| ARABINOSIDES | • arabinosides n. Plural of arabinoside. • ARABINOSIDE n. a glycoside that yields arabinose on hydrolysis. |
| BASIDIOSPORE | • basidiospore n. (Biology) A sexually reproductive spore produced by fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota. • BASIDIOSPORE n. a spore produced by a basidium. |
| BIODIGESTERS | • biodigesters n. Plural of biodigester. |
| BIODIVERSITY | • biodiversity n. (Ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region. • BIODIVERSITY n. the number of species present in a given ecosystem. |
| BIOGRAPHISED | • biographised v. Simple past tense and past participle of biographise. • BIOGRAPHISE v. to make the subject of a biography, also BIOGRAPHIZE. |
| BLINDSTORIES | • blindstories n. Plural of blindstory. • BLINDSTORY n. a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church, also BLINDSTOREY. |
| BOWDLERISING | • bowdlerising v. Present participle of bowdlerise. • BOWDLERISE v. to expurgate a book or writing, by removing whatever might be considered indelicate, esp. to do so unnecessarily, also BOWDLERIZE. |
| DEMOBILIZERS | • demobilizers n. Plural of demobilizer. |
| DISEMBROILED | • disembroiled v. Simple past tense and past participle of disembroil. • DISEMBROIL v. to disentangle; to free from perplexity. |
| EMBROIDERIES | • embroideries n. Plural of embroidery. • EMBROIDERY n. the art or process of forming decorative designs with hand or machine needlework, also BROIDERY. |
| MICROBICIDES | • microbicides n. Plural of microbicide. |
| OVERBIDDINGS | • overbiddings n. Plural of overbidding. • OVERBIDDING n. the act of bidding more trumps than a hand justifies. |
| SUBDELIRIOUS | • SUBDELIRIOUS adj. mildly or intermittently delirious. |
| SUBEDITORIAL | • subeditorial adj. Of or relating to a subeditor. • SUBEDITORIAL adj. relating to the role of subeditor. |
| TENEBRIONIDS | • tenebrionids n. Plural of tenebrionid. • TENEBRIONID n. a dark-coloured nocturnal beetle. |
| TROMBIDIASES | • TROMBIDIASIS n. infestation with mites of the family Trombiculidae. |