| AUTOBIOGRAPHY | • autobiography n. (Countable) A self-written biography; the story of one’s own life. • autobiography n. (Uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre. • AUTOBIOGRAPHY n. the biography of a person narrated by himself or herself. |
| BACTERIOPHAGE | • bacteriophage n. (Microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria. • BACTERIOPHAGE n. a bacterium that eats other bacteria. |
| BACTERIOPHAGY | • bacteriophagy n. The feeding on bacteria. • BACTERIOPHAGY n. the eating of bacteria. |
| BOILERPLATING | • boilerplating v. Present participle of boilerplate. • BOILERPLATE v. to print as a boilerplate. |
| BOOTSTRAPPING | • bootstrapping v. Present participle of bootstrap. • bootstrapping n. The process by which something is bootstrapped. • BOOTSTRAP v. to prepare (a computer) for operation by causing an operating system to be loaded into its memory. |
| BREASTPLOUGHS | • breastploughs n. Plural of breastplough. • BREASTPLOUGH n. a kind of spade for cutting turf, with a crossbar against which the breast is pressed. |
| COPYRIGHTABLE | • copyrightable adj. (Copyright law) Able to be protected by copyright law. • copyrightable n. Anything for which one can obtain copyright. • COPYRIGHTABLE adj. that can be copyrighted. |
| GERONTOPHOBES | • gerontophobes n. Plural of gerontophobe. • GERONTOPHOBE n. one with a morbid fear of old age. |
| GERONTOPHOBIA | • gerontophobia n. An abnormal and persistent fear of aging or growing old. • gerontophobia n. An abnormal and persistent fear of elderly individuals or people. • gerontophobia n. An aversion or hatred towards elderly people. |
| HYPNOBIRTHING | • hypnobirthing n. The use of hypnotherapy to ease the process of childbirth. • HYPNOBIRTHING n. the use of hypnotic technique during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery. |
| OBTEMPERATING | • obtemperating v. Present participle of obtemperate. • OBTEMPERATE v. to obey (a judgment or decree), also OBTEMPER. |
| POSTBOURGEOIS | • postbourgeois adj. (In Marxist philosophy) Relating to a period of society following the decline of the bourgeoisie. • POSTBOURGEOIS adj. belonging to a period of society after the bourgeoisie. |
| POWERBOATINGS | • POWERBOATING n. the sport of driving a powerboat. |
| PROPAGABILITY | • PROPAGABILITY n. the quality of being propagable. |
| PROTUBERATING | • protuberating v. Present participle of protuberate. • PROTUBERATE v. to bulge out. |