| BOTULINUM | • botulinum n. An anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin. • BOTULINUM n. a powerful bacterial toxin, also BOTULIN, BOTULINUS. |
| BRONCHIUM | • bronchium n. (Anatomy, usually in the plural) A bronchial tube; a subdivision of the bronchus. • BRONCHIUM n. (Latin) a small branch of the windpipe. |
| CARBONIUM | • carbonium n. (Dated, chemistry, deprecated) Any of several organic cations; carbocation or carbenium. • CARBONIUM n. a type of positively charged organic ion. |
| COENOBIUM | • coenobium n. (Biology) An arranged colony of algae that acts as a single organism; coenobe. • coenobium n. Alternative spelling of cenobium (“monastic community”). • cœnobium n. Obsolete spelling of cenobium. |
| COLUMBINE | • columbine n. Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal. • columbine adj. (Archaic) Pertaining to a dove or pigeon. • Columbine prop.n. A census-designated place in Arapahoe County and Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, infamous… |
| EMBOGUING | • emboguing v. Present participle of embogue. • EMBOGUE v. to flow out from a river mouth. |
| MISBUTTON | • misbutton v. (Transitive) To button wrongly. • MISBUTTON v. to button wrongly. |
| MOUNDBIRD | • moundbird n. Megapode. • MOUNDBIRD n. an Australian bird laying eggs in mounds. |
| NOBELIUMS | • NOBELIUM n. a name given to transuranic element 102. |
| OLIBANUMS | • olibanums n. Plural of olibanum. • OLIBANUM n. an aromatic gum from a North African tree, formerly used in medicine but now chiefly as incense. |
| OMNIBUSES | • omnibuses n. Plural of omnibus. • omnibuses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of omnibus. • OMNIBUS n. a large public road vehicle for carrying numerous passengers, running on a fixed route. |
| OVALBUMIN | • ovalbumin n. (Biochemistry) A glycoprotein which is the primary constituent of egg white. • OVALBUMIN n. the albumin in egg-whites. |
| SUBMICRON | • submicron adj. (Physics) Smaller than micron-scale. • submicron n. A unit smaller than a micron. • SUBMICRON n. a particle visible by ultramicroscope but not by the ordinary microscope. |
| TAMBOURIN | • tambourin n. Obsolete form of tambourine (percussion instrument). • tambourin n. (Obsolete) An old lively Provençal dance, common on the stage. • TAMBOURIN n. a long, narrow, Provencal drum; a two-beat dance style, accompanied by a tambourin. |
| UNCOMBINE | • uncombine v. (Transitive) To separate (things previously combined). • uncombine v. (Intransitive) To cease to be combined; to become separate. • UNCOMBINE v. (Dickens) to separate. |
| UNTOMBING | • untombing v. Present participle of untomb. • UNTOMB v. to remove from a tomb. |