| ABIOGENIC | • abiogenic adj. Not produced or derived by means of living organisms or their processes. • ABIOGENIC adj. relating to abiogenesis, the origination of life by nonliving matter, also ABIOGENETIC. |
| BIJECTION | • bijection n. (Set theory) A one-to-one correspondence, a function which is both a surjection and an injection. • BIJECTION n. in maths, a kind of mapping function. |
| BILECTION | • bilection n. Alternative form of bolection. • BILECTION n. a moulding around a panel, projecting beyond the surface of the framing, also BALECTION, BOLECTION. |
| BIOACTIVE | • bioactive adj. Biologically active; having a biological effect. • bioactive n. Such a material. • BIOACTIVE adj. having an effect on a living organism. |
| BIOCHEMIC | • BIOCHEMIC adj. relating to the chemistry of living things, also BIOCHEMICAL. |
| BIOETHICS | • bioethics n. (Ethics) The branch of ethics that studies the implications of biological and biomedical advances. • BIOETHICS n. the study of ethical problems in biology. |
| BIOMETRIC | • biometric adj. Of, pertaining to or using biometrics. • biometric adj. Of or pertaining to biometry. • BIOMETRIC adj. relating to biometry, the statistical analysis of biological observations and phenomena, also BIOMETRICAL. |
| BISECTION | • bisection n. A division into two parts, especially into two equal parts. • bisection n. (Computing) The act of bisecting. • BISECTION n. the act of bisecting. |
| CENOBITIC | • cenobitic adj. Of or pertaining to a cenobite. • CENOBITIC adj. of or like a cenobite, also CENOBITICAL, COENOBITIC. |
| CICISBEOS | • cicisbeos n. Plural of cicisbeo. • CICISBEO n. (Italian) a lover of a married woman. |
| COHIBITED | • cohibited v. Simple past tense and past participle of cohibit. • COHIBIT v. to restrain. |
| EBIONITIC | • Ebionitic adj. Relating to the Ebionites. • EBIONITIC adj. relating to ebionism, an early Christian sect which honoured Mosaic law. |
| EPIBIOTIC | • epibiotic adj. Living on the surface of another organism. • EPIBIOTIC adj. relating to epibiosis, a relationship between two organisms where one grows on the other but is not parasitic. |
| INDOCIBLE | • indocible adj. Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable. • INDOCIBLE adj. incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed. |
| LIBECCHIO | • libecchio n. A southwest wind. • LIBECCHIO n. (Milton) a strong westerly (or southwesterly) wind that blows on to Corsica's western coast, also LIBECCIO. |
| LIBECCIOS | • libeccios n. Plural of libeccio. • LIBECCIO n. (Italian) a strong westerly (or southwesterly) wind that blows on to Corsica's western coast, also LIBECCHIO. |
| PREBIOTIC | • prebiotic n. (Chiefly in the plural) A substance in food that is hard to digest and promotes the growth of beneficial… • prebiotic adj. Before the advent of life. • prebiotic adj. (Of a food) Not digestible, but beneficial. |