| 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. |
| BIOPIRACY | • biopiracy n. (Derogatory) The appropriation of indigenous biomedical knowledge, especially by patenting naturally… • BIOPIRACY n. the use of wild plants by international corporations to develop drugs without recompensing the countries from which they are taken. |
| BIOPIRATE | • biopirate n. (Derogatory) One who engages in biopiracy. • BIOPIRATE n. one who practises biopiracy. |
| BIOPSYING | • biopsying v. Present participle of biopsy. • BIOPSY v. to examine tissue from a living body. |
| 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. |
| EPIBIOSES | • epibioses n. Plural of epibiosis. • EPIBIOSIS n. any relationship between two organisms where one grows on the other but is not parasitic. |
| EPIBIOSIS | • epibiosis n. (Biology) A relationship between two organisms, one of which lives or grows on the other, but is not parasitic on it. • EPIBIOSIS n. any relationship between two organisms where one grows on the other but is not parasitic. |
| EPIBIOTIC | • epibiotic adj. Living on the surface of another organism. • EPIBIOTIC adj. relating to epibiosis, a relationship between two organisms where one grows on the other but is not parasitic. |
| EPIBOLIES | • epibolies n. Plural of epiboly. • EPIBOLY n. the process by which one set of cells spreads over and surrounds another by dividing more rapidly, as in gastrulation. |
| EPILOBIUM | • epilobium n. Any plant of the genus Epilobium. • Epilobium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Onagraceae – principally willowherbs. • EPILOBIUM n. a genus of plants that includes willowherb. |
| IMPROBITY | • improbity n. A lack of probity, honesty or integrity. • IMPROBITY n. dishonesty. |
| PERIBOLOI | • periboloi n. Plural of peribolos. • PERIBOLOS n. (Greek) a precinct; an enclosing wall of a precinct, also PERIBOLUS. |
| PREBIOTIC | • prebiotic n. (Chiefly in the plural) A substance in food that is hard to digest and promotes the growth of beneficial… • prebiotic adj. Before the advent of life. • prebiotic adj. (Of a food) Not digestible, but beneficial. |
| PROBIOTIC | • probiotic n. (Bacteriology) A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons. • probiotic adj. (Ecology) Of, or relating to probiosis; ecologic facilitation. • probiotic adj. Describing any dietary supplement that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes. |
| PROBITIES | • probities n. Plural of probity. • PROBITY n. complete and confirmed integrity. |
| PROHIBITS | • prohibits v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prohibit. • PROHIBIT v. to forbid with authority. |
| UPBOILING | • upboiling v. Present participle of upboil. • UPBOIL v. to boil up. |