| BACTERIOPHAGES | • bacteriophages n. Plural of bacteriophage. • BACTERIOPHAGE n. a bacterium that eats other bacteria. |
| BIBLIOPHAGISTS | • bibliophagists n. Plural of bibliophagist. • BIBLIOPHAGIST n. a voracious reader. |
| BIOPROSPECTING | • bioprospecting n. (Biology) The methodical search for novel pharmaceutical (and other) products from plants and microorganisms. • BIOPROSPECTING n. the exploitation of traditional medicines. |
| CARPETBAGGINGS | • CARPETBAGGING n. the act of engaging in political chicanery. |
| GERONTOPHOBIAS | • GERONTOPHOBIA n. a fear of old age or of growing old. |
| HYPNOBIRTHINGS | • HYPNOBIRTHING n. the use of hypnotic technique during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery. |
| OBSTREPERATING | • obstreperating v. Present participle of obstreperate. • OBSTREPERATE v. (Sterne) to make an unruly noise. |
| PALAEBIOLOGIST | • PALAEBIOLOGIST n. a student of palaebiology. |
| PALEOBIOLOGIST | • paleobiologist n. A biologist whose speciality is paleobiology. • PALEOBIOLOGIST n. one who studies paleobiology. |
| PATHOBIOLOGIES | • pathobiologies n. Plural of pathobiology. • PATHOBIOLOGY n. the biology of disease. |
| PHLEBOTOMISING | • phlebotomising v. Present participle of phlebotomise. • PHLEBOTOMISE v. to perform phlebotomy on, also PHLEBOTOMIZE. |
| PHOTOBIOLOGIES | • PHOTOBIOLOGY n. the study of the effects of light on organisms. |
| PHOTOBIOLOGIST | • photobiologist n. A biologist whose speciality is photobiology. • PHOTOBIOLOGIST n. one who studies photobiology. |
| PREGNABILITIES | • pregnabilities n. Plural of pregnability. • PREGNABILITY n. the state of being pregnable. |
| SPONGIOBLASTIC | • SPONGIOBLASTIC adj. of or like a spongioblast, any of numerous columnar epithelial cells in the brain and spinal cord that develop into neuroglia. |