| ABIOTROPHIC | • abiotrophic adj. (Medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ… • ABIOTROPHIC adj. relating to abiotrophy, bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| AMPHIBIOTIC | • amphibiotic adj. Describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults. • AMPHIBIOTIC adj. having an aquatic larval form and a terrestrial adult form, as amphibians. |
| BASIDIOCARP | • basidiocarp n. (Mycology) A mushroom which has basidia. • BASIDIOCARP n. the fruiting body of basidiomycetous fungi; the mushroom of agarics. |
| BIBLIOPEGIC | • bibliopegic adj. Of or pertaining to bookbinding. • BIBLIOPEGIC adj. relating to bibliopegy, the art of binding books. |
| BIBLIOPOLIC | • bibliopolic adj. Of or relating to bookselling. • BIBLIOPOLIC adj. relating to a bibliopole, a dealer esp. in rare books, also BIBLIOPOLICAL. |
| BIMORPHEMIC | • bimorphemic adj. Consisting of, or relating to, two morphemes. • bimorphemic adj. Relating to bimorphemes. • BIMORPHEMIC adj. consisting of two morphemes. |
| BIOPHYSICAL | • biophysical adj. Of or pertaining to a combination of biology and physics. • biophysical adj. Of or pertaining to biophysics. • BIOPHYSICAL adj. relating to biophysics. |
| BIOPIRACIES | • BIOPIRACY n. the use of wild plants by international corporations to develop drugs without recompensing the countries from which they are taken. |
| BIOPLASTICS | • bioplastics n. Plural of bioplastic. • BIOPLASTIC n. a plastic that is made from organic matter rather than oil. |
| HELIOPHOBIC | • heliophobic adj. Averse to sunlight. • HELIOPHOBIC adj. afflicted with a morbid fear of the sun. |
| HIEROPHOBIC | • hierophobic adj. (Rare) Averse to what is religious or sacred. • HIEROPHOBIC n. someone having a fear of sacred things. |
| PHYCOBILINS | • phycobilins n. Plural of phycobilin. • PHYCOBILIN n. any of a class of red or blue-green pigments found in the red algae and cyanobacteria. |
| PREBIOLOGIC | • prebiologic adj. Synonym of prebiological. • PREBIOLOGIC adj. before life, also PREBIOLOGICAL. |
| PROSCRIBING | • proscribing v. Present participle of proscribe. • PROSCRIBE v. to forbid, esp. by law. |
| PSILOCYBINS | • psilocybins n. Plural of psilocybin. • PSILOCYBIN n. a hallucinogenic drug, obtained from the Mexican mushroom Psilocybe mexicana and other mushrooms. |
| PUBLICATION | • publication n. The act of publishing printed or other matter. • publication n. An issue of printed or other matter, offered for sale or distribution. • publication n. The communication of information to the general public etc. |
| SAPROBIOTIC | • saprobiotic adj. (Biology) Relating to saprobes, or to saprobiosis. • SAPROBIOTIC adj. feeding on dead or decaying plants or animals. |
| TOXIPHOBIAC | • TOXIPHOBIAC n. one who suffers from toxiphobia, fear of poison or being poisoned. |
| TROPICBIRDS | • tropicbirds n. Plural of tropicbird. • TROPICBIRD n. any aquatic bird of the tropical family Phaethontidae, having long slender tail feathers and a white plumage with black markings. |