| ABORTICIDE | • aborticide n. The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide. • aborticide n. An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient. • ABORTICIDE n. the killing of a fetus; abortion. |
| ABREACTION | • abreaction n. (Psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross. • ABREACTION n. the resolution of a neurosis by reviving forgotten or repressed ideas of the event first causing it. |
| AEROBATICS | • aerobatics n. Spectacular stunts, performed in an airplane or glider. Examples include various types of rolls and loops. • AEROBATICS n. spectacular flying feats and maneuvers (as rolls and dives). |
| AEROBICIST | • AEROBICIST n. one who practises aerobics. |
| AEROBIOTIC | • aerobiotic adj. Of or pertaining to aerobiosis. • AEROBIOTIC adj. related to, or of the nature of, aerobes; as, aerobiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen. |
| BACTERIOID | • bacterioid adj. (Rare) Resembling a bacterium. • BACTERIOID n. a swollen bacterium living symbiotically in the root-nodules of beans and other plants, also BACTEROID. |
| BACTEROIDS | • bacteroids n. Plural of bacteroid. • BACTEROID n. a swollen bacterium living symbiotically in the root-nodules of beans and other plants, also BACTERIOID. |
| BAROMETRIC | • barometric adj. Of or pertaining to atmospheric pressure. • barometric adj. Made or done with a barometer. • BAROMETRIC adj. as measured by a barometer, also BAROMETRICAL. |
| BICHROMATE | • bichromate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Synonym of dichromate. • BICHROMATE n. a salt of dichromic acid. |
| BICORNUATE | • bicornuate adj. (Medicine) Resembling a pair of horns, as a malformed uterus may. • BICORNUATE adj. having two horns or hornlike parts, also BICORNATE. |
| BIOREACTOR | • bioreactor n. (Biochemistry) A fermentation vat, containing microorganisms or biochemically active substances, used… • BIOREACTOR n. a device or apparatus in which living organisms, such as bacteria, synthesise useful substances or break down waste. |
| CABRIOLETS | • cabriolets n. Plural of cabriolet. • CABRIOLET n. (French) a kind of two-wheeled carriage. |
| CLOFIBRATE | • clofibrate n. (Pharmacology) A compound C12H15ClO3 used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats… • CLOFIBRATE n. a lipid-lowering drug that is used to reduce high levels of fat and cholesterol. |
| COHABITERS | • cohabiters n. Plural of cohabiter. • COHABITER n. one who cohabits, also COHABITOR. |
| ICEBOATERS | • iceboaters n. Plural of iceboater. • ICEBOATER n. one who travels by iceboat. |
| MACROBIOTE | • macrobiote n. (Rare) One who lives for a long time. • MACROBIOTE n. a long-lived organism. |
| ORBICULATE | • orbiculate adj. Spherical or circular; orbicular. • orbiculate n. That which is orbiculate, especially a solid whose vertical section is oval and whose horizontal section is circular. • ORBICULATE adj. having the shape of a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular, also ORBICULATED. |