BATHOPHILOUS | • bathophilous adj. (Biology) That inhabits very deep water. • BATHOPHILOUS adj. of an organism, living in very deep water. |
BREAKTHROUGH | • breakthrough adj. Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle. • breakthrough adj. (Immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such… • breakthrough adj. (Medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment. |
HEADBOROUGHS | • headboroughs n. Plural of headborough. • HEADBOROUGH n. (historical) the head of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary; a petty constable. |
HOBBLEBUSHES | • hobblebushes n. Plural of hobblebush. • hobble-bushes n. Plural of hobble-bush. • HOBBLEBUSH n. a low American bush having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. |
HONEYBUNCHES | • honeybunches n. Plural of honeybunch. • HONEYBUNCH n. (colloquial) a term of endearment. |
HOUSEHUSBAND | • househusband n. A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife. • house␣husband n. Alternative form of househusband. • HOUSEHUSBAND n. a husband who does housekeeping usually while his wife earns the family income. |
HYDROPHOBOUS | • hydrophobous adj. Hydrophobic. • HYDROPHOBOUS adj. (obsolete) water-repellent. |
SUBTHRESHOLD | • subthreshold adj. Describing a stimulus that is not strong enough to elicit a response. • subthreshold adj. Below a threshold. • subthreshold adj. (Medicine) subsyndromal. |
THARBOROUGHS | • THARBOROUGH n. (Shakespeare) a mispronunciation of thirdborough, also FARBOROUGH. |
THIRDBOROUGH | • thirdborough n. (Obsolete) The head of a frankpledge. • thirdborough n. (Obsolete) The constable of a tithing or township. • THIRDBOROUGH n. (historical) an under-constable. |
THOROUGHBASS | • thoroughbass n. (Music) Synonym of figured bass. • THOROUGHBASS n. esp. in baroque music, a bass part underlying a piece. |
THOROUGHBRED | • thoroughbred adj. Bred from pure stock. • thoroughbred adj. Well-bred and properly educated. • thoroughbred n. Alternative letter-case form of Thoroughbred (“horse bred for racing”). |
TOOTHBRUSHED | • toothbrushed v. Simple past tense and past participle of toothbrush. |
TOOTHBRUSHES | • toothbrushes n. Plural of toothbrush. • TOOTHBRUSH n. a brush for cleaning the teeth. |