| ABIOTROPHIC | • abiotrophic adj. (Medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ… • ABIOTROPHIC adj. relating to abiotrophy, bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| AMPHIBIOTIC | • amphibiotic adj. Describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults. • AMPHIBIOTIC adj. having an aquatic larval form and a terrestrial adult form, as amphibians. |
| BASIDIOCARP | • basidiocarp n. (Mycology) A mushroom which has basidia. • BASIDIOCARP n. the fruiting body of basidiomycetous fungi; the mushroom of agarics. |
| BICUSPIDATE | • bicuspidate adj. Having two points or prominences (As teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.); bicuspid. • BICUSPIDATE adj. having two cusps. • BICUSPIDATE n. a tooth having two cusps, also BICUSPID. |
| BIOPHYSICAL | • biophysical adj. Of or pertaining to a combination of biology and physics. • biophysical adj. Of or pertaining to biophysics. • BIOPHYSICAL adj. relating to biophysics. |
| BIOPIRACIES | • BIOPIRACY n. the use of wild plants by international corporations to develop drugs without recompensing the countries from which they are taken. |
| BIOPLASTICS | • bioplastics n. Plural of bioplastic. • BIOPLASTIC n. a plastic that is made from organic matter rather than oil. |
| BLEPHARITIC | • blepharitic adj. Relating to blepharitis. • BLEPHARITIC adj. relating to blepharitis, inflammation of the eyelid. |
| BUPIVACAINE | • bupivacaine n. (Pharmacology) A local anesthetic C18H28N2O that is like lidocaine in its action but is longer acting. • BUPIVACAINE n. a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks. |
| CULPABILITY | • culpability n. The degree of one’s blameworthiness in the commission of a crime or offence. • CULPABILITY n. the state of being culpable. |
| PACKABILITY | • packability n. The quality or state of being packable. • PACKABILITY n. the ability to be packed. |
| PECCABILITY | • peccability n. The state or quality of being peccable; liability to sin. • PECCABILITY n. the state of being peccable, liable or prone to sin. |
| PICKBACKING | • PICKBACK v. to carry someone on one's back, also PICKABACK, PICKAPACK, PIGGYBACK. |
| PLACABILITY | • placability n. The quality of being placable or appeasable. • PLACABILITY n. the state of being placable. |
| PREBIBLICAL | • prebiblical adj. Before the publication of the Bible. • PREBIBLICAL adj. belonging to the period before bible records. |
| PREDIABETIC | • prediabetic adj. Preceding the onset of diabetes; thus, indicating the probable future onset of diabetes. • prediabetic n. One who has prediabetes. • PREDIABETIC n. one suffering from prediabetes. |
| PUBLICATION | • publication n. The act of publishing printed or other matter. • publication n. An issue of printed or other matter, offered for sale or distribution. • publication n. The communication of information to the general public etc. |
| SAPROBIOTIC | • saprobiotic adj. (Biology) Relating to saprobes, or to saprobiosis. • SAPROBIOTIC adj. feeding on dead or decaying plants or animals. |
| SPECIFIABLE | • specifiable adj. Able to be specified. • SPECIFIABLE adj. that can be specified. |
| TOXIPHOBIAC | • TOXIPHOBIAC n. one who suffers from toxiphobia, fear of poison or being poisoned. |