ABSORPTION | • absorption n. The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as… • absorption n. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind. • absorption n. Mental assimilation. |
AEROBIONTS | • aerobionts n. Plural of aerobiont. • AEROBIONT n. an aerobe, an organism requiring oxygen to survive. |
BRONTOSAUR | • brontosaur n. Any member of the genus Brontosaurus. • BRONTOSAUR n. any of a genus of large sauropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic, also BRONTOSAURUS. |
BROWNSTONE | • brownstone n. (Uncountable) A variety of brown to red-brown sandstone once popular as a building material. • brownstone n. (Countable) A row house built of brownstone, especially in New York City. • BROWNSTONE n. a dark variety of sandstone, much used for building purposes. |
CROTONBUGS | • Croton␣bugs n. Plural of Croton bug. • CROTONBUG n. a species of cockroach. |
FROSTBOUND | • frostbound adj. Bound or confined by frost. • FROSTBOUND adj. bound or confined by frost. |
OBREPTIONS | • obreptions n. Plural of obreption. • OBREPTION n. (obsolete) an attempt to obtain ecclesiastical dispensation, etc. fraudulently. |
OBTRUSIONS | • obtrusions n. Plural of obtrusion. • OBTRUSION n. an unwanted thrusting in, forward or upon. |
PROBATIONS | • probations n. Plural of probation. • PROBATION n. the act of proving; also, that which proves anything; proof. |
REBOATIONS | • reboations n. Plural of reboation. • REBOATION n. being reboant, reverberation. |
ROBOTISING | • robotising v. Present participle of robotise. • ROBOTISE v. to make automatic, also ROBOTIZE. |
SAPROBIONT | • saprobiont n. Synonym of saprobe. • SAPROBIONT n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROTROPH. |
STONEBORER | • STONEBORER n. any boring mollusc. |
STORMBOUND | • stormbound adj. (Of a ship) Caught in a storm, so that proper navigation is impossible. • STORMBOUND adj. trapped by a storm. |
STROBOTRON | • strobotron n. A cold-cathode tube designed for high-current narrow pulses, used in high-speed photography. • STROBOTRON n. a gas-filled electron tube used esp. as a source of bright flashes of light for a stroboscope. |
TROMBONIST | • trombonist n. A person who plays the trombone. • TROMBONIST n. one who plays the trombone. |
ZORBONAUTS | • zorbonauts n. Plural of zorbonaut. • ZORBONAUT n. one who engages in zorbing. |