| ABORTIFACIENT | • abortifacient adj. (Pharmacology) Producing miscarriage. • abortifacient n. (Pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion. • ABORTIFACIENT n. a drug used to induce an abortion. |
| ACINETOBACTER | • acinetobacter n. Any bacterium of the genus Acinetobacter. • Acinetobacter prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Moraxellaceae – aerobic, Gram-negative, non-motile bacteria which… • ACINETOBACTER n. a kind of bacteria, instrumental in causing respiratory disease. |
| BACHELORETTES | • bachelorettes n. Plural of bachelorette. • BACHELORETTE n. an unmarried woman. |
| BACTERIOLYTIC | • bacteriolytic adj. Of, relating to, or causing bacteriolysis. • bacteriolytic adj. Antibiotic. • BACTERIOLYTIC adj. relating to bacteriolysis. |
| BACTERIOSTATS | • bacteriostats n. Plural of bacteriostat. • BACTERIOSTAT n. an agent that causes bacteriostasis. |
| BACTERIOTOXIN | • bacteriotoxin n. Any toxin produced by a bacterium. • bacteriotoxin n. Any material that is toxic to bacteria. • BACTERIOTOXIN n. a toxin of bacterial origin. |
| BACTERISATION | • BACTERISATION n. treatment with bacteria, also BACTERIZATION. |
| BACTERIZATION | • bacterization n. The act or process of bacterizing. • BACTERIZATION n. treatment with bacteria, also BACTERISATION. |
| BETACAROTENES | • BETACAROTENE n. a nutrient found in yellow and orange fruits and vegetables. |
| CONSTRUCTABLE | • constructable adj. Alternative form of constructible. • CONSTRUCTABLE adj. capable of being constructed, also CONSTRUCTIBLE. |
| CONTRIBUTABLE | • contributable adj. Capable of being contributed. • CONTRIBUTABLE adj. able to be contributed. |
| COUNTERBLASTS | • counterblasts n. Plural of counterblast. • COUNTERBLAST n. a defiant pronouncement or denunciation. |
| CRISTOBALITES | • cristobalites n. Plural of cristobalite. • CRISTOBALITE n. a variety of silica. |
| HETEROBLASTIC | • heteroblastic adj. (Biology) Developing from more than a single type of tissue. • heteroblastic adj. (Botany) Growing several forms or type of leaves along a shoot depending on age or shoot length. • HETEROBLASTIC adj. derived from different kinds of cells; showing indirect development. |
| NITROBACTERIA | • nitrobacteria n. Plural of nitrobacterium. • NITROBACTERIUM n. a bacterium that convert ammonium compounds into nitrites, and esp. those that convert nitrites into nitrates. |
| OBSTETRICALLY | • obstetrically adv. (Medicine) In terms of obstetrics. • OBSTETRICAL adv. relating to the care of women during pregnancy, also OBSTETRIC. |
| OBSTETRICIANS | • obstetricians n. Plural of obstetrician. • OBSTETRICIAN n. one who specialises in the care of women during pregnancy. |
| SUBCONTRACTED | • subcontracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of subcontract. • SUBCONTRACT v. to enter into a subcontract. |
| TUBERCULATION | • tuberculation n. The formation of tubercules. • TUBERCULATION n. the formation of tubercles. |
| TUBERCULOMATA | • tuberculomata n. Plural of tuberculoma. • TUBERCULOMA n. a slow-growing, circumscribed tuberculous lesion. |