(inorganic chemistry) The anion and very strong reducing agent BH₄⁻.
A salt of this anion.
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
bostrychoid
bostrychoid
adj
(botany, of buds) arranged in a helical manner on the outside of a long, tapering, conical rachis
bothridiums
boththridia
brachiopoda
brachiopode
brachiopods
brachiopods
noun
plural of brachiopod
branchiopod
branchiopod
noun
Any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas.
britishhood
bromohydrin
bromohydrin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any halohydrin in which the halogen is bromine.
cardiophobe
cardiophobe
noun
A person who has cardiophobia.
charbroiled
charbroiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of charbroil
chemisorbed
chemisorbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb
diabolarchy
dithyrambos
dorsibranch
dromophobia
harbourside
harbourside
adj
Located on or near a harbour.
noun
(British spelling) An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc)
hebdomarian
hexabromide
hexabromide
noun
(chemistry) any bromide containing six bromine atoms in each molecule
homebuilder
homebuilder
noun
A person or company which builds houses
hornblendic
hornblendic
adj
Of or pertaining to hornblende.
hybridation
hybridation
noun
hybridization
hydrobiosis
hydrobromic
hydrobromic
adj
(chemistry) Composed of hydrogen and bromine
hydrobromid
hydrophobia
hydrophobia
noun
(pathology) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself.
(psychology, colloquial) A morbid fear of water; aquaphobia.
hydrophobic
hydrophobic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb or to be wetted by water.
Of, or having, hydrophobia (rabies).
hydrosorbic
hyperboloid
hyperboloid
noun
A particular surface in three-dimensional Euclidean space, the graph of a quadratic with all three variables squared and their coefficients not all of the same sign.
monohybrids
monohybrids
noun
plural of monohybrid
neighboured
neighboured
noun
(obsolete) The state or condition of being a neighbour; neighbourhood; neighbourship.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of neighbour
ovorhomboid
rebeholding
redhibition
redhibition
noun
(law) The annulling of a sale, and the return by the buyer of the article sold, on account of some defect.
redhibitory
redhibitory
adj
(law) Of or pertaining to redhibition (the annulling of a sale).
(non-native speakers' English) Prohibitive (cf. French rédhibitoire).
rhabdovirus
rhabdovirus
noun
Any of the rod-shaped viruses belonging to the family Rhabdoviridae.
rhomboideus
rhomboideus
noun
(anatomy) Any of the rhomboid muscles.
shieldboard
shoebindery
soldierbush
southbridge
southbridge
noun
(computing, electronics) A secondary microchip connected to the CPU only through the northbridge.
subchloride
subchloride
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A chloride that contains a smaller proportion of chlorine than the normal / typical chloride of a particular metal
subchorioid
subrhomboid
subrhomboid
adj
(mycology) Somewhat rhomboid.
switchboard
switchboard
noun
(electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.
(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.