(chiefly Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) present participle of disembowel

A paraphilia involving sexual attraction to the buttocks.

(biology) Developing from a single type of tissue. / (botany) Having leaves whose shape changes very little with the plant's or shoot's age.

(Christianity) Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; distinguished from Antilegomena.