| ACROPHOBES | • acrophobes n. Plural of acrophobe. • ACROPHOBE n. someone with an abnormal fear of heights. |
| BAROSCOPES | • baroscopes n. Plural of baroscope. • BAROSCOPE n. a weatherglass. |
| 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. |
| BIOSPHERIC | • biospheric adj. Of or relating to the biosphere or to biospherics. • BIOSPHERIC adj. relating to the biosphere, the plant and animal life on the earth. |
| 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. |
| CRYOPROBES | • cryoprobes n. Plural of cryoprobe. • CRYOPROBE n. a blunt chilled probe used to freeze tissue in cryosurgery. |
| CYBERPORNS | • CYBERPORN n. pornography on the Internet. |
| 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. |
| PREBIOTICS | • prebiotics n. Plural of prebiotic. • PREBIOTIC n. a natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut. |
| PRESBYOPIC | • presbyopic adj. Affected by or pertaining to presbyopia. • presbyopic n. An individual who has presbyopia. • PRESBYOPIC adj. affected by presbyopia. |
| PROSCRIBED | • proscribed v. Simple past tense and past participle of proscribe. • PROSCRIBE v. to forbid, esp. by law. |
| PROSCRIBER | • proscriber n. One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits. • PROSCRIBER n. one who proscribes. |
| PROSCRIBES | • proscribes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proscribe. • PROSCRIBE v. to forbid, esp. by law. |
| SPACEBORNE | • spaceborne adj. Operating or travelling in space. • space-borne adj. Alternative form of spaceborne. • SPACEBORNE adj. carried in space e.g. of spores. |
| SUBPROCESS | • subprocess n. A process that is part of a larger overall process. • subprocess v. (Transitive) To process as part of a larger overall process. • SUBPROCESS n. part of a process. |
| SUBPROJECT | • subproject n. A project within a larger project. • SUBPROJECT n. part of a project. |
| SUPERBLOCK | • superblock n. (Architecture, urban planning) A very large block of buildings. • superblock n. (Computing) A segment of metadata describing the file system on a block device. • SUPERBLOCK n. a large block composed of other blocks. |