| 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. |
| BASIDIOCARP | • basidiocarp n. (Mycology) A mushroom which has basidia. • BASIDIOCARP n. the fruiting body of basidiomycetous fungi; the mushroom of agarics. |
| BIMORPHEMIC | • bimorphemic adj. Consisting of, or relating to, two morphemes. • bimorphemic adj. Relating to bimorphemes. • BIMORPHEMIC adj. consisting of two morphemes. |
| BIOPIRACIES | • BIOPIRACY n. the use of wild plants by international corporations to develop drugs without recompensing the countries from which they are taken. |
| BLEPHARITIC | • blepharitic adj. Relating to blepharitis. • BLEPHARITIC adj. relating to blepharitis, inflammation of the eyelid. |
| DISCERPIBLE | • discerpible adj. Capable of being discerped. • DISCERPIBLE adj. (obsolete) that can be discerped. |
| HIEROPHOBIC | • hierophobic adj. (Rare) Averse to what is religious or sacred. • HIEROPHOBIC n. someone having a fear of sacred things. |
| PREBIBLICAL | • prebiblical adj. Before the publication of the Bible. • PREBIBLICAL adj. belonging to the period before bible records. |
| PREBIOLOGIC | • prebiologic adj. Synonym of prebiological. • PREBIOLOGIC adj. before life, also PREBIOLOGICAL. |
| PREDIABETIC | • prediabetic adj. Preceding the onset of diabetes; thus, indicating the probable future onset of diabetes. • prediabetic n. One who has prediabetes. • PREDIABETIC n. one suffering from prediabetes. |
| PRESCRIBING | • prescribing v. Present participle of prescribe. • PRESCRIBING n. the act of prescribing. |
| PROSCRIBING | • proscribing v. Present participle of proscribe. • PROSCRIBE v. to forbid, esp. by law. |
| SAPROBIOTIC | • saprobiotic adj. (Biology) Relating to saprobes, or to saprobiosis. • SAPROBIOTIC adj. feeding on dead or decaying plants or animals. |
| 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. |