| BACTERIOPHAGE | • bacteriophage n. (Microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria. • BACTERIOPHAGE n. a bacterium that eats other bacteria. |
| BENIGHTEDNESS | • benightedness n. The quality of being benighted. • BENIGHTEDNESS n. the state of being benighted. |
| BENIGHTENINGS | • BENIGHTENING n. being overtaken by night. |
| BENTHOPELAGIC | • benthopelagic adj. Both benthic and pelagic. • benthopelagic n. Any such organism. • BENTHOPELAGIC adj. living just above the seabed. |
| FINGERBREADTH | • fingerbreadth n. A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger. • FINGERBREADTH n. the breadth of a finger. |
| GERONTOPHOBES | • gerontophobes n. Plural of gerontophobe. • GERONTOPHOBE n. one with a morbid fear of old age. |
| HEARTBREAKING | • heartbreaking adj. That causes great grief, anguish or distress. • heartbreaking n. The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress. • heart-breaking adj. (Idiomatic) That causes extreme sorrow or grief. |
| METHEMOGLOBIN | • methemoglobin n. (Biochemistry) An oxidized form of hemoglobin, containing ferric rather than ferrous iron, that cannot… • METHEMOGLOBIN n. a soluble brown crystalline basic blood pigment that differs from hemoglobin in containing ferric iron and in being unable to combine reversibly with molecular oxygen. |
| NEIGHBORLIEST | • neighborliest adj. Superlative form of neighborly: most neighborly. • NEIGHBORLY adj. like a neighbor, also NEIGHBOURLY. |
| OVERBREATHING | • overbreathing v. Present participle of overbreathe. • overbreathing n. Hyperventilation. • overbreathing n. Excessive breathing. |
| RIGHTABLENESS | • RIGHTABLENESS n. the state of being rightable. |
| SLAUGHTERABLE | • slaughterable adj. Fit for slaughter. • SLAUGHTERABLE adj. that can be slaughtered. |
| STAGGERBUSHES | • staggerbushes n. Plural of staggerbush. • STAGGERBUSH n. a shrubby heath of the Eastern US, poisonous to livestock. |
| THIMBLERIGGED | • thimblerigged v. Simple past tense and past participle of thimblerig. • THIMBLERIG v. to cheat by trickery. |
| THIMBLERIGGER | • thimblerigger n. One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain. • thimble-rigger n. Alternative form of thimblerigger. • THIMBLERIGGER n. one who thimblerigs. |