| BALLISTOSPORES | • ballistospores n. Plural of ballistospore. • BALLISTOSPORE n. a spore, esp. a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source. |
| BIOPROSPECTORS | • bioprospectors n. Plural of bioprospector. |
| BISPHOSPHONATE | • bisphosphonate n. (Chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds having two phosphate groups attached to a single carbon atom. • bisphosphonate n. (Medicine) Any of several pharmaceuticals having this structure; they are inhibitors of bone resorption… • BISPHOSPHONATE n. any of a family of drugs primarily used to prevent and treat osteoporosis. |
| BOUSTROPHEDONS | • boustrophedons n. Plural of boustrophedon. • BOUSTROPHEDON n. (Greek) a method of writing in which lines are written alternately in opposite direction, from left to right, and right to left. |
| BRONCHOSCOPIES | • bronchoscopies n. Plural of bronchoscopy (plural count noun sense denoting instances of the mass noun sense [i.e., countable… • BRONCHOSCOPY n. examination of the bronchi. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBES | • claustrophobes n. Plural of claustrophobe. • CLAUSTROPHOBE n. one with a fear of confined spaces. |
| COMPASSIONABLE | • compassionable adj. (Archaic) Deserving compassion or pity. • compassionable adj. (Obsolete) Having, feeling, or showing compassion. • COMPASSIONABLE adj. worthy of compassion. |
| EBULLIOSCOPIES | • EBULLIOSCOPY n. measurement by use of an ebullioscope. |
| OBSTREPEROUSLY | • obstreperously adv. In an obstreperous manner. • OBSTREPEROUS adv. noisy, unruly, also OBSTROPALOUS, OBSTROPULOUS. |
| OPPOSABILITIES | • opposabilities n. Plural of opposability. • OPPOSABILITY n. the state of being opposable. |
| PALEOBOTANISTS | • paleobotanists n. Plural of paleobotanist. • PALEOBOTANIST n. a student of paleobotany. |
| PHYTOBENTHOSES | • PHYTOBENTHOS n. plants living at the bottom of water collectively. |
| PRECOMBUSTIONS | • PRECOMBUSTION n. a preliminary combustion. |
| SUBSPONTANEOUS | • subspontaneous adj. (Of plants) Partly cultivated by human labor and partly growing wild. • SUBSPONTANEOUS adj. less than spontaneous. |
| TABLESPOONFULS | • tablespoonfuls n. Plural of tablespoonful. • TABLESPOONFUL n. the contents of a tablespoon. |
| TABLESPOONSFUL | • tablespoonsful n. Plural of tablespoonful. • TABLESPOONFUL n. the contents of a tablespoon. |