| ABORIGINE | • aborigine n. A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people. • aborigine n. (In the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area. • Aborigine n. (Offensive) An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous… |
| ABORIGINS | • aborigins n. Plural of aborigin. • ABORIGIN n. an original or native inhabitant of a country, also ABORIGEN, ABORIGINE. |
| AIRMOBILE | • airmobile adj. Capable of being moved by air. • air-mobile adj. Alternative spelling of airmobile. • AIRMOBILE adj. relating to a military unit whose members are transported by air. |
| BAIGNOIRE | • baignoire n. (Dated) A box of the lowest tier in a theatre. • BAIGNOIRE n. (French) a theatre box on a level with the stalls. |
| BAROTITIS | • barotitis n. (Pathology) otitic barotrauma. • BAROTITIS n. inflammation and pain in the ear caused by pressure changes, esp. during air travel. |
| BIFARIOUS | • bifarious adj. Twofold, double. • bifarious adj. Ambiguous. • bifarious adj. (Botany) In two rows (On opposite sides of a branch etc.). |
| BIOPIRACY | • biopiracy n. (Derogatory) The appropriation of indigenous biomedical knowledge, especially by patenting naturally… • BIOPIRACY n. the use of wild plants by international corporations to develop drugs without recompensing the countries from which they are taken. |
| BIOPIRATE | • biopirate n. (Derogatory) One who engages in biopiracy. • BIOPIRATE n. one who practises biopiracy. |
| CHORIAMBI | • choriambi n. Plural of choriambus. • CHORIAMBUS n. a metrical foot comprising a trochee and an iambus, also CHORIAMB, CHORIAMBIC. |
| INHABITOR | • inhabitor n. One who inhabits. • INHABITOR n. one who inhabits, also INHABITER. |
| ISOBARISM | • ISOBARISM n. the use of isobars. |
| LIBRATION | • libration n. The act of librating. • libration n. (Astronomy) The apparent wobble or variation in the visible side of the Moon that permanently faces… • libration n. (By extension) A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body. |
| MICROBIAL | • microbial adj. Of, relating to, or caused by microbes or microorganisms. • microbial n. A microbe or bacterium. • MICROBIAL adj. of or like a microbe, also MICROBIAN, MICROBIC. |
| MICROBIAN | • microbian adj. (Biology) Of, relating to, or caused by, microbes; microbial. • MICROBIAN adj. of or like a microbe, also MICROBIAL, MICROBIC. |
| NOBILIARY | • nobiliary adj. Pertaining or related to nobility. • NOBILIARY adj. of or relating to nobility. |
| ORIBATIDS | • oribatids n. Plural of oribatid. • ORIBATID n. any of a family of eyeless mites. |
| RHIZOBIAL | • rhizobial adj. Of or pertaining to rhizobia. • RHIZOBIAL adj. relating to a rhizobium, a bacterium important in nitrogen fixation in leguminous plants. |
| SIBILATOR | • sibilator n. One who sibilates; a hisser. • SIBILATOR n. one who sibilates, hisses. |
| VIBRATION | • vibration n. The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated. • vibration n. (Physics) Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position. • vibration n. A single complete vibrating motion. |