| ABIOTROPHIC | • abiotrophic adj. (Medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ… • ABIOTROPHIC adj. relating to abiotrophy, bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| ASTRAPHOBIC | • astraphobic adj. (Rare) Morbidly afraid of thunderstorms. • ASTRAPHOBIC adj. suffering from astraphobia, a morbid fear of thunder and lightning, also ASTROPHOBIC. |
| ASTROPHOBIC | • ASTROPHOBIC adj. suffering from astrophobia, a morbid fear of thunder and lightning, also ASTRAPHOBIC. |
| BATHOMETRIC | • BATHOMETRIC adj. relating to a bathometer, an instrument for measuring depths. |
| BICHROMATED | • BICHROMATED adj. relating to a salt of dichromic acid. |
| BICHROMATES | • bichromates n. Plural of bichromate. • BICHROMATE n. a salt of dichromic acid. |
| BIORHYTHMIC | • biorhythmic adj. Of or pertaining to biorhythms. • BIORHYTHMIC adj. relating to biorhythms. |
| BRACHIATION | • brachiation n. (Zoology) Movement by swinging the arms from one hold to the next. • BRACHIATION n. the act of swinging by one's arms from place to place. |
| BRACHIATORS | • brachiators n. Plural of brachiator. • BRACHIATOR n. an animal, such as a gibbon, that progresses by brachiation. |
| BRONCHITICS | • bronchitics n. Plural of bronchitic. • BRONCHITIC n. one suffering from bronchitis. |
| CROSSBIRTHS | • crossbirths n. Plural of crossbirth. • cross-births n. Plural of cross-birth. • CROSSBIRTH n. a birth in which the child lies transversely in the uterus. |
| SWITCHBOARD | • switchboard n. (Telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient. • switchboard n. (Electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads. • SWITCHBOARD n. a board or frame bearing apparatus for making or breaking an electric current or circuit. |
| THERMOBARIC | • thermobaric adj. Describing various weapons that use atmospheric oxygen to produce a blast wave of a significantly longer… • thermobaric n. A thermobaric weapon. • THERMOBARIC adj. of a weapon, using a combination of heat and pressure to create a blast more powerful than that of conventional explosives. |
| TRANSPHOBIC | • transphobic adj. Exhibiting transphobia. • TRANSPHOBIC adj. showing intense hatred or fear of transgender people. |
| WITCHBROOMS | • WITCHBROOM n. a dense abnormal growth of shoots on a tree or other woody plant, usually caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Taphrina. |