| BIOSTRATIGRAPHY | • biostratigraphy n. (Biology, geology) The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils. • BIOSTRATIGRAPHY n. the determination of age, etc., of sedimentary strata from fossils which they contain. |
| BRACHYCEPHALICS | • brachycephalics n. Plural of brachycephalic. • BRACHYCEPHALIC n. a short-headed person. |
| BRACHYCEPHALIES | • brachycephalies n. Plural of brachycephaly. • BRACHYCEPHALY n. the state of being brachycephalic, short-headed. |
| BRACHYCEPHALISM | • brachycephalism n. Dated form of brachycephaly. • BRACHYCEPHALISM n. the state of being brachycephalic, short-headed. |
| BRACHYCEPHALOUS | • brachycephalous adj. Relating to brachycephaly; brachycephalic. • BRACHYCEPHALOUS adj. short-headed, esp. having a skull whose breadth is 80 per cent or more of its length. |
| BRACHYPINAKOIDS | • BRACHYPINAKOID n. a pinakoid or prism parallel to the brachydiagonal. |
| BRACHYTHERAPIES | • brachytherapies n. Plural of brachytherapy. • BRACHYTHERAPY n. a medical procedure used in the treatment of prostate cancer. |
| DYSMORPHOPHOBIA | • dysmorphophobia n. (Dated, psychiatry) body dysmorphic disorder, dysmorphia. • DYSMORPHOPHOBIA n. fear of physical deformities. |
| HYPERCATABOLISM | • hypercatabolism n. An increased rate of catabolism. • HYPERCATABOLISM n. an abnormally high rate of catabolism. |
| HYPERMETABOLISM | • hypermetabolism n. (Biochemistry) The physiological state of increased metabolic activity, typically occurring after significant… • HYPERMETABOLISM n. the physiological state of increased rate of metabolic activity. |
| HYPNOTISABILITY | • hypnotisability n. Alternative spelling of hypnotizability. • HYPNOTISABILITY n. the quality of being hypnotisable, also HYPNOTIZABILITY. |
| IMPERISHABILITY | • imperishability n. The quality of being imperishable. • IMPERISHABILITY n. the state of being imperishable. |
| PHENYLBUTAZONES | • phenylbutazones n. Plural of phenylbutazone. • PHENYLBUTAZONE n. a drug formerly used as an analgesic, but now largely restricted to veterinary use. |
| POLYPHLOESBOEAN | • polyphloesboean adj. (Poetic) Loudly roaring; used to describe the ocean. • POLYPHLOESBOEAN adj. loud-roaring, also POLYPHLOISBIC. |
| PSYCHOBIOGRAPHY | • psychobiography n. A biography that emphasises the psychological aspects of its subject. • PSYCHOBIOGRAPHY n. a biography written from a psychodynamic or psychoanalytic point of view. |
| STREPHOSYMBOLIA | • strephosymbolia n. A tendency, associated with word blindness, to twist or invert certain similar letters (such as b and d) when reading. • STREPHOSYMBOLIA n. a visual disorder where letters are seen mirror imaged. |
| SYLLABOGRAPHIES | • SYLLABOGRAPHY n. use of a writing system consisting of characters for syllables rather than for individual sounds or whole words. |
| SYMBOLOGRAPHIES | • SYMBOLOGRAPHY n. symbolic writing or representation. |
| SYMMETROPHOBIAS | • SYMMETROPHOBIA n. fear of symmetry. |