| BACKSPEERS | • BACKSPEER v. (Scots) to cross-question, also BACKSPEIR. |
| BEECHDROPS | • beechdrops n. Epifagus virginiana or Epifagus americana, a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beech trees. • BEECHDROPS n. an American plant like a broomrape, parasitic on beech roots. |
| BORESCOPES | • borescopes n. Plural of borescope. • BORESCOPE n. an optical device, e.g. a prism, used to inspect an inaccessible space e.g. an engine cylinder. |
| CUPBEARERS | • cupbearers n. Plural of cupbearer. • cup-bearers n. Plural of cup-bearer. • CUPBEARER n. a person who attends at a feast to fill and hand out wine cups. |
| CYBERSPACE | • cyberspace n. A world of information accessed through the Internet. • cyberspace n. (By extension, somewhat dated) The Internet as a whole. • cyberspace n. (Science fiction) A three-dimensional representation of virtual space in a computer network. |
| CYBERSPEAK | • cyberspeak n. (Informal) The language used on the Internet or in cyberspace. |
| FIBERSCOPE | • fiberscope n. (American spelling) a flexible fibreoptic device for viewing otherwise inaccessible areas. • FIBERSCOPE n. a medical instrument using fibre optic bundles, also FIBRESCOPE. |
| FIBRESCOPE | • fibrescope n. (Britain) An instrument, consisting of a fibre optic bundle, used to observe inaccessible areas. • FIBRESCOPE n. a medical instrument using fibre optic bundles, also FIBERSCOPE. |
| HYPERCUBES | • hypercubes n. Plural of hypercube. • HYPERCUBE n. a figure in a space of four or more dimensions having all its sides equal and all its angles right angles. |
| PRESCRIBED | • prescribed v. Simple past tense and past participle of prescribe. • prescribed adj. Of a procedure, specified to a great degree of detail; established as following a strict procedure or set of rules. • PRESCRIBE v. to lay down a rule or direction. |
| PRESCRIBER | • prescriber n. A person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner). • prescriber n. One who directs or orders, as for example one who makes prescriptive demands on others’ use of language. • PRESCRIBER n. one who prescribes. |
| PRESCRIBES | • prescribes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prescribe. • PRESCRIBE v. to lay down a rule or direction. |
| SPACEBORNE | • spaceborne adj. Operating or travelling in space. • space-borne adj. Alternative form of spaceborne. • SPACEBORNE adj. carried in space e.g. of spores. |
| SPICEBERRY | • spiceberry n. A compact flowering plant, Ardisia crenata, native to East Asia. • spiceberry n. Its fruit, a glossy, bright red drupe. • SPICEBERRY n. any of several plants having spicy edible berries. |
| SUBPREFECT | • subprefect n. The executive of a subprefecture. • SUBPREFECT n. one ranking below a prefect. |