| BASIDIOCARP | • basidiocarp n. (Mycology) A mushroom which has basidia. • BASIDIOCARP n. the fruiting body of basidiomycetous fungi; the mushroom of agarics. |
| BICUSPIDATE | • bicuspidate adj. Having two points or prominences (As teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.); bicuspid. • BICUSPIDATE adj. having two cusps. • BICUSPIDATE n. a tooth having two cusps, also BICUSPID. |
| 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. |
| DISCERPIBLE | • discerpible adj. Capable of being discerped. • DISCERPIBLE adj. (obsolete) that can be discerped. |
| 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. |
| PLEBISCITES | • plebiscites n. Plural of plebiscite. • PLEBISCITE n. a direct vote of the whole nation or of the people of a district on a special point. |
| 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. |
| PSILOCYBINS | • psilocybins n. Plural of psilocybin. • PSILOCYBIN n. a hallucinogenic drug, obtained from the Mexican mushroom Psilocybe mexicana and other mushrooms. |
| PUBLICISING | • publicising v. Present participle of publicise. • PUBLICISE v. to make public, also PUBLICIZE. |
| PUBLICITIES | • publicities n. Plural of publicity. • PUBLICITY n. the process of making something known to the general public. |
| SAPROBIOTIC | • saprobiotic adj. (Biology) Relating to saprobes, or to saprobiosis. • SAPROBIOTIC adj. feeding on dead or decaying plants or animals. |
| SPECIFIABLE | • specifiable adj. Able to be specified. • SPECIFIABLE adj. that can be specified. |
| SUBSPECIFIC | • subspecific adj. (Taxonomy) pertaining to a subspecies. (See Usage notes.) • subspecific adj. (Taxonomy) infraspecific. (See Usage notes.) • SUBSPECIFIC adj. relating to a subspecies. |
| 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. |