| BARORECEPTOR | • baroreceptor n. (Anatomy) A nerve ending that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure. • BARORECEPTOR n. a sensory nerve ending, esp. in the walls of large arteries, that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure. |
| BLOODLETTERS | • bloodletters n. Plural of bloodletter. • BLOODLETTER n. one who lets blood. |
| BOUTONNIERES | • boutonnieres n. Plural of boutonniere. • boutonnières n. Plural of boutonnière. • BOUTONNIERE n. (French) a flower for the buttonhole, etc. |
| CEREBROTONIA | • cerebrotonia n. In the somatotype theories of William Herbert Sheldon, an intellectual personality type characterised… • CEREBROTONIA n. the temperament associated with ectomorphic body type characterized by introversion and hypersensitivity. |
| CEREBROTONIC | • cerebrotonic adj. Designating a personality type characterised as intellectual, introverted, and emotionally restrained. • cerebrotonic n. A person who has this personality type. • CEREBROTONIC n. someone with a personality characterized by shyness, introspection, and emotional restraint. |
| COULOMBMETER | • coulombmeter n. An instrument by which electricity can be measured in coulombs. • COULOMBMETER n. an instrument for measuring the amount of a substance released in electrolysis, also COULOMETER. |
| COUNTERBORED | • counterbored v. Simple past tense and past participle of counterbore. • COUNTERBORE v. to form a counterbore in. |
| COUNTERBORES | • counterbores n. Plural of counterbore. • COUNTERBORE v. to form a counterbore in. |
| EMBRYOTOMIES | • embryotomies n. Plural of embryotomy. • EMBRYOTOMY n. the cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal. |
| FOREBODEMENT | • forebodement n. The act of foreboding. • forebodement n. The thing foreboded. • FOREBODEMENT n. a feeling of coming evil. |
| FREEBOOTINGS | • FREEBOOTING n. piracy. |
| GERONTOPHOBE | • gerontophobe n. One who has gerontophobia. • GERONTOPHOBE n. one with a morbid fear of old age. |
| GLOBETROTTED | • globetrotted v. Simple past tense and past participle of globetrot. • GLOBETROT v. to travel the world. |
| GLOBETROTTER | • globetrotter n. A person who travels often to faraway places. • globe-trotter n. Alternative form of globetrotter. • globe␣trotter n. Alternative spelling of globetrotter. |
| HOUSEBOATERS | • houseboaters n. Plural of houseboater. • HOUSEBOATER n. one who lives on a houseboat. |
| OBSTREPEROUS | • obstreperous adj. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous. • obstreperous adj. Stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control, whether in a noisy manner or not. • OBSTREPEROUS adj. noisy, unruly, also OBSTROPALOUS, OBSTROPULOUS. |
| OUTREBOUNDED | • outrebounded v. Simple past tense and past participle of outrebound. • OUTREBOUND v. to rebound more than. |
| POWERBOATERS | • powerboaters n. Plural of powerboater. |
| THEOBROMINES | • theobromines n. Plural of theobromine. • THEOBROMINE n. an alkaloid obtained from the chocolate seed, used in medicine. |
| TIMBERDOODLE | • timberdoodle n. The American woodcock (Scolopax minor). • TIMBERDOODLE n. the North American woodcock. |