| AILOUROPHOBIAS | • AILOUROPHOBIA n. fear of cats. |
| BALLISTOSPORES | • ballistospores n. Plural of ballistospore. • BALLISTOSPORE n. a spore, esp. a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source. |
| BIPOLARISATION | • BIPOLARISATION n. the act of making bipolar, also BIPOLARIZATION. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBES | • claustrophobes n. Plural of claustrophobe. • CLAUSTROPHOBE n. one with a fear of confined spaces. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBIA | • claustrophobia n. The fear of closed, tight places. • CLAUSTROPHOBIA n. fear of closed spaces. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBIC | • claustrophobic adj. (Psychology) Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space. • claustrophobic adj. Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia. • claustrophobic n. Someone with claustrophobia. |
| MALABSORPTIONS | • malabsorptions n. Plural of malabsorption. • MALABSORPTION n. faulty absorption esp. of nutrient materials from the gastrointestinal tract. |
| NEPHROBLASTOMA | • nephroblastoma n. (Oncology) A tumour affecting a kidney. • NEPHROBLASTOMA n. a tumour on the kidneys. |
| NONPOLARISABLE | • nonpolarisable adj. Alternative spelling of nonpolarizable. • NONPOLARISABLE adj. not polarisable, also NONPOLARIZABLE. |
| OBSTREPEROUSLY | • obstreperously adv. In an obstreperous manner. • OBSTREPEROUS adv. noisy, unruly, also OBSTROPALOUS, OBSTROPULOUS. |
| PARABOLISATION | • PARABOLISATION n. the process of parabolising, also PARABOLIZATION. |
| POLYCARBONATES | • polycarbonates n. Plural of polycarbonate. • POLYCARBONATE n. any of a range of strong thermoplastics. |
| POLYEMBRYONIES | • POLYEMBRYONY n. the condition of having several embryos. |
| POSTLIBERATION | • postliberation adj. After liberation. • POSTLIBERATION adj. taking place after liberation. |
| PROBABILIORISM | • probabiliorism n. (Religion, philosophy) The belief that man is fated to do what is almost certainly correct. • probabiliorism n. (Theology) The position that it is not lawful to act on a less safe opinion in moral matters unless… • PROBABILIORISM n. the belief that when in doubt one must choose the most likely answer. |
| PROBABILIORIST | • probabiliorist n. One who holds, in opposition to the probabilists, that a person is bound to do that which is most probably right. • PROBABILIORIST n. a believer in probabiliorism. |
| STROBOSCOPICAL | • stroboscopical adj. Synonym of stroboscopic. • STROBOSCOPICAL adj. of or like a stroboscope, an instrument for studying motion using flashes of light, also STROBOSCOPIC. |
| THROMBOPHILIAS | • thrombophilias n. Plural of thrombophilia. • THROMBOPHILIA n. combined inflammation and thrombosis of a vein. |
| THROMBOPLASTIC | • thromboplastic adj. Causing or accelerating the formation of blood clots. • THROMBOPLASTIC adj. initiating or accelerating the clotting of blood. |
| THROMBOPLASTIN | • thromboplastin n. (Biochemistry) A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood. • THROMBOPLASTIN n. a complex enzyme found esp. in platelets that functions in the conversion of prothrombin into thrombin in the clotting of blood. |