| BACHELORDOM | • bachelordom n. The state of a male who is a bachelor, i.e. unwed. • BACHELORDOM n. the state of being a bachelor. |
| BATHOCHROME | • BATHOCHROME n. a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound. |
| BUMBERSHOOT | • bumbershoot n. (Slang, humorous, US) An umbrella. • BUMBERSHOOT n. (US slang) umbrella. |
| CHEMOSORBED | • chemosorbed v. Simple past tense and past participle of chemosorb. • CHEMOSORB v. to adsorb by chemical action, also CHEMISORB. |
| CHROMOPHOBE | • chromophobe n. (Cytology) Any cell that is resistant to staining. • CHROMOPHOBE n. a cell that does not take a stain easily. |
| GERMOPHOBES | • germophobes n. Plural of germophobe. |
| GERMOPHOBIC | • germophobic adj. Morbidly afraid of germs. |
| MOTHERBOARD | • motherboard n. (Computer hardware) The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the… • MOTHERBOARD n. the board containing the main circuits of an electronic device, especially in computers. |
| OMBROPHILES | • ombrophiles n. Plural of ombrophile. • OMBROPHILE n. a plant flourishing in extremely rainy conditions, also OMBROPHIL. |
| OMBROPHOBES | • OMBROPHOBE n. a plant thriving only in desert conditions. |
| PHOTOBOMBER | • photobomber n. (Photography) One who photobombs. |
| RHOMBOHEDRA | • rhombohedra n. Plural of rhombohedron. • RHOMBOHEDRON n. a parallelepiped whose faces are rhombuses. |
| RHOMBOIDEUS | • rhomboideus n. (Anatomy) Any of the rhomboid muscles. • RHOMBOIDEUS n. a rhomboid, also RHOMBOIDES. |
| SMOOTHBORED | • smoothbored adj. (Firearms) Synonym of smoothbore. • SMOOTHBORED adj. of a gun, having a smooth bore, not rifled. |
| SMOOTHBORES | • smoothbores n. Plural of smoothbore. • SMOOTHBORE n. a gun with a smooth bore. |
| THEOBROMINE | • theobromine n. (Chemistry) An alkaloid, of similar structure to caffeine, found in chocolate and cocoa. • THEOBROMINE n. an alkaloid obtained from the chocolate seed, used in medicine. |
| THROMBOCYTE | • thrombocyte n. (Hematology, cytology) platelet. • THROMBOCYTE n. a platelet. |
| THROMBOGENS | • THROMBOGEN n. a protein present in blood that is essential for the formation of thrombin. |
| THROMBOXANE | • thromboxane n. (Organic chemistry, medicine) Any of a number of eicosanoids, related to prostaglandin, that have a… • THROMBOXANE n. any of several compounds formed from prostaglandin endoperoxides which, when released from blood platelets, induce platelet aggregation and arterial constriction. |