| BILHARZIA | • bilharzia n. (Pathology) The parasitic disease schistosomiasis. • BILHARZIA n. a disease caused by infestation of the body with blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma, aka schistosomiasis, also BILHARZIASIS, BILHARZIOSIS. |
| BIOHAZARD | • biohazard n. A biological hazard; a source of risk due to some biological factor such as bacteria or human waste. • BIOHAZARD n. a danger of disease or pollution from living organisms. |
| BIZCACHAS | • bizcachas n. Plural of bizcacha. • BIZCACHA n. a South American rodent, also BISCACHA. |
| BUZKASHIS | • BUZKASHI n. (Persian) a game played in Afghanistan by teams of horsemen contesting for possession of a goat's carcass. |
| CHABAZITE | • chabazite n. (Mineralogy) Any of several zeolite minerals that occur in basaltic rocks. • CHABAZITE n. a colourless, pink, or yellow zeolite which usually occurs as rhombohedral crystals. |
| HEBRAIZED | • Hebraized v. Simple past tense and past participle of Hebraize. • HEBRAIZE v. to make Hebrew, also HEBRAISE. |
| HEBRAIZES | • Hebraizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of Hebraize. • HEBRAIZE v. to make Hebrew, also HEBRAISE. |
| HERBORIZE | • herborize v. (Intransitive, botany) To seek and classify new or previously known plant species. • herborize v. (Transitive) To form plant-like figures in (Minerals, etc.). • HERBORIZE v. to search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them, also HERBORISE. |
| HIBERNIZE | • Hibernize v. (Transitive) To make Irish. • HIBERNIZE v. to render Irish, also HIBERNICISE, HIBERNICIZE, HIBERNISE. |
| HYBRIDIZE | • hybridize v. To form a mixture of any kind. • hybridize v. (Transitive) To cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids. • hybridize v. (Intransitive) To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed. |
| RHIZOBIAL | • rhizobial adj. Of or pertaining to rhizobia. • RHIZOBIAL adj. relating to a rhizobium, a bacterium important in nitrogen fixation in leguminous plants. |
| RHIZOBIUM | • rhizobium n. (Biology) Any of various bacteria, of the genus Rhizobium, that form nodules on the roots of legumes and fix nitrogen. • rhizobium n. (Biology, by extension) Any diazotrophic bacterium that can fix nitrogen and form root nodules in legumes. • Rhizobium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhizobiaceae – soil bacteria that fix nitrogen in association with… |
| SHOWBIZZY | • showbizzy adj. (Informal) Of or pertaining to showbiz; glitzy, glamorous (possibly implying a lack of intellectual depth). • SHOWBIZZY adj. of or like showbiz, show business. |
| WHIZBANGS | • whizbangs n. Plural of whizbang. • whiz-bangs n. Plural of whiz-bang. • WHIZBANG n. a light shell of high velocity which is heard arriving before the gun's report; a firework resembling this, also WHIZZBANG. |
| WHIZZBANG | • whizzbang n. Alternative form of whizbang. • whizz-bang n. (Britain, military slang, historical) A small calibre shell from World War I. • WHIZZBANG n. a light shell of high velocity which is heard arriving before the gun's report; a firework resembling this, also WHIZBANG. |
| ZEBRAFISH | • zebrafish n. A small striped fish, Danio rerio, originally from India but now common as an aquarium fish and as a… • zebrafish n. A member of certain species of Percina (logperch). • zebrafish n. Certain venomous lionfish, of genus Pterois. |
| ZOOPHOBIA | • zoophobia n. An unusual fear of animals. • zoöphobia n. Alternative spelling of zoophobia. • ZOOPHOBIA n. fear of animals. |