| ABOLITION | • abolition n. The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation. • abolition n. The state of being abolished. • abolition n. (Historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery. |
| ALBINOTIC | • albinotic adj. Affected with albinism. • ALBINOTIC adj. affected with albinism. |
| BALLOTINI | • ballotini n. A style of glass with a helical pattern, made by caneworking. • BALLOTINI n. (Italian) small glass beads used in reflective paint. |
| BETOILING | • betoiling v. Present participle of betoil. • BETOIL v. to weary with toil. |
| BIBLIOTIC | • bibliotic adj. Of or pertaining to bibliotics. • BIBLIOTIC adj. relating to bibliotics, the study of documents to determine authenticity. |
| BIFOLIATE | • bifoliate adj. (Botany) Having exactly two leaves. Compare bifoliolate, having two leaflets per leaf. • BIFOLIATE adj. having two leaves or leaflets. |
| BILECTION | • bilection n. Alternative form of bolection. • BILECTION n. a moulding around a panel, projecting beyond the surface of the framing, also BALECTION, BOLECTION. |
| BILLIONTH | • billionth adj. The ordinal form of the number one billion. • billionth n. The person or thing in the billionth position. • billionth n. One of a billion equal parts of a whole. |
| BIOLOGIST | • biologist n. A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology. • BIOLOGIST n. one who studies biology. |
| DIABOLIST | • diabolist n. A devil-worshipper. • DIABOLIST n. one who practises diabolism. |
| FIBROLITE | • fibrolite n. (Mineralogy) Sillimanite. • FIBROLITE n. (tradename) a type of building board containing asbestos and cement , also FIBRO, FIBROCEMENT. |
| IDIOBLAST | • idioblast n. (Botany) An isolated specialised cell found in the midst of an otherwise homogeneous group of cells in plant tissue. • IDIOBLAST n. a plant cell that differs from neighbouring cells in the same tissue. |
| LIBATIONS | • libations n. Plural of libation. • LIBATION n. a ceremonial pouring of a liquid. |
| LIBRATION | • libration n. The act of librating. • libration n. (Astronomy) The apparent wobble or variation in the visible side of the Moon that permanently faces… • libration n. (By extension) A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body. |
| NOTABILIA | • notabilia n. Things worthy of notice. • NOTABILIA n. (Latin) notable sayings; things worthy of notice. |
| OBBLIGATI | • obbligati n. Plural of obbligato. • OBBLIGATO n. (Italian) a musical accompaniment of independent importance, esp. that of a single instrument to a vocal piece, also OBLIGATO. |
| OBLIQUITY | • obliquity n. The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created… • obliquity n. (Astronomy, by extension, of a planet) Axial tilt. • obliquity n. Mental or moral deviation or perversity; immorality. |
| SIBILATOR | • sibilator n. One who sibilates; a hisser. • SIBILATOR n. one who sibilates, hisses. |
| TRILOBITE | • trilobite n. An extinct arthropod of the class Trilobita, whose body had three large lobes. • TRILOBITE n. any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. |