| ASTROBIOLOGY | • astrobiology n. (Sciences) The study of life anywhere in the universe, including the Earth. • ASTROBIOLOGY n. exobiology. |
| AUTOMOBILING | • automobiling v. Present participle of automobile. • AUTOMOBILE v. to travel by car. |
| BACTERIOLOGY | • bacteriology n. (Biology, microbiology) The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture. • BACTERIOLOGY n. the scientific study of bacteria. |
| BALNEOLOGIST | • balneologist n. Balneotherapist. • BALNEOLOGIST n. a student of balneology. |
| BATTOLOGICAL | • battological adj. Exhibiting or relating to battology. • BATTOLOGICAL adj. pertaining to battology, unnecessarily repetitive writing or speaking. |
| CONGLOBATING | • conglobating v. Present participle of conglobate. • CONGLOBATE v. to gather in a globe. |
| CONGLOBATION | • conglobation n. Formation into a ball, globe or rounded mass. • CONGLOBATION n. the act of conglobating. |
| GARBOLOGISTS | • garbologists n. Plural of garbologist. • GARBOLOGIST n. a person who studies a society's waste materials. |
| GEOBOTANICAL | • geobotanical adj. Relating to geobotany. • GEOBOTANICAL adj. relating to geobotany, the geographical study of plant distribution, also GEOBOTANIC. |
| GLIOBLASTOMA | • glioblastoma n. A fast-growing, malignant tumor of the brain. • GLIOBLASTOMA n. a malignant tumour of the central nervous system. |
| GONIMOBLASTS | • gonimoblasts n. Plural of gonimoblast. • GONIMOBLAST n. in the red seaweeds, a spore-bearing filament that springs from the fertilized carpogonium. |
| HAPTOGLOBINS | • haptoglobins n. Plural of haptoglobin. • HAPTOGLOBIN n. a protein that combines with free haemoglobin in the blood and prevents its filtration through the kidney. |
| OBLIGATIONAL | • obligational adj. Pertaining to, or in the nature of, obligation. • OBLIGATIONAL adj. relating to an obligation. |
| OBLIGATORILY | • obligatorily adv. In an obligatory manner. • OBLIGATORY adv. binding in law or conscience. |
| PATHOBIOLOGY | • pathobiology n. (Biology) The branch of biology that deals with pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than… • pathobiology n. (Medicine) pathology (in any of its senses: study of disease, instance of disease, mechanism of disease). • pathobiology n. (Medicine) The biologic explanations of pathogenesis, to include both pathoanatomy and pathophysiology. |
| SPONGIOBLAST | • spongioblast n. (Cytology) A neuroepithelial cell that develops into neuroglial and ependymal cells. • SPONGIOBLAST n. any of numerous columnar epithelial cells in the brain and spinal cord that develop into neuroglia. |
| TRIBOLOGICAL | • tribological adj. Of or pertaining to tribology. • TRIBOLOGICAL adj. relating to tribology. |
| URBANOLOGIST | • urbanologist n. A sociologist who studies the problems of living in cities and towns. • URBANOLOGIST n. one who studies towns. |