| 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. |
| ANTIBACCHII | • ANTIBACCHIUS n. (Latin) a foot of two long (or stressed) syllables followed by a short (or unstressed) one. |
| BATHOLITHIC | • batholithic adj. Containing or relating to batholith. • BATHOLITHIC adj. of or like a batholith, a large mass of intruded igneous rock. |
| BATHYLITHIC | • BATHYLITHIC adj. like a bathylith, a mass of igneous rock that has risen from a great depth. |
| BIBLIOTHECA | • bibliotheca n. (Obsolete) A library. • BIBLIOTHECA n. a collection of books; a list of books. |
| BLEPHARITIC | • blepharitic adj. Relating to blepharitis. • BLEPHARITIC adj. relating to blepharitis, inflammation of the eyelid. |
| BRACHIATING | • brachiating adj. That moves by the use of limbs; especially by swinging through the trees using the arms. • brachiating v. Present participle of brachiate. • BRACHIATE v. to progress by swinging hand over hand, like a gibbon. |
| BRACHIATION | • brachiation n. (Zoology) Movement by swinging the arms from one hold to the next. • BRACHIATION n. the act of swinging by one's arms from place to place. |
| DITHYRAMBIC | • dithyrambic adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a dithyramb; especially, passionate, intoxicated with enthusiasm. • dithyrambic n. A dithyramb. • DITHYRAMBIC adj. like a dithyramb, wildly enthusiastic in statement or writing. |
| HALOBIONTIC | • HALOBIONTIC adj. living in the sea, also HALOBIOTIC. |
| HUDIBRASTIC | • hudibrastic adj. Alternative spelling of Hudibrastic. • Hudibrastic adj. Of, or relating to a style of English verse that mocks heroic verse. • HUDIBRASTIC adj. boastful. |
| INHABITANCE | • inhabitance n. Alternative form of inhabitancy. • INHABITANCE n. the act of inhabiting, also INHABITANCY. |
| INHABITANCY | • inhabitancy n. The condition of inhabiting or of being inhabited; occupancy. • INHABITANCY n. the act of inhabiting, also INHABITANCE. |
| LABYRINTHIC | • labyrinthic adj. Labyrinthine. • LABYRINTHIC adj. of or like a labyrinth, also LABYRINTHAL, LABYRINTHIAN, LABYRINTHINE. |
| THIOBACILLI | • thiobacilli n. Plural of thiobacillus. • THIOBACILLUS n. any of several rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from the oxidation of sulphur or sulphur compounds. |
| TIBOUCHINAS | • tibouchinas n. Plural of tibouchina. • TIBOUCHINA n. a plant of the Tibouchina genus of shrubs, with purple flowers. |
| TOXIPHOBIAC | • TOXIPHOBIAC n. one who suffers from toxiphobia, fear of poison or being poisoned. |
| TRIBRACHIAL | • TRIBRACHIAL adj. of or like a tribrach, also TRIBRACHIC. |