| ABIOTROPHIES | • abiotrophies n. Plural of abiotrophy. • ABIOTROPHY n. bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| ABORTIONISTS | • abortionists n. Plural of abortionist. • ABORTIONIST n. one who induces abortions. |
| ANAEROBIOSIS | • anaerobiosis n. (Biology) Any form of life that is sustained in the absence of air (or oxygen). • ANAEROBIOSIS n. life in the absence of air or free oxygen. |
| ARBORISATION | • ARBORISATION n. an arborescence, also ARBORIZATION. |
| BASIDIOSPORE | • basidiospore n. (Biology) A sexually reproductive spore produced by fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota. • BASIDIOSPORE n. a spore produced by a basidium. |
| BIOAERATIONS | • BIOAERATION n. the oxidative treatment of raw sewage by aeration. |
| BOROSILICATE | • borosilicate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any of various minerals whose structure is formally that of a dual salt of boric… • BOROSILICATE n. a salt of boric and silicic acids, used in making heat- and chemical-resistant glass. |
| BROMINATIONS | • brominations n. Plural of bromination. • BROMINATION n. the substitution by bromine in or the addition of bromine to organic compounds. |
| HIEROPHOBIAS | • HIEROPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of sacred things. |
| IMPROBATIONS | • improbations n. Plural of improbation. • IMPROBATION n. in Scots law, an action for the purpose of declaring some instrument false or forged. |
| MACROBIOTICS | • macrobiotics n. The art of prolonging life. • MACROBIOTICS n. the art or science of prolonging life; a cult partly concerned with diet, foods regarded as pure being vegetable substances grown and prepared without chemicals or processing. |
| PROBOSCIDIAN | • proboscidian adj. Alternative spelling of proboscidean. • proboscidian n. Alternative spelling of proboscidean. • PROBOSCIDIAN n. any of an order of large mammals comprising the elephants and extinct related forms, also PROBOSCIDEAN. |
| ROBOTISATION | • robotisation n. Alternative spelling of robotization. • ROBOTISATION n. the act of causing a job to be done by robots, also ROBOTIZATION. |
| STROBILATION | • strobilation n. (Biology) A form of asexual reproduction by division into body segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfish. • STROBILATION n. production or reproduction by strobilae, as in jellyfish. |