| ABIOSES | • abioses n. Plural of abiosis. • ABIOSIS n. (Greek) absence of life. |
| AEROBIA | • aerobia n. Aerobic organisms, but especially aerobic bacteria; aerobes. • AEROBIUM n. (Latin) an organism that requires free oxygen, also AEROBE. |
| AEROBIC | • aerobic adj. Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria. • aerobic adj. Of exercise, performed while maintaining a sufficient supply of oxygen to meet bodily energy needs. • aerobic adj. Of or relating to aerobics. |
| AMEBOID | • ameboid adj. (US) Alternative spelling of amoeboid. • ameboid n. (US) Alternative spelling of amoeboid. • AMEBOID adj. resembling an ameba, also AMOEBOID. |
| AMOEBIC | • amoebic adj. (Biology, pathology) Relating to, or caused by an amoeba. • amœbic adj. Obsolete form of amoebic. • AMOEBIC adj. pertaining to an amoeba, also AMEBIC. |
| BEGONIA | • begonia n. Any plant of the large genus of Begonia. • Begonia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Begoniaceae – the begonias. • BEGONIA n. a garden plant with waxy leaves and ornamental flowers. |
| BOATIES | • boaties n. Plural of boatie. • BOATIE n. (slang) a rowing enthusiast. |
| BOHEMIA | • bohemia n. Alternative letter-case form of Bohemia. • Bohemia prop.n. A region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic. • Bohemia n. A community of bohemians, unconventional artists or writers. |
| ICEBOAT | • iceboat n. An ice yacht. • iceboat n. An icebreaker; a ship that breaks through ice. • ice-boat n. Alternative spelling of ice boat. |
| ISOBARE | • isobare n. (Nuclear physics) Dated form of isobar. • ISOBARE n. a type of atom, also ISOBAR. |
| ISOBASE | • isobase n. (Archaeology, geology) A line drawn on a map or chart connecting places of equal or constant land upheaval… • ISOBASE n. a contour line of equal upheaval of the land. |
| LOBELIA | • lobelia n. A member of the genus Lobelia, flowering plants in the Lobelioideae subfamily of family Campanulaceae… • Lobelia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Campanulaceae – the lobelias. • LOBELIA n. a flowering plant. |
| NIOBATE | • niobate n. (Chemistry) Any salt, XNbO3, of the weak niobic acid. • niobate n. (Chemistry) The univalent anion NbO3-. • NIOBATE n. a salt of niobium. |
| OBELIAS | • obelias n. Plural of obelia. • OBELIA n. any of a genus of small marine colonial hydroids. |
| OBVIATE | • obviate v. (Transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required). • obviate v. (Transitive) To avoid (a future problem or difficult situation). • obviate n. (Linguistics) Synonym of obviative. |