| BILLIONTH | • billionth adj. The ordinal form of the number one billion. • billionth n. The person or thing in the billionth position. • billionth n. One of a billion equal parts of a whole. |
| BIOCHEMIC | • BIOCHEMIC adj. relating to the chemistry of living things, also BIOCHEMICAL. |
| BIOETHICS | • bioethics n. (Ethics) The branch of ethics that studies the implications of biological and biomedical advances. • BIOETHICS n. the study of ethical problems in biology. |
| BIOPHILIA | • biophilia n. (Obsolete, rare) Hypochondria. • biophilia n. (Psychology) The biological drive to preserve oneself; love of life. • biophilia n. The love of or empathy with nature and all living things. |
| BISHOPING | • bishoping v. Present participle of bishop. • BISHOP v. to fill, or otherwise tamper with, the teeth of a horse, to make it seem younger. |
| BISHOPRIC | • bishopric n. A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs. • bishopric n. The office or function of a bishop. • BISHOPRIC n. the diocese or jurisdiction of a bishop; the rank or office of a bishop. |
| CHORIAMBI | • choriambi n. Plural of choriambus. • CHORIAMBUS n. a metrical foot comprising a trochee and an iambus, also CHORIAMB, CHORIAMBIC. |
| COHIBITED | • cohibited v. Simple past tense and past participle of cohibit. • COHIBIT v. to restrain. |
| EXHIBITOR | • exhibitor n. Someone who exhibits something. • exhibitor n. Someone who organizes an exhibition. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • EXHIBITOR n. one who exhibits, also EXHIBITER. |
| INHABITOR | • inhabitor n. One who inhabits. • INHABITOR n. one who inhabits, also INHABITER. |
| INHIBITOR | • inhibitor n. One who or that which inhibits. • inhibitor n. (Chemistry) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction. • inhibitor n. (Biology) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific biological process. |
| ISOBATHIC | • isobathic adj. Of the same depth. • isobathic adj. Of or relating to an isobath. • ISOBATHIC adj. relating to isobaths, contour lines connecting points of equal underwater depth. |
| KIBOSHING | • kiboshing v. Present participle of kibosh. • KIBOSH v. to put a stop to, ruin the chances of, also KYBOSH. |
| LIBECCHIO | • libecchio n. A southwest wind. • LIBECCHIO n. (Milton) a strong westerly (or southwesterly) wind that blows on to Corsica's western coast, also LIBECCIO. |
| PROHIBITS | • prohibits v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prohibit. • PROHIBIT v. to forbid with authority. |
| 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… |
| YOHIMBINE | • yohimbine n. (Organic chemistry, pharmacology) A toxic crystalline compound obtained from the bark of the yohimbe… • YOHIMBINE n. (Bantu) an alkaloid obtained from the bark of a West African tree. |