| AUTOBIOGRAPHY | • autobiography n. (Countable) A self-written biography; the story of one’s own life. • autobiography n. (Uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre. • AUTOBIOGRAPHY n. the biography of a person narrated by himself or herself. |
| BACTERIOPHAGY | • bacteriophagy n. The feeding on bacteria. • BACTERIOPHAGY n. the eating of bacteria. |
| BIBLIOTHECARY | • bibliothecary n. (Now rare) A librarian. • BIBLIOTHECARY n. a librarian. |
| BIBLIOTHERAPY | • bibliotherapy n. A nonpharmacological therapy using reading materials to meet people’s therapeutic or developmental needs. • BIBLIOTHERAPY n. the use of reading materials for help in solving personal problems or for psychiatric therapy. |
| COPYRIGHTABLE | • copyrightable adj. (Copyright law) Able to be protected by copyright law. • copyrightable n. Anything for which one can obtain copyright. • COPYRIGHTABLE adj. that can be copyrighted. |
| DISINHIBITORY | • disinhibitory adj. That disinhibits. • disinhibitory adj. Of, or relating to a disinhibitor. • DISINHIBITORY adj. serving to disinhibit. |
| ERYTHROPHOBIA | • erythrophobia n. Abnormal and persistent fear of blushing. • erythrophobia n. Abnormal and persistent fear of the colour red. • ERYTHROPHOBIA n. an aversion to the color red; an extreme fear of blushing. |
| HONOURABILITY | • honourability n. A state or condition or being honourable. • HONOURABILITY n. the quality of being honourable, also HONORABILITY. |
| HYBRIDISATION | • hybridisation n. Alternative form of hybridization. • HYBRIDISATION n. the process of hybridising, also HYBRIDIZATION. |
| HYBRIDIZATION | • hybridization n. The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized. • hybridization n. (Transport) the conversion of a fleet of vehicles to hybrids. • HYBRIDIZATION n. the act of hybridizing, also HYBRIDISATION. |
| HYPERMOBILITY | • hypermobility n. An excess amount of elasticity in a bodily joint. • HYPERMOBILITY n. extreme mobility. |
| HYPNOBIRTHING | • hypnobirthing n. The use of hypnotherapy to ease the process of childbirth. • HYPNOBIRTHING n. the use of hypnotic technique during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery. |
| PROHIBITIVELY | • prohibitively adv. In a prohibitive manner. • prohibitively adv. To a prohibitive extent. • PROHIBITIVE adv. tending to prohibit or restrain. |
| SUBINHIBITORY | • subinhibitory adj. (Medicine) Describing a concentration or dosage less than an inhibitory level. • SUBINHIBITORY adj. below a level that causes inhibition. |
| THROMBOLYTICS | • thrombolytics n. Plural of thrombolytic. • THROMBOLYTIC n. a thrombolytic drug. |
| THYROGLOBULIN | • thyroglobulin n. (Biochemistry) A globulin, produced by the thyroid gland, that has a role in the production of the thyroid hormones. • THYROGLOBULIN n. an iodine-containing protein of the thyroid gland that is the precursor of thyroxine and triiodothyronine. |