| ABNORMITY | • abnormity n. (Rare) Alternative form of abnormality. • abnormity n. A monstrosity. • ABNORMITY n. a deviation from the norm (rule); an irregularity. |
| BIORHYTHM | • biorhythm n. (Biology) Any cyclic biological or physiological pattern or activity. • biorhythm n. (Pseudoscience) Any of three sinusoidal graphs, normally plotted by computer, having a person’s birthdate… • BIORHYTHM n. a periodic change in the behaviour or physiology of many animals and plants (e.g. hibernation and migration) mediated by hormones which are in turn influenced by changes in day-length. |
| BRIMSTONY | • brimstony adj. Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous. • BRIMSTONY adj. containing or resembling brimstone. |
| EBRIOSITY | • ebriosity n. (Formal) Drunkenness or intoxication from alcohol, especially as a habitual state. • EBRIOSITY n. addiction to drink; habitual drunkenness. |
| EMBRYOTIC | • embryotic adj. Embryonic. • EMBRYOTIC adj. of or pertaining to an embryo. |
| FIBROCYTE | • fibrocyte n. An inactive connective tissue cell that is capable of forming collagen. • FIBROCYTE n. a normally inactive fibroblast which proliferates following tissue damage. |
| IMPROBITY | • improbity n. A lack of probity, honesty or integrity. • IMPROBITY n. dishonesty. |
| LIBRATORY | • libratory adj. Balancing; tending towards an equipoise. • LIBRATORY adj. balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level. |
| MORBIDITY | • morbidity n. The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause. • morbidity n. The quality of being morbid; an attitude or state of mind marked by gloom. • morbidity n. (Medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected. |
| OBSCURITY | • obscurity n. (Literary) Darkness; the absence of light. • obscurity n. The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown. • obscurity n. The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand. |
| ORBITALLY | • orbitally adv. (Sciences) By means of or in relation to orbit. • orbitally adv. (Physics, chemistry) By means of or in relation to an orbital or orbitals. • ORBITAL adv. relating to an orbit. |
| SAPROBITY | • saprobity n. (Ecology) A measure of the amount of decaying organic material in an environment such as a river. • SAPROBITY n. the state of being a saprobe. |
| TRIBOLOGY | • tribology n. (Physics, engineering) The science and engineering of interacting surfaces in relative motion; the study… • TRIBOLOGY n. the study of interacting surfaces in relative motion and associated issues, such as friction, lubrication, and wear. |
| VERBOSITY | • verbosity n. (In composition and rhetoric ) The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity… • VERBOSITY n. the state of being verbose. |
| VIBRATORY | • vibratory adj. Causing or exhibiting vibrations. • vibratory adj. (Parapsychology) Of or relating to vibrations of a spiritual, etheric, or astral nature. • VIBRATORY adj. consisting in, or causing, vibration, also VIBRATILE, VIBRATIVE. |