| HYDROPHOBIC | • hydrophobic adj. Of, or having, hydrophobia (rabies). • hydrophobic adj. (Physics, chemistry) Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb or to be wetted by water. • HYDROPHOBIC adj. having a morbid fear of water. |
| BATHYGRAPHIC | • bathygraphic adj. Relating to bathygraphy. • BATHYGRAPHIC adj. of or relating to the depths of the ocean, also BATHYGRAPHICAL. |
| BRACHYCEPHAL | • BRACHYCEPHAL n. a short-headed person. |
| BRACHYGRAPHY | • brachygraphy n. (Obsolete) A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand. • BRACHYGRAPHY n. certain old systems of shorthand. |
| BRACHYCEPHALS | • BRACHYCEPHAL n. a short-headed person. |
| BRACHYCEPHALY | • brachycephaly n. (Pathology) A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad. • BRACHYCEPHALY n. the state of being brachycephalic, short-headed. |
| BRACHYTHERAPY | • brachytherapy n. Radiotherapy using radioactive sources positioned within (or close to) the treatment volume, typically… • BRACHYTHERAPY n. a medical procedure used in the treatment of prostate cancer. |
| BRONCHOGRAPHY | • bronchography n. Radiography of the bronchus, involving the use of contrast. • BRONCHOGRAPHY n. radiological examination of the trachea or bronchi. |
| BATHYGRAPHICAL | • bathygraphical adj. Relating to bathygraphy. • BATHYGRAPHICAL adj. of maps, representing the contours of the seabed, also BATHYGRAPHIC. |
| BRACHYCEPHALIC | • brachycephalic adj. (Of a person or animal) Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right). • brachycephalic n. A brachycephalic person or creature. • BRACHYCEPHALIC adj. short-headed, esp. having a skull whose breadth is 80 per cent or more of its length. |
| BRACHYGRAPHIES | • brachygraphies n. Plural of brachygraphy. • BRACHYGRAPHY n. certain old systems of shorthand. |
| HYDROPHOBICITY | • hydrophobicity n. (Chemistry, uncountable) The condition of being hydrophobic. • hydrophobicity n. (Chemistry, countable) The degree to which a substance is hydrophobic. • HYDROPHOBICITY n. the state of being hydrophobic. |
| BRACHYCEPHALICS | • brachycephalics n. Plural of brachycephalic. • BRACHYCEPHALIC n. a short-headed person. |
| BRACHYCEPHALIES | • brachycephalies n. Plural of brachycephaly. • BRACHYCEPHALY n. the state of being brachycephalic, short-headed. |
| BRACHYCEPHALISM | • brachycephalism n. Dated form of brachycephaly. • BRACHYCEPHALISM n. the state of being brachycephalic, short-headed. |
| BRACHYCEPHALOUS | • brachycephalous adj. Relating to brachycephaly; brachycephalic. • BRACHYCEPHALOUS adj. short-headed, esp. having a skull whose breadth is 80 per cent or more of its length. |
| BRACHYTHERAPIES | • brachytherapies n. Plural of brachytherapy. • BRACHYTHERAPY n. a medical procedure used in the treatment of prostate cancer. |
| DYSMORPHOPHOBIC | • dysmorphophobic adj. (Psychiatry) Of or relating to dysmorphophobia. • DYSMORPHOPHOBIC adj. relating to or affected with dysmorphophobia, the fear that one's body is repulsive. |
| PSYCHOBIOGRAPHY | • psychobiography n. A biography that emphasises the psychological aspects of its subject. • PSYCHOBIOGRAPHY n. a biography written from a psychodynamic or psychoanalytic point of view. |