| BABYPROOFING | • babyproofing n. The act or process of making babyproof. • BABYPROOF v. to render e.g. a room safe for babies. |
| BIOGEOGRAPHY | • biogeography n. (Biology, geography, uncountable) The study of the geographical distribution of living things. • biogeography n. (Biology, geography, countable) The geographical distribution of a particular living thing. • BIOGEOGRAPHY n. the study of the geographical distribution of plants and animals. |
| CRYPTOBIONTS | • cryptobionts n. Plural of cryptobiont. • CRYPTOBIONT n. any organism that exhibits cryptobiosis. |
| CRYPTOBIOSES | • CRYPTOBIOSIS n. a temporary state in an organism in which metabolic activity is absent or undetectable. |
| CRYPTOBIOSIS | • cryptobiosis n. (Biology) A state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted. • CRYPTOBIOSIS n. a temporary state in an organism in which metabolic activity is absent or undetectable. |
| EBULLIOSCOPY | • ebullioscopy n. (Physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids. • EBULLIOSCOPY n. measurement by use of an ebullioscope. |
| HYDROPHOBIAS | • hydrophobias n. Plural of hydrophobia. • HYDROPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of water, as in rabies victims. |
| HYPERBOLOIDS | • hyperboloids n. Plural of hyperboloid. • HYPERBOLOID n. a solid figure in which some of the plane sections are hyperbolas. |
| HYPNOPHOBIAS | • HYPNOPHOBIA n. an irrational fear of sleep. |
| HYPSOPHOBIAS | • HYPSOPHOBIA n. a fear of falling from high places. |
| NYCTOPHOBIAS | • NYCTOPHOBIA n. an irrational fear of the night or darkness. |
| OPPOSABILITY | • opposability n. The condition or quality of being opposable (capable of being placed opposite to something else). • opposability n. The condition or quality of being opposable (capable of being resisted). • OPPOSABILITY n. the state of being opposable. |
| PALAEBIOLOGY | • PALAEBIOLOGY n. the study of fossil plants and animals, also PALAEOBIOLOGY, PALEOBIOLOGY. |
| PALEOBIOLOGY | • paleobiology n. The branch of biology or paleontology concerned with the study of fossils of plants and animals. • PALEOBIOLOGY n. a branch of paleontology concerned with the biology of fossil organisms, also PALAEBIOLOGY, PALAEOBIOLOGY. |
| PATHOBIOLOGY | • pathobiology n. (Biology) The branch of biology that deals with pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than… • pathobiology n. (Medicine) pathology (in any of its senses: study of disease, instance of disease, mechanism of disease). • pathobiology n. (Medicine) The biologic explanations of pathogenesis, to include both pathoanatomy and pathophysiology. |
| PHOTOBIOLOGY | • photobiology n. The study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes. • PHOTOBIOLOGY n. the study of the effects of light on organisms. |
| POLYRIBOSOME | • polyribosome n. (Biochemistry) A cluster of ribosomes, connected by mRNA, that collectively synthesizes protein. • POLYRIBOSOME n. a cluster of ribosomes linked together by a molecule of messenger RNA and forming the site of protein synthesis. |
| PROBATIONARY | • probationary adj. Of, pertaining to, or subject to probation. • probationary n. An employee who is still in their probationary period. • PROBATIONARY n. one who is on probation. |