| AMICABILITY | • amicability n. The state or quality of being amicable or friendly. • AMICABILITY n. the state of being amicable. |
| 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. |
| ANTIBIOTICS | • antibiotics n. Plural of antibiotic. • ANTIBIOTIC n. a substance derived from a microorganism and able in dilute solution to inhibit or kill another microorganism. |
| BIOACTIVITY | • bioactivity n. (Biology, medicine) Biologic activity, such as biochemical or immunologic reactivity: the biologic effect… • BIOACTIVITY n. the state of being bioactive. |
| BIOCLIMATIC | • bioclimatic adj. Of or pertaining to the relationship between living things and climate. • bioclimatic adj. (Architecture) Focused on providing a comfortable microclimate. • BIOCLIMATIC adj. of or relating to the relations of climate and living matter. |
| BISOCIATION | • bisociation n. (Psychology) A blending of elements drawn from two previously unrelated patterns of thought into a new pattern. • BISOCIATION n. the association of an object with two or more ideas. |
| BISOCIATIVE | • BISOCIATIVE adj. relating to bisociation, the association of an object with two or more ideas. |
| COILABILITY | • coilability n. The quality of being coilable. • COILABILITY n. the ability to form coils. |
| IDIOBLASTIC | • idioblastic adj. Of, or relating to an idioblast. • IDIOBLASTIC adj. relating to an idioblast. |
| IMBRICATING | • imbricating v. Present participle of imbricate. • IMBRICATE v. to lay overlapping one another. |
| IMBRICATION | • imbrication n. A set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish. • imbrication n. (Medicine) Overlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or correctional surgery. • imbrication n. (Geology) A sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap. |
| RABBINISTIC | • rabbinistic adj. Of or relating to Rabbinic Judaism. • RABBINISTIC adj. relating to rabbis. |
| SOCIABILITY | • sociability n. The skill, tendency or property of being sociable or social, of interacting well with others. • SOCIABILITY n. the state of being sociable. |
| 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. |
| TRIBALISTIC | • tribalistic adj. Pertaining to tribalism. • TRIBALISTIC adj. like a tribalist. |
| TRIBUNICIAL | • TRIBUNICIAL adj. relating to a tribunate, also TRIBUNICIAN, TRIBUNITIAL, TRIBUNITIAN. |
| TRIBUNICIAN | • tribunician adj. (Ancient Rome) Pertaining to a Roman tribune. • TRIBUNICIAN adj. relating to a tribunate, also TRIBUNICIAL, TRIBUNITIAL, TRIBUNITIAN. |