| BICORPORATE | • bicorporate adj. (Heraldry) Having two bodies. • BICORPORATE adj. double-bodied, as the head of a lion to which two bodies are attached. |
| BIOREACTORS | • bioreactors n. Plural of bioreactor. • BIOREACTOR n. a device or apparatus in which living organisms, such as bacteria, synthesise useful substances or break down waste. |
| BITTERROOTS | • bitterroots n. Plural of bitterroot. • BITTERROOT n. a plant allied to the purslane, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. |
| BOROHYDRIDE | • borohydride n. (Inorganic chemistry) The anion and very strong reducing agent BH4-. • BOROHYDRIDE n. a compound of boron and hydrogen, used as a reducing agent. |
| BRIDEGROOMS | • bridegrooms n. Plural of bridegroom. • BRIDEGROOM n. a man just married or about to be married. |
| BROMIDROSES | • BROMIDROSIS n. foul-smelling sweat; body odor, also BROMHIDROSIS. |
| HERBIVOROUS | • herbivorous adj. Feeding chiefly on plants. • HERBIVOROUS adj. eating plants. |
| MICROPROBES | • microprobes n. Plural of microprobe. • MICROPROBE n. a device that produces a very thin electron beam by which the chemical makeup of various compounds may be examined. |
| MORBIFEROUS | • morbiferous adj. Morbific; causing disease. • MORBIFEROUS adj. disease-bringing. |
| OBLITERATOR | • obliterator n. One who obliterates. • OBLITERATOR n. one who obliterates. |
| OVERBROWING | • overbrowing v. Present participle of overbrow. • OVERBROW v. (archaic) to overhang like a brow. |
| PROBATIONER | • probationer n. One who is on probation. • probationer n. (Scotland) One who is licensed to preach, but not ordained to a pastorate. • probationer n. (UK, music) A chorister in their training period before full admission to a choir, whether or not that… |
| REBORROWING | • reborrowing n. (Linguistics) A word that passed from language A into language B and thence back into language A. Such… • reborrowing n. Something reborrowed. • reborrowing v. Present participle of reborrow. |
| REPROBATION | • reprobation n. The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval, reproof or censure. • reprobation n. (Christianity) The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of… • reprobation n. (Military) Disqualification to hold office. |
| SEBORRHOEIC | • seborrhoeic adj. Alternative form of seborrheic. • seborrhœic adj. Obsolete typography of seborrhoeic. • SEBORRHOEIC adj. relating to seborrhoea, a morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin, also SEBORRHEAL, SEBORRHEIC, SEBORRHOEAL. |