| ABSOLUTISM | • absolutism n. (Theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner. • absolutism n. (Political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism. • absolutism n. (Philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute. |
| ABSTEMIOUS | • abstemious adj. Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate. • abstemious adj. Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. • abstemious adj. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation. |
| BISMUTHOUS | • bismuthous adj. (Chemistry) Of, or containing bismuth in its lower valence. • BISMUTHOUS adj. containing bismuth. |
| BITUMINOUS | • bituminous adj. Of or pertaining to bitumen. • bituminous n. (Uncountable) Bituminous coal. • bituminous n. (Countable) A type or grade of bituminous coal. |
| BOTULINUMS | • BOTULINUM n. a powerful bacterial toxin, also BOTULIN, BOTULINUS. |
| BUMMALOTIS | • BUMMALOTI n. (Marathi) a small marine Asiatic fish used in India as a relish; aka Bombay duck, also BUMALO, BUMALOTI, BUMMALO. |
| COLUMBITES | • columbites n. Plural of columbite. • COLUMBITE n. a mineral, niobate and tantalate of iron and manganese, aka niobite. |
| COMBUSTING | • combusting v. Present participle of combust. • COMBUST v. to burn. |
| COMBUSTION | • combustion n. (Chemistry) The act or process of burning. • combustion n. A process whereby two chemicals are combined to produce heat. • combustion n. A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat. |
| COMBUSTIVE | • combustive adj. Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion. • COMBUSTIVE adj. capable of catching fire. • COMBUSTIVE n. something capable of catching fire. |
| MICROBURST | • microburst n. (Meteorology) A strong downdraft, of less than 2.5 miles in diameter, that can cause damaging winds… • MICROBURST n. a sudden violent downward rush of air usually associated with thunderstorms, also DOWNBURST. |
| MICROTUBES | • microtubes n. Plural of microtube. • MICROTUBE n. a minute tube. |
| MISBUTTONS | • misbuttons v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misbutton. • MISBUTTON v. to button wrongly. |
| MISDOUBTED | • misdoubted v. Simple past tense and past participle of misdoubt. • MISDOUBT v. to be suspicious of. |
| MULTILOBES | • multilobes n. Plural of multilobe. • MULTILOBE n. something with more than one lobe. |
| SUBATOMICS | • subatomics n. The study of physics at a subatomic level. • SUBATOMICS n. the study of subatomic particles. |
| SUBOPTIMAL | • suboptimal adj. Worse than optimal. • sub-optimal adj. Alternative form of suboptimal. • SUBOPTIMAL adj. less than optimal. |
| SUBOPTIMUM | • suboptimum adj. Suboptimal. • suboptimum n. A point or value below an optimum. • SUBOPTIMUM n. something that is less than optimal. |
| TAMBOURINS | • tambourins n. Plural of tambourin. • TAMBOURIN n. a long, narrow, Provencal drum; a two-beat dance style, accompanied by a tambourin. |