| BACKSPLIT | • backsplit n. A split-level home whose split level is visible only from the side elevation. • BACKSPLIT n. (Canadian) a house with floors raised half a storey at the rear, having an upper and lower main floor, and an upper and lower basement. |
| BAPTISMAL | • baptismal adj. Of or relating to baptism. • baptismal adj. Of a name, conferred at baptism. • baptismal n. A baptismal name: a name given at baptism. |
| BASIPETAL | • basipetal adj. (Botany) That develops, matures or opens from the apex towards the base in sequence. • BASIPETAL adj. produced in succession towards the base. |
| BIOPLASTS | • bioplasts n. Plural of bioplast. • BIOPLAST n. a tiny mass of bioplasm, in itself a living unit and having formative power, as a living white blood corpuscle, also BIOBLAST. |
| BLACKTIPS | • blacktips n. Plural of blacktip. • BLACKTIP n. a kind of small shark. |
| BLIPVERTS | • blipverts n. Plural of blipvert. • BLIPVERT n. a very short advertisement on television. |
| BLOOPIEST | • BLOOPY adj. in baseball, being a hit that is a short fly ball. |
| EPIBLASTS | • epiblasts n. Plural of epiblast. • EPIBLAST n. the external layer of an embryo, also ECTODERM, EXODERM. |
| PEBBLIEST | • pebbliest adj. Superlative form of pebbly: most pebbly. • PEBBLY adj. resembling pebbles. |
| PERIBLAST | • periblast n. (Biology) The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation. • PERIBLAST n. in meroblastic eggs, the margin of the blastoderm merging with the surrounding yolk. |
| PHLEBITIS | • phlebitis n. (Pathology) Inflammation of a vein, usually in the legs. • PHLEBITIS n. inflammation of a vein. |
| PINTABLES | • pintables n. Plural of pintable. • PINTABLE n. a pinball machine. |
| PITHBALLS | • pithballs n. Plural of pithball. • PITHBALL n. a pellet of pith. |
| PLEBBIEST | • PLEBBY adj. (colloquial) vulgar, plebeian. |
| PLUMBITES | • plumbites n. Plural of plumbite. • PLUMBITE n. a salt of plumbic acid. |
| PUBLICIST | • publicist n. A person whose job is to publicize information or events; a publicity agent; a public relations agent or worker. • publicist n. A journalist, often a commentator, who focusses on politics. • publicist n. (Now rare and archaic) A scholar, of public or international law. |
| SPITBALLS | • spitballs n. Plural of spitball. • spit-balls n. Plural of spit-ball. • SPITBALL v. to pitch a baseball where the ball has been altered by the application of saliva, petroleum jelly, or some other foreign substance. |