| BERTILLONAGES | • BERTILLONAGE n. (French) a system of criminal identification by detailed measurements. |
| BIOENERGETICS | • bioenergetics n. (Biology, physics) The study of the energy transformations that take place in living organisms. • bioenergetics n. A form of physical therapy according to which physical movements are a means of releasing emotional stress. • BIOENERGETICS n. the biology of energy transformations and energy exchanges (as in photosynthesis) within and between living things and their environments. |
| COBELLIGERENT | • cobelligerent n. Country that wages war against a common enemy, without the countries on the same side having a formal… • cobelligerent adj. Carrying on war in conjunction with another power. • co-belligerent n. Alternative spelling of cobelligerent. |
| EMBRYOGENETIC | • embryogenetic adj. Relating to embryogenesis. • EMBRYOGENETIC adj. relating to embryogenesis. |
| GERONTOPHOBES | • gerontophobes n. Plural of gerontophobe. • GERONTOPHOBE n. one with a morbid fear of old age. |
| LETTERBOXINGS | • LETTERBOXING n. showing a film on television in its original wide screen format. |
| NEIGHBORLIEST | • neighborliest adj. Superlative form of neighborly: most neighborly. • NEIGHBORLY adj. like a neighbor, also NEIGHBOURLY. |
| OBTEMPERATING | • obtemperating v. Present participle of obtemperate. • OBTEMPERATE v. to obey (a judgment or decree), also OBTEMPER. |
| OVERBREATHING | • overbreathing v. Present participle of overbreathe. • overbreathing n. Hyperventilation. • overbreathing n. Excessive breathing. |
| STOCKBREEDING | • stockbreeding n. The breeding and rearing of livestock. • STOCKBREEDING n. the breeding of stock. |
| SUBGENERATION | • subgeneration n. A generation that belongs to another generation. • SUBGENERATION n. a subdivision of a generation. |
| SUBGOVERNMENT | • subgovernment n. A government that forms part of a larger government. • SUBGOVERNMENT n. a subdivision of a government. |
| UNFORGETTABLE | • unforgettable adj. Very difficult or impossible to forget. • UNFORGETTABLE adj. incapable of being forgotten. |
| VERBIGERATION | • verbigeration n. An obsessive repetition of meaningless words and phrases, especially as a symptom of mental illness. • VERBIGERATION n. the obsessive repetition of stereotyped phrases. |