| ABACTINALLY | • abactinally adv. (As seen or measured) from the end opposite the mouth in a radiate animal (to the other end). • ABACTINAL adv. remote from the actinal area (of a radiate animal). |
| ABECEDARIAN | • abecedarian n. Someone who is learning the alphabet. • abecedarian n. An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning. • abecedarian n. (Archaic) Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods… |
| ABLACTATION | • ablactation n. The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam. • ablactation n. (Obsolete, horticulture) Inarching. • ABLACTATION n. the weaning of a child from its mother's milk. |
| ABRANCHIATE | • abranchiate adj. (Zoology) Without gills. • abranchiate n. (Zoology) An organism that does not have gills. • ABRANCHIATE adj. lacking gills, also ABRANCHIAL. |
| ALGEBRAICAL | • algebraical adj. Pertaining to algebra or its laws. • algebraical adj. (Mathematics) Requiring a finite number of algebraic operations; the opposite of transcendental. • ALGEBRAICAL adj. relating to algebra, also ALGEBRAIC. |
| BACCHANALIA | • bacchanalia n. Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration. • Bacchanalia n. (Greek mythology) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. • Bacchanalia n. (By extension) A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy. |
| BACILLAEMIA | • bacillaemia n. (Pathology) The presence of bacilli in the bloodstream. • BACILLAEMIA n. the presence of bacilli in the blood, also BACILLEMIA. |
| BACTERAEMIA | • bacteraemia n. The medical condition of having bacteria in the bloodstream. • bacteræmia n. Alternative spelling of bacteraemia. • BACTERAEMIA n. the presence of bacteria in the blood, also BACTEREMIA. |
| BASICRANIAL | • basicranial adj. Of or pertaining to the basicranium. • BASICRANIAL adj. of or relating to the base of the skull. |
| BATRACHIANS | • batrachians n. Plural of batrachian. • BATRACHIAN n. a frog or toad. |
| BRADYCARDIA | • bradycardia n. (Medicine) The condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult. • BRADYCARDIA n. an abnormally slow heart rate. |
| JABOTICABAS | • jaboticabas n. Plural of jaboticaba. • JABOTICABA n. (Tupi) a Brazilian tree of the myrtle family. |
| PARABEMATIC | • PARABEMATIC adj. of or like a parabema. |
| PARABLASTIC | • parablastic adj. (Biology) Of or pertaining to the parablast. • PARABLASTIC adj. like a parablast. |
| PARABOLICAL | • parabolical adj. Parabolic. • PARABOLICAL adj. of or like a parabola, also PARABOLIC. |
| SABBATICALS | • sabbaticals n. Plural of sabbatical. • SABBATICAL n. a period of leave from one's work, also SABBATIC. |
| SCARABAEIDS | • scarabaeids n. Plural of scarabaeid. • scarabæids n. Plural of scarabæid. • SCARABAEID n. a beetle of the Scarabaeus genus of lamellicorn beetles, also SCARAB, SCARABEE, SCARABOID. |
| SCARABAEIST | • SCARABAEIST n. a person who studies scarabaeid beetles. |
| SCARABAEOID | • scarabaeoid adj. Resembling a scarab. • scarabaeoid adj. (Obsolete, entomology) Of or pertaining to beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. • scarabaeoid adj. (Entomology) Of or pertaining to beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. |