| BRACHYPTEROUS | • brachypterous adj. (Zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings. • BRACHYPTEROUS adj. having short wings. |
| BUTCHERLY | • butcherly adj. Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage. • butcherly adv. (Obsolete) Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally. • BUTCHERLY adj. like a butcher, savage, bloody. |
| BUTCHERY | • butchery n. The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse. • butchery n. (Rare) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse. • butchery n. The butchering of meat. |
| BUTTERFLYFISH | • butterflyfish n. Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and… • butterfly␣fish n. Any fish of the family Chaetodontidae. • butterfly␣fish n. Pantodon buchholzi, a small brown fish of western African streams, often found in aquariums. |
| BUTTERFLYFISHES | • butterflyfishes n. Plural of butterflyfish. • butterfly␣fishes n. Plural of butterfly fish. • BUTTERFLYFISH n. any tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc., that has a deep flattened brightly coloured or strikingly marked body. |
| BUTYRALDEHYDE | • butyraldehyde n. (Organic chemistry) The aliphatic aldehyde CH3-CH2-CH2-CHO derived from butane. • BUTYRALDEHYDE n. either of two aldehydes used esp. in making synthetic resins. |
| BUTYRALDEHYDES | • butyraldehydes n. Plural of butyraldehyde. • BUTYRALDEHYDE n. either of two aldehydes used esp. in making synthetic resins. |
| BUTYROPHENONE | • butyrophenone n. (Pharmacology) Any of a class of antipsychotic drugs (such as haloperidol) used especially in the treatment… • BUTYROPHENONE n. any of a class of antipsychotic drugs (as haloperidol) used esp. in the treatment of schizophrenia. |
| BUTYROPHENONES | • butyrophenones n. Plural of butyrophenone. • BUTYROPHENONE n. any of a class of antipsychotic drugs (as haloperidol) used esp. in the treatment of schizophrenia. |
| EURYBATH | • eurybath n. A eurybathic organism. • EURYBATH n. an organism that can live in various water depths. |
| EURYBATHIC | • eurybathic adj. (Zoology) Able to live at different depths (of water). • EURYBATHIC adj. capable of living at a wide range of depths in water. |
| EURYBATHS | • eurybaths n. Plural of eurybath. • EURYBATH n. an organism that can live in various water depths. |
| HURTLEBERRY | • hurtleberry n. Alternative form of whortleberry. • HURTLEBERRY n. another name for whortleberry, also WHORT, WHORTLE, WHORTLEBERRY. |
| HYDROXYBUTYRATE | • hydroxybutyrate n. (Chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. • HYDROXYBUTYRATE n. as in gamma hydroxybutyrate, a substance that occurs naturally in the brain, used medically as a sedative but also as a recreational drug and alleged aphrodisiac. |
| HYPERMUTABILITY | • hypermutability n. The state of being hypermutable. • HYPERMUTABILITY n. the state of being hypermutable. |
| HYPERMUTABLE | • hypermutable adj. (Genetics) That mutates rapidly. • HYPERMUTABLE adj. excessively mutable. |
| TURBOMACHINERY | • turbomachinery n. Turbomachines collectively. • TURBOMACHINERY n. machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine. |
| UNBROTHERLY | • unbrotherly adj. Not brotherly; not befitting a brother. • UNBROTHERLY adj. not brotherly. |
| UNCOPYRIGHTABLE | • uncopyrightable adj. (Copyright law) Ineligible for copyright. • uncopyrightable n. That for which no one can obtain copyright. • UNCOPYRIGHTABLE adj. not copyrightable. |
| WHATABOUTERY | • whataboutery n. Protesting at hypocrisy; responding to criticism by accusing one’s opponent of similar or worse faults. • whataboutery n. Protesting at inconsistency; refusing to act in one instance unless similar action is taken in other… • WHATABOUTERY n. (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past. |