| ABORTICIDES | • aborticides n. Plural of aborticide. • ABORTICIDE n. the killing of a fetus; abortion. |
| ABSTRICTION | • abstriction n. (Biology, mycology) A method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore… • ABSTRICTION n. the act of abstricting. |
| AEROBICISED | • aerobicised v. Simple past tense and past participle of aerobicise. • AEROBICISE v. to make aerobic, also AEROBICIZE. |
| AEROBICISES | • AEROBICISE v. to make aerobic, also AEROBICIZE. |
| AEROBICISTS | • AEROBICIST n. one who practises aerobics. |
| AEROBICIZES | • aerobicizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aerobicize. • AEROBICIZE v. to make aerobic, also AEROBICISE. |
| BACTERIOIDS | • BACTERIOID n. a swollen bacterium living symbiotically in the root-nodules of beans and other plants, also BACTEROID. |
| BACTERIOSIS | • bacteriosis n. (Pathology, botany) Any infection by bacteria. • BACTERIOSIS n. any bacterial plant disease. |
| BASIDIOCARP | • basidiocarp n. (Mycology) A mushroom which has basidia. • BASIDIOCARP n. the fruiting body of basidiomycetous fungi; the mushroom of agarics. |
| BIOPIRACIES | • BIOPIRACY n. the use of wild plants by international corporations to develop drugs without recompensing the countries from which they are taken. |
| CARBOLISING | • carbolising v. Present participle of carbolise. • CARBOLISE v. to treat or disinfect with phenol, also CARBOLIZE. |
| CARBONISING | • carbonising v. Present participle of carbonise. • CARBONISE v. to turn into carbon, also CARBONIZE. |
| CHORIAMBICS | • choriambics n. Plural of choriambic. • CHORIAMBIC n. a metrical foot comprising a trochee and an iambus, also CHORIAMB, CHORIAMBUS. |
| CRIBRATIONS | • cribrations n. Plural of cribration. • CRIBRATION n. sifting. |
| ISALLOBARIC | • isallobaric adj. Relating to isallobars. • ISALLOBARIC adj. of or like an isallobar. |
| MICROBIOTAS | • microbiotas n. Plural of microbiota. • MICROBIOTA n. the smallest soil organisms collectively. |
| ORBICULARIS | • orbicularis n. (Anatomy) A muscle surrounding an opening. • ORBICULARIS n. a muscle surrounding an opening. |
| SAPROBIOTIC | • saprobiotic adj. (Biology) Relating to saprobes, or to saprobiosis. • SAPROBIOTIC adj. feeding on dead or decaying plants or animals. |
| SCRIBACIOUS | • scribacious adj. Prone to excessive writing. • SCRIBACIOUS adj. (archaic) given to writing. |