| AMPHIBOLOGICAL | • amphibological adj. (Rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling. • amphibological adj. (Linguistics) Grammatically ambiguous. • AMPHIBOLOGICAL adj. related to amphibology. |
| AUTOBIOGRAPHIC | • autobiographic adj. Of or relating to a person’s life or an account of a person’s life, as told by the subject. • AUTOBIOGRAPHIC adj. relating to autobiography. |
| BACTERIOPHAGES | • bacteriophages n. Plural of bacteriophage. • BACTERIOPHAGE n. a bacterium that eats other bacteria. |
| BACTERIOPHAGIC | • bacteriophagic adj. Of or pertaining to a bacteriophage. • BACTERIOPHAGIC adj. of or like a bacteriophage, a bacterium that eats other bacteria, also BACTERIOPHAGOUS. |
| BATHYGRAPHICAL | • bathygraphical adj. Relating to bathygraphy. • BATHYGRAPHICAL adj. of maps, representing the contours of the seabed, also BATHYGRAPHIC. |
| BIOGRAPHICALLY | • biographically adv. In the form of a biography. • BIOGRAPHICAL adv. relating to biography, also BIOGRAPHIC. |
| BIOPROSPECTING | • bioprospecting n. (Biology) The methodical search for novel pharmaceutical (and other) products from plants and microorganisms. • BIOPROSPECTING n. the exploitation of traditional medicines. |
| BRACHYGRAPHIES | • brachygraphies n. Plural of brachygraphy. • BRACHYGRAPHY n. certain old systems of shorthand. |
| CARPETBAGGINGS | • CARPETBAGGING n. the act of engaging in political chicanery. |
| MICROBAROGRAPH | • microbarograph n. An instrument for recording minor fluctuations of atmospheric pressure, as opposed to general barometric surges. • MICROBAROGRAPH n. an instrument for recording minute changes in atmospheric pressure. |
| PALAEOBIOLOGIC | • palaeobiologic adj. Of or pertaining to palaeobiology. • PALAEOBIOLOGIC adj. related to palaeobiology. |
| PREFABRICATING | • prefabricating v. Present participle of prefabricate. • PREFABRICATE v. to make standardized parts of beforehand, for assembling later. |
| PSYCHOBABBLING | • psychobabbling v. Present participle of psychobabble. • psychobabbling adj. That makes use of psychobabble. • PSYCHOBABBLE v. to use language laden with jargon from psychotherapy or psychiatry used without much concern for accuracy. |
| PSYCHOBIOLOGIC | • psychobiologic adj. Synonym of psychobiological. • PSYCHOBIOLOGIC adj. relating to psychobiology. |
| SPONGIOBLASTIC | • SPONGIOBLASTIC adj. of or like a spongioblast, any of numerous columnar epithelial cells in the brain and spinal cord that develop into neuroglia. |