| 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. |
| EXPROBRATORY | • exprobratory adj. Expressing, or relating to, exprobration. • EXPROBRATORY adj. expressing reproach, also EXPROBRATIVE. |
| 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. |
| PALAEOBOTANY | • palaeobotany n. Alternative spelling of paleobotany. • palæobotany n. Obsolete spelling of palaeobotany. • PALAEOBOTANY n. the study of fossil plants, also PALEOBOTANY. |
| 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. |
| PHOTOLYSABLE | • photolysable adj. Capable of photolysis. • PHOTOLYSABLE adj. capable of being photolysed, also PHOTOLYZABLE. |
| PHOTOLYZABLE | • photolyzable adj. Alternative form of photolysable. • PHOTOLYZABLE adj. capable of being photolyzed, also PHOTOLYSABLE. |
| PHYTOBENTHOS | • phytobenthos n. (Biology) benthic organisms that are plants or algae. • PHYTOBENTHOS n. plants living at the bottom of water collectively. |
| POLYSORBATES | • polysorbates n. Plural of polysorbate. • POLYSORBATE n. an emulsifier. |
| 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. |
| WOODBURYTYPE | • Woodburytype n. (Uncountable) A photomechanical printing process in which a relief pattern in gelatin is hardened and… • Woodburytype n. (Countable) A print of this kind. • WOODBURYTYPE n. (tradename) a photomechanical process in which an exposed and developed bichromated film is forced into a metal plate by great pressure, and so forms a matrix for subsequent printing. |