| BETRIMMING | • betrimming n. (Dated) gerund of betrim: an act of adorning, decking, or embellishing. • betrimming v. Present participle of betrim. • BETRIM v. to deck with trimmings. |
| BIOMIMETIC | • biomimetic adj. Of, related to, or produced by biomimetics. • BIOMIMETIC adj. relating to biomimetics, the science of deriving useful structures and processes from the study of natural parallels. |
| BISYMMETRY | • bisymmetry n. (Mathematics) The property of being bisymmetric. • BISYMMETRY n. symmetry in two planes at right angles to each other. |
| BUMMALOTIS | • BUMMALOTI n. (Marathi) a small marine Asiatic fish used in India as a relish; aka Bombay duck, also BUMALO, BUMALOTI, BUMMALO. |
| EMBLEMATIC | • emblematic adj. Serving as, or relating to a symbol, emblem or illustration of a type. • emblematic adj. (Figurative) Typical. • EMBLEMATIC adj. of, relating to, or constituting an emblem, also EMBLEMATICAL. |
| EMBODIMENT | • embodiment n. The process of embodying. • embodiment n. (Countable) A physical entity typifying an abstract concept. • EMBODIMENT n. one that embodies something. |
| EMBOTHRIUM | • EMBOTHRIUM n. an evergreen shrub native to South America, widely cultivated as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers. |
| IMBRUEMENT | • imbruement n. The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued. • IMBRUEMENT n. the act of imbruing or state of being imbrued, also EMBRUEMENT. |
| IMBUEMENTS | • imbuements n. Plural of imbuement. • IMBUEMENT n. the act of imbuing. |
| IMMOBILITY | • immobility n. The quality of not moving. • immobility n. The state or condition of being unable to change one’s location, move or be moved. • IMMOBILITY n. the state of being immobile. |
| IMMUNOBLOT | • immunoblot n. A blot used in western blot analysis. • immunoblot v. To perform such an analysis. • IMMUNOBLOT n. a technique used in biology to transfer a pattern of proteins. |
| MARIMBISTS | • marimbists n. Plural of marimbist. • MARIMBIST n. one who plays the marimba. |
| METABOLISM | • metabolism n. (Physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. • metabolism n. (Figurative, by extension) The processes that maintain any dynamic system. • Metabolism prop.n. A post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with… |
| SUBOPTIMUM | • suboptimum adj. Suboptimal. • suboptimum n. A point or value below an optimum. • SUBOPTIMUM n. something that is less than optimal. |