ABIOTROPHY | • abiotrophy n. (Medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function… • ABIOTROPHY n. bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
AMBROTYPES | • ambrotypes n. Plural of ambrotype. • AMBROTYPE n. a picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the un-silvered portions of the glass. |
BANKRUPTCY | • bankruptcy n. (Finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization. • BANKRUPTCY n. the state of being bankrupt. |
BAPTISTERY | • baptistery n. Alternative spelling of baptistry. • BAPTISTERY n. a part of a church reserved for performing baptisms, also BAPTISTRY. |
BIPOLARITY | • bipolarity n. The state of being bipolar. • BIPOLARITY n. the state of being bipolar. |
BRYOPHYTES | • bryophytes n. Plural of bryophyte. • BRYOPHYTE n. a member of the Bryophyta, one of the main groups of the vegetable kingdom, mosses and liverworts. |
BRYOPHYTIC | • bryophytic adj. Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta… • BRYOPHYTIC adj. of or like a bryophyte. |
BYPRODUCTS | • byproducts n. Plural of byproduct. • by-products n. Plural of by-product. • BYPRODUCT n. a secondary product. |
HYPERBATIC | • hyperbatic adj. Of or pertaining to a hyperbaton; transposed; inverted. • HYPERBATIC adj. of or pertaining to a hyperbaton. |
HYPERBATON | • hyperbaton n. (Grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect. • hyperbaton n. (Rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing… • HYPERBATON n. the use, esp. for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in 'Bird thou never wert'. |
IMPARTIBLY | • impartibly adv. So as not to be parted or divided. • IMPARTIBLE adv. of a field, that cannot be divided up. |
PATIBULARY | • patibulary adj. (Now rare, chiefly humorous) Pertaining to the gallows or hanging. • PATIBULARY adj. of or pertaining to the gallows. |
PENETRABLY | • penetrably adv. In a penetrable way. • PENETRABLE adv. that can be penetrated. |
PERMUTABLY | • permutably adv. Such that it can be permuted. • PERMUTABLE adv. that can be permuted. |
PREPUBERTY | • prepuberty adj. Before puberty. • PREPUBERTY n. the time before puberty. |
PRESBYTERS | • presbyters n. Plural of presbyter. • PRESBYTER n. an elder in the early Christian church, also PRESBYTE. |
PRESBYTERY | • presbytery n. The home of a Roman Catholic parish priest. • presbytery n. A body of elders in the early Christian church. • presbytery n. A chancel; a section of the church reserved for the clergy. |
PRESBYTISM | • presbytism n. Presbyopia. • PRESBYTISM n. presbyopia. |
PROFITABLY | • profitably adv. In a profitable manner, in a way that achieves profit or gain. • PROFITABLE adv. yielding profit. |