| ABOLISHMENT | • abolishment n. The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. • ABOLISHMENT n. the act of abolishing. |
| AMPHIBOLITE | • amphibolite n. Any of a class of metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc. • AMPHIBOLITE n. rock composed of amphibole; hornblende. |
| BATHOLITHIC | • batholithic adj. Containing or relating to batholith. • BATHOLITHIC adj. of or like a batholith, a large mass of intruded igneous rock. |
| BIBLIOTHECA | • bibliotheca n. (Obsolete) A library. • BIBLIOTHECA n. a collection of books; a list of books. |
| BIOETHANOLS | • bioethanols n. Plural of bioethanol. • BIOETHANOL n. ethanol produced from fermented plant material, used as a petrol additive or substitute. |
| HABILITATOR | • habilitator n. (US, obsolete) One who supplies money to work a mine. • HABILITATOR n. one who habilitates. |
| HALOBIONTIC | • HALOBIONTIC adj. living in the sea, also HALOBIOTIC. |
| HAPLOBIONTS | • HAPLOBIONT n. an organism living in a salt environment. |
| HAPTOGLOBIN | • haptoglobin n. (Biochemistry) A protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby… • HAPTOGLOBIN n. a protein that combines with free haemoglobin in the blood and prevents its filtration through the kidney. |
| HISTOBLASTS | • histoblasts n. Plural of histoblast. • HISTOBLAST n. a cell or group of cells forming the primary element or unit of tissue. |
| HOLOBLASTIC | • holoblastic adj. (Biology, of an egg) Cleaving, and separating into separate blastomeres. • HOLOBLASTIC adj. of an entire egg, separated into individual blastomeres. |
| HOMOBLASTIC | • homoblastic adj. (Biology) Developing from a single type of tissue. • homoblastic adj. (Botany) Having leaves whose shape changes very little with the plant’s or shoot’s age. • HOMOBLASTIC adj. derived from similar cells; showing direct embryonic development. |
| HYPOBLASTIC | • hypoblastic adj. Of, or relating to the hypoblast. • HYPOBLASTIC adj. relating to the hypoblast, the inner or lower layer of the blastoderm. |
| MOTHBALLING | • mothballing v. Present participle of mothball. • mothballing n. The act of something being mothballed: taken out of service and stored for possible later use. • MOTHBALL v. to put into mothballs. |
| RHABDOLITHS | • rhabdoliths n. Plural of rhabdolith. • RHABDOLITH n. a calcareous rod in some Protozoa. |
| 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. |
| WHIRLABOUTS | • whirlabouts n. Plural of whirlabout. • WHIRLABOUT n. anything that whirls around; a whirligig. |