a hinged board (or a set of hinged boards) clapped together in front of the camera before or after shooting a piece of film, to help synchronize sound and vision. |
| DOUBLESPEAKER | • doublespeaker n. One who engages in doublespeak. • DOUBLESPEAKER n. one who engages in doublespeak. |
| IMPONDERABLES | • imponderables n. Plural of imponderable. • IMPONDERABLE n. something not ponderable. |
| OBSTREPERATED | • obstreperated v. Simple past tense and past participle of obstreperate. • OBSTREPERATE v. (Sterne) to make an unruly noise. |
| OMBUDSPERSONS | • ombudspersons n. Plural of ombudsperson. |
| PLASTERBOARDS | • plasterboards n. Plural of plasterboard. • PLASTERBOARD n. a thin rigid board, in the form of a layer of plaster compressed between two layers of fibreboard, used to form or cover walls. |
| PROBOSCIDEANS | • proboscideans n. Plural of proboscidean. • PROBOSCIDEAN n. any of an order of large mammals comprising the elephants and extinct related forms, also PROBOSCIDIAN. |
| PROBOSCIDIANS | • proboscidians n. Plural of proboscidian. • PROBOSCIDIAN n. any of an order of large mammals comprising the elephants and extinct related forms, also PROBOSCIDEAN. |
| REPRODUCIBLES | • reproducibles n. Plural of reproducible. • REPRODUCIBLE n. something that can be reproduced. |
| RHABDOSPHERES | • rhabdospheres n. Plural of rhabdosphere. • RHABDOSPHERE n. an aggregation of rhabdoliths in oceanic ooze. |
| SCRAPERBOARDS | • scraperboards n. Plural of scraperboard. • SCRAPERBOARD n. a clay-surface board on which drawings can be made by scraping tints off as well as applying them. |
| SPRINGBOARDED | • springboarded v. Simple past tense and past participle of springboard. |
| SUBEDITORSHIP | • subeditorship n. The rank or position of subeditor. • SUBEDITORSHIP n. the office of subeditor. |
| SUPERABOUNDED | • superabounded v. Simple past tense and past participle of superabound. • SUPERABOUND v. to be superabundant. |
| WOODBURYTYPES | • Woodburytypes n. Plural of Woodburytype. • WOODBURYTYPE n. (tradename) a photomechanical process in which an exposed and developed bichromated film is forced into a metal plate by great pressure, and so forms a matrix for subsequent printing. |