ABRUPTION | • abruption n. (Archaic) A sudden termination or interruption. • abruption n. A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. • ABRUPTION n. a sudden, violent separation. |
BIOPARENT | • bioparent n. Biological parent. • BIOPARENT n. a biological parent, not a stepparent. |
BIOPIRATE | • biopirate n. (Derogatory) One who engages in biopiracy. • BIOPIRATE n. one who practises biopiracy. |
BIOTROPHS | • biotrophs n. Plural of biotroph. • BIOTROPH n. a parasitic organism such as a fungus. |
BOWSPRITS | • bowsprits n. Plural of bowsprit. • BOWSPRIT n. a spar that extends at the bows of a ship. |
IMPROBITY | • improbity n. A lack of probity, honesty or integrity. • IMPROBITY n. dishonesty. |
OBREPTION | • obreption n. (Obsolete) The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise. • obreption n. (Obsolete, Scotland, law) Act of obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise. • OBREPTION n. (obsolete) an attempt to obtain ecclesiastical dispensation, etc. fraudulently. |
POLITBURO | • politburo n. The governing council and chief policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other… • politburo n. (By extension, sometimes derogatory) A senior governing or policymaking body in a political or other… • Politburo prop.n. Any of various politburos, especially that of the Soviet Union or that of the People’s Republic of China. |
POTBOILER | • potboiler n. Alternative spelling of pot boiler. • pot-boiler n. Alternative spelling of pot boiler. • pot␣boiler n. (Mildly derogatory) A creative work of low quality (book, art, etc), produced merely to earn a living… |
PREBIOTIC | • prebiotic n. (Chiefly in the plural) A substance in food that is hard to digest and promotes the growth of beneficial… • prebiotic adj. Before the advent of life. • prebiotic adj. (Of a food) Not digestible, but beneficial. |
PREOBTAIN | • preobtain v. (Transitive) To obtain beforehand. • PREOBTAIN v. to obtain in advance. |
PROBATING | • probating v. Present participle of probate. • PROBATE v. to establish the validity of a will. |
PROBATION | • probation n. A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may easily be removed for poor performance. • probation n. (Law) A type of sentence where convicted criminals are allowed to continue living in the community but… • probation n. A testing period of time. |
PROBATIVE | • probative adj. (Law) Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation. • PROBATIVE adj. testing, affording proof, also PROBATORY. |
PROBIOTIC | • probiotic n. (Bacteriology) A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons. • probiotic adj. (Ecology) Of, or relating to probiosis; ecologic facilitation. • probiotic adj. Describing any dietary supplement that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes. |
PROBITIES | • probities n. Plural of probity. • PROBITY n. complete and confirmed integrity. |
PROHIBITS | • prohibits v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prohibit. • PROHIBIT v. to forbid with authority. |
SAPROBITY | • saprobity n. (Ecology) A measure of the amount of decaying organic material in an environment such as a river. • SAPROBITY n. the state of being a saprobe. |
SPORTBIKE | • sportbike n. A motorcycle optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on paved roads, typically at… • sport␣bike n. Alternative spelling of sportbike. • SPORTBIKE n. a kind of high-speed, high-performance motorcycle. |
SUBTROPIC | • subtropic n. A subtropical region. • SUBTROPIC adj. relating to the area lying between the Tropic of Cancer and 40 degrees N, and the Tropic of Capricorn and 40 degrees south, also SUBTROPICAL. • SUBTROPIC n. a subtropical region. |