| AMPHIBIOUS | • amphibious adj. Capable of functioning on land or in water. • amphibious adj. Occurring on both land and water. • AMPHIBIOUS adj. adapted for both land and water. |
| AMPHIBOLIC | • amphibolic adj. Of, pertaining to or exhibiting amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal. • amphibolic adj. (Geology) Of, resembling or containing the mineral amphibole. • AMPHIBOLIC adj. able to turn both backwards and forwards; double-jointed. |
| BAROPHILIC | • barophilic adj. Of or relating to a barophile. • barophilic adj. Thriving under high barometric pressure. • BAROPHILIC adj. of bacteria, able to tolerate or growing best in conditions of high atmospheric pressure, also BAROPHILE. |
| BASOPHILIA | • basophilia n. The condition of being basophilic. • basophilia n. (Hematology) A condition where the quantity of basophils (basophil granulocytes) is abnormally elevated. • BASOPHILIA n. of white blood cells, the state of having an affinity for stains. |
| BASOPHILIC | • basophilic adj. Easily stained with basic dyes, such as haematoxylin. • BASOPHILIC adj. of white blood cells, having an affinity for stains, also BASOPHIL, BASOPHILE. |
| BIBLIOPHIL | • bibliophil n. Dated form of bibliophile. • BIBLIOPHIL n. a lover of books, also BIBLIOPHILE. |
| BIOGRAPHIC | • biographic adj. Biographical. • BIOGRAPHIC adj. relating to biography, also BIOGRAPHICAL. |
| BIOMORPHIC | • biomorphic adj. Having the appearance of a biomorph; representing a living organism rather than an artistic or pragmatic ideal. • BIOMORPHIC adj. of or like a biomorph, a representation of a living thing as decoration. |
| BIOPHILIAS | • BIOPHILIA n. innate love for the natural world, supposed to be felt by all mankind. |
| BIOPHYSICS | • biophysics n. The interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology. • BIOPHYSICS n. the science of the application of the laws of physics to biological phenomena. |
| BIOSPHERIC | • biospheric adj. Of or relating to the biosphere or to biospherics. • BIOSPHERIC adj. relating to the biosphere, the plant and animal life on the earth. |
| BISHOPBIRD | • BISHOPBIRD n. a genus of African weaverbird, the males of which have black plumage marked with red or yellow. |
| BISHOPRICS | • bishoprics n. Plural of bishopric. • BISHOPRIC n. the diocese or jurisdiction of a bishop; the rank or office of a bishop. |
| PHYCOBILIN | • phycobilin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a group of bilins (pigments derived from porphyrins) found in some photosynthetic… • PHYCOBILIN n. any of a class of red or blue-green pigments found in the red algae and cyanobacteria. |
| PROHIBITED | • prohibited adj. Forbidden; unallowed. • prohibited v. Simple past tense and past participle of prohibit. • PROHIBIT v. to forbid with authority. |
| PROHIBITER | • prohibiter n. One who prohibits or forbids. • PROHIBITER n. one who prohibits, also PROHIBITOR. |
| PROHIBITOR | • prohibitor n. One who prohibits. • PROHIBITOR n. one who prohibits, also PROHIBITER. |
| SITOPHOBIA | • sitophobia n. (Pathology) A morbid or insane dread of eating. An aversion to food. • SITOPHOBIA n. a morbid aversion to food, also SITIOPHOBIA. |
| TOXIPHOBIA | • toxiphobia n. Alternative form of toxicophobia. • TOXIPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of poisoning, also TOXICOPHOBIA. |