| ABSORPTANCE | • absorptance n. (Optics, physics) Absorbed radiation and incident radiation in a ratio format; a measurement that shows… • ABSORPTANCE n. the ratio of the radiant flux absorbed by a body to that incident on it. |
| BEANSPROUTS | • beansprouts n. Plural of beansprout. • bean␣sprouts n. Plural of bean sprout. • BEANSPROUT n. the sprout of a newly germinated mung bean, eaten as a vegetable, esp. in Chinese dishes. |
| BLOODSPRENT | • BLOODSPRENT adj. (archaic) sprinkled with blood. |
| BRAINPOWERS | • brainpowers n. Plural of brainpower. • BRAINPOWER n. intellectual ability. |
| BREAKPOINTS | • breakpoints n. Plural of breakpoint. • break␣points n. Plural of break point. • BREAKPOINT n. a point at tennis that if won gives the player a service break. |
| HYPERBATONS | • hyperbatons n. Plural of hyperbaton. • HYPERBATON n. the use, esp. for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in 'Bird thou never wert'. |
| NECROPHOBES | • necrophobes n. Plural of necrophobe. • NECROPHOBE n. an organism that eats dead matter. |
| NEGROPHOBES | • negrophobes n. Plural of negrophobe. • Negrophobes n. Plural of Negrophobe. |
| NONPROBLEMS | • nonproblems n. Plural of nonproblem. • NONPROBLEM n. something that is not a problem. |
| PAPERBOUNDS | • paperbounds n. Plural of paperbound. • PAPERBOUND n. a book bound in paper rather than hardback. |
| PAWNBROKERS | • pawnbrokers n. Plural of pawnbroker. • PAWNBROKER n. one who lends money on the security of personal property pledged in his keeping. |
| PONDERABLES | • PONDERABLE n. something worth pondering. |
| PROBENECIDS | • probenecids n. Plural of probenecid. • PROBENECID n. a drug that acts on renal tubular function. |
| PROBUSINESS | • probusiness adj. In favour of business. • pro-business adj. Alternative spelling of probusiness. • PROBUSINESS adj. in favour of business. |
| REPROBANCES | • REPROBANCE n. (Shakespeare) reprobation. |
| RESPONSIBLE | • responsible adj. (Postpositive, followed by "for") Having the duty of taking care of something; answerable for an act… • responsible adj. (Postpositive, followed by "for") Being a primary cause of a situation or action and thus able to be… • responsible adj. (Followed by "to") Answerable to (a superior). |
| RESPONSIBLY | • responsibly adv. In a responsible manner. • RESPONSIBLE adv. liable to be called to account as being in charge or control; answerable, also SPONSIBLE. |
| SUBREPTIONS | • subreptions n. Plural of subreption. • SUBREPTION n. a deliberate misrepresentation; an inference drawn from it. |
| SUPERABOUND | • superabound v. (Intransitive, stative) To abound very much; to be superabundant. • SUPERABOUND v. to be superabundant. |
| VIBRAPHONES | • vibraphones n. Plural of vibraphone. • VIBRAPHONE n. an instrument having metal bars under which are electrically-operated resonators, played by striking the bars with small hammers, also VIBRAHARP. |