ANAEROBIONTS | • ANAEROBIONT n. an organism not requiring oxygen for its life processes, also ANAEROBE, ANAEROBIUM. |
BEMONSTERING | • bemonstering v. Present participle of bemonster. • BEMONSTER v. (archaic) to make monstrous or like a monster. |
BOUTONNIERES | • boutonnieres n. Plural of boutonniere. • boutonnières n. Plural of boutonnière. • BOUTONNIERE n. (French) a flower for the buttonhole, etc. |
CYBERNATIONS | • cybernations n. Plural of cybernation. • CYBERNATION n. the automatic control of a process or operation (as in manufacturing) by means of computers. |
FIBRONECTINS | • fibronectins n. Plural of fibronectin. • FIBRONECTIN n. a protein found in blood, important in cell growth. |
GUBERNATIONS | • gubernations n. Plural of gubernation. • GUBERNATION n. control, rule. |
HIBERNATIONS | • hibernations n. Plural of hibernation. • HIBERNATION n. the act of hibernating. |
INEBRIATIONS | • inebriations n. Plural of inebriation. • INEBRIATION n. drunkenness. |
INTERROBANGS | • interrobangs n. Plural of interrobang. • INTERROBANG n. a punctuation mark (?!) designed for use esp. at the end of an exclamatory rhetorical question, also INTERABANG. |
NITROBENZENE | • nitrobenzene n. (Organic chemistry) A nitro derivative of benzene, C6H5NO2, prepared by reacting benzene with a mixture… • NITROBENZENE n. a poisonous yellow oily liquid with an almond odor that is used esp. in chemical synthesis, as of aniline. |
NONBACTERIAL | • nonbacterial adj. Not bacterial. • NONBACTERIAL adj. not bacterial. |
NONBREATHING | • nonbreathing adj. Not breathing. • NONBREATHING adj. not breathing. |
NONCELEBRITY | • noncelebrity n. Someone who is not a celebrity. • NONCELEBRITY n. one who is not a celebrity. |
OUTBRAZENING | • outbrazening v. Present participle of outbrazen. • OUTBRAZEN v. to be more brazen than. |
OUTNUMBERING | • outnumbering v. Present participle of outnumber. • OUTNUMBER v. to surpass in number. |
PREOBTAINING | • preobtaining v. Present participle of preobtain. • PREOBTAIN v. to obtain in advance. |
RECOMBINANTS | • recombinants n. Plural of recombinant. • RECOMBINANT n. a gene that recombines. |
TENEBRIONIDS | • tenebrionids n. Plural of tenebrionid. • TENEBRIONID n. a dark-coloured nocturnal beetle. |
WINTERBOURNE | • winterbourne n. (Britain) A stream that only flows in winter or after wet weather, particularly in an area rich in limestone. • Winterbourne prop.n. Any of several villages in Britain. • Winterbourne prop.n. A surname from Old English. |