AMETABOLOUS | • ametabolous adj. Alternative form of ametabolic. • AMETABOLOUS adj. of insects, showing little or no metamorphosis, also AMETABOLIC. |
AMPHIBOLOUS | • amphibolous adj. (Obsolete) ambiguous; doubtful. • AMPHIBOLOUS adj. ambiguous; capable of two meanings. |
AUTOMOBILES | • automobiles n. Plural of automobile. • automobiles v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automobile. • AUTOMOBILE n. a usually four-wheeled automotive vehicle designed for passenger transportation. |
BALSAMROOTS | • balsamroots n. Plural of balsamroot. |
BAMBOOZLERS | • bamboozlers n. Plural of bamboozler. • BAMBOOZLER n. one who bamboozles, deceives by underhanded methods. |
BLOODSTREAM | • bloodstream n. The flow of blood through the circulatory system of an animal. • blood␣stream n. Alternative form of bloodstream. • BLOODSTREAM n. the flowing blood in a circulatory system. |
BOTTOMLANDS | • bottomlands n. Plural of bottomland. • BOTTOMLAND n. (US) alluvial deposits. |
COMPOSTABLE | • compostable adj. Suitable for compost. • compostable n. That which is suitable for compost. • COMPOSTABLE adj. that can be composted. |
DORSOLUMBAR | • dorsolumbar adj. (Anatomy) dorsal and lumbar. • DORSOLUMBAR adj. of or relating to the dorsal and lumbar vertebrae, or the area of the body that they occupy. |
GONIMOBLAST | • gonimoblast n. (Biology) A sporogenous filament (or bundle of such filaments) in the fertilized carpogonium of red algae. • GONIMOBLAST n. in the red seaweeds, a spore-bearing filament that springs from the fertilized carpogonium. |
HOMOBLASTIC | • homoblastic adj. (Biology) Developing from a single type of tissue. • homoblastic adj. (Botany) Having leaves whose shape changes very little with the plant’s or shoot’s age. • HOMOBLASTIC adj. derived from similar cells; showing direct embryonic development. |
MARBLEWOODS | • MARBLEWOOD n. a Malaysian tree; the distinctively marked wood of this tree, having black bands on a lighter background. |
METABOLOMES | • metabolomes n. Plural of metabolome. • METABOLOME n. the quantitative complement of all the low molecular weight metabolites present in a particular physiological or developmental state. |
MOULDBOARDS | • mouldboards n. Plural of mouldboard. • MOULDBOARD n. a curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing, also MOLDBOARD. |