| BALLISTOSPORE | • ballistospore n. (Mycology) A spore that is ejected or shot off. • BALLISTOSPORE n. a spore, esp. a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source. |
| BARORECEPTORS | • baroreceptors n. Plural of baroreceptor. • BARORECEPTOR n. a sensory nerve ending, esp. in the walls of large arteries, that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure. |
| BIOPROSPECTED | • bioprospected v. Simple past tense and past participle of bioprospect. • bioprospected adj. Obtained by bioprospecting. |
| BIOPROSPECTOR | • bioprospector n. One who engages in bioprospecting. |
| BOOTSTRAPPERS | • bootstrappers n. Plural of bootstrapper. |
| BOUSTROPHEDON | • boustrophedon adv. (Historical, calligraphy, of writing) In a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left… • boustrophedon adj. (Historical, calligraphy, of writing) Written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines. • boustrophedon adj. (Figuratively) Changing direction, going back and forth. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBE | • claustrophobe n. One who suffers from claustrophobia. • CLAUSTROPHOBE n. one with a fear of confined spaces. |
| EXPROBRATIONS | • exprobrations n. Plural of exprobration. • EXPROBRATION n. the act of exprobrating, upbraiding. |
| GERONTOPHOBES | • gerontophobes n. Plural of gerontophobe. • GERONTOPHOBE n. one with a morbid fear of old age. |
| NONABSORPTIVE | • nonabsorptive adj. Not absorptive. • NONABSORPTIVE adj. not absorptive. |
| POSTBOURGEOIS | • postbourgeois adj. (In Marxist philosophy) Relating to a period of society following the decline of the bourgeoisie. • POSTBOURGEOIS adj. belonging to a period of society after the bourgeoisie. |
| POSTEMBRYONAL | • postembryonal adj. Synonym of postembryonic. • POSTEMBRYONAL adj. subsequent to the embryonic stage of life or growth, also POSTEMBRYONIC. |
| POSTEMBRYONIC | • postembryonic adj. That follows the embryonic stage of development. • POSTEMBRYONIC adj. subsequent to the embryonic stage of life or growth, also POSTEMBRYONAL. |
| POWERBOATINGS | • POWERBOATING n. the sport of driving a powerboat. |
| PRECOMBUSTION | • precombustion adj. Alternative spelling of pre-combustion. • pre-combustion adj. Occurring prior to combustion. • pre-combustion adj. Concerned with a phase prior to combustion. |
| REABSORPTIONS | • reabsorptions n. Plural of reabsorption. • REABSORPTION n. the act of reabsorbing. |
| TERATOPHOBIAS | • TERATOPHOBIA n. an irrational fear of monsters. |
| WOODBURYTYPES | • Woodburytypes n. Plural of Woodburytype. • WOODBURYTYPE n. (tradename) a photomechanical process in which an exposed and developed bichromated film is forced into a metal plate by great pressure, and so forms a matrix for subsequent printing. |