| BOOTSTRAPPING | • bootstrapping v. Present participle of bootstrap. • bootstrapping n. The process by which something is bootstrapped. • BOOTSTRAP v. to prepare (a computer) for operation by causing an operating system to be loaded into its memory. |
| BRONCHOSCOPIC | • bronchoscopic adj. Of or pertaining to bronchoscopy. • BRONCHOSCOPIC adj. relating to bronchoscopy, examination of the bronchi, also BRONCHOSCOPICAL. |
| EXPROBRATIONS | • exprobrations n. Plural of exprobration. • EXPROBRATION n. the act of exprobrating, upbraiding. |
| FRANCOPHOBIAS | • FRANCOPHOBIA n. fear of France or the French. |
| MALABSORPTION | • malabsorption n. The state arising from abnormality in digestion or absorption of food nutrients across the gastrointestinal tract. • MALABSORPTION n. faulty absorption esp. of nutrient materials from the gastrointestinal tract. |
| NONABSORPTIVE | • nonabsorptive adj. Not absorptive. • NONABSORPTIVE adj. not absorptive. |
| OPISTHOBRANCH | • opisthobranch n. (Zoology) A gastropod with gills behind the heart, formerly thought to belong to a single group. • opisthobranch adj. (Of gills) Placed behind the heart. • opisthobranch adj. (Of a gastropod) Having gills placed behind the heart. |
| 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. |
| PROBOSCIDEANS | • proboscideans n. Plural of proboscidean. • PROBOSCIDEAN n. any of an order of large mammals comprising the elephants and extinct related forms, also PROBOSCIDIAN. |
| PROBOSCIDIANS | • proboscidians n. Plural of proboscidian. • PROBOSCIDIAN n. any of an order of large mammals comprising the elephants and extinct related forms, also PROBOSCIDEAN. |
| REABSORPTIONS | • reabsorptions n. Plural of reabsorption. • REABSORPTION n. the act of reabsorbing. |
| SCRAPBOOKINGS | • SCRAPBOOKING n. the practice of keeping cuttings. |
| SNOBOGRAPHIES | • SNOBOGRAPHY n. the description of snobs and snobbery. |