| BATHOPHILOUS | • bathophilous adj. (Biology) That inhabits very deep water. • BATHOPHILOUS adj. of an organism, living in very deep water. |
| BIBLIOPOLIST | • bibliopolist n. Bibliopole. • BIBLIOPOLIST n. a bookseller. |
| BLASTOSPORES | • blastospores n. Plural of blastospore. • BLASTOSPORE n. the orifice of a gastrula. |
| BULLETPROOFS | • bulletproofs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bulletproof. • BULLETPROOF v. to make impenetrable to bullets. |
| HAPTOGLOBINS | • haptoglobins n. Plural of haptoglobin. • HAPTOGLOBIN n. a protein that combines with free haemoglobin in the blood and prevents its filtration through the kidney. |
| OBSTROPALOUS | • obstropalous adj. Alternative form of obstropulous. • OBSTROPALOUS adj. (colloquial) noisy, unruly, also OBSTREPEROUS, OBSTROPULOUS. |
| OBSTROPULOUS | • obstropulous adj. (UK, obsolete, slang) Synonym of obstreperous. • OBSTROPULOUS adj. (colloquial) noisy, unruly, also OBSTREPEROUS, OBSTROPALOUS. |
| OPPOSABILITY | • opposability n. The condition or quality of being opposable (capable of being placed opposite to something else). • opposability n. The condition or quality of being opposable (capable of being resisted). • OPPOSABILITY n. the state of being opposable. |
| PHLEBOTOMIES | • phlebotomies n. Plural of phlebotomy. • PHLEBOTOMY n. the surgical opening of a vein to draw blood. |
| PHLEBOTOMISE | • phlebotomise v. Alternative form of phlebotomize. • PHLEBOTOMISE v. to perform phlebotomy on, also PHLEBOTOMIZE. |
| PHLEBOTOMIST | • phlebotomist n. A practitioner of phlebotomy. • PHLEBOTOMIST n. one who carries out phlebotomies. |
| PHOTOLYSABLE | • photolysable adj. Capable of photolysis. • PHOTOLYSABLE adj. capable of being photolysed, also PHOTOLYZABLE. |
| POLYSORBATES | • polysorbates n. Plural of polysorbate. • POLYSORBATE n. an emulsifier. |
| SPONGIOBLAST | • spongioblast n. (Cytology) A neuroepithelial cell that develops into neuroglial and ependymal cells. • SPONGIOBLAST n. any of numerous columnar epithelial cells in the brain and spinal cord that develop into neuroglia. |
| SUBAPOSTOLIC | • subapostolic adj. Pertaining to the period after the apostolic age (the time of Christ’s apostles) and the early Catholic… • SUBAPOSTOLIC adj. of the time just after that of the apostles. |
| TROPHOBLASTS | • trophoblasts n. Plural of trophoblast. • TROPHOBLAST n. the outermost layer of cells in the morula that attaches the fertilized ovum to the uterine wall and acts as a nutritive pathway. |