| BANDICOOT | • bandicoot n. A small Australian marsupial with a distinctive long snout, of the family Peramelidae (with the exception… • bandicoot n. Any of several rat-like rodents of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of southeast Asia. • bandicoot v. (Australia, informal) To steal growing vegetables from a garden. |
| BIOCENOSE | • BIOCENOSE adj. living together in mutual dependence. |
| BIONOMICS | • bionomics n. The study of an organism and its relation to its environment; ecology. • BIONOMICS n. the study of organisms interacting in their environments. |
| BOCONCINI | • boconcini n. Alternative spelling of bocconcini. • BOCONCINI n. (Italian) small pieces of mozzarella cheese, also BOCCONCINI. |
| BOLECTION | • bolection n. (Architecture) A moulding that covers a joint, especially between joints between surfaces on different levels. • BOLECTION n. a moulding around a panel, projecting beyond the surface of the framing, also BALECTION, BILECTION. |
| BROOCHING | • brooching v. Present participle of brooch. • BROOCH v. to adorn with a brooch. |
| COENOBITE | • coenobite n. Alternative spelling of cenobite. • cœnobite n. Obsolete spelling of cenobite. • COENOBITE n. a monk who lives in a community, also CENOBITE. |
| COENOBIUM | • coenobium n. (Biology) An arranged colony of algae that acts as a single organism; coenobe. • coenobium n. Alternative spelling of cenobium (“monastic community”). • cœnobium n. Obsolete spelling of cenobium. |
| COWBOYING | • cowboying v. Present participle of cowboy. • COWBOYING n. working as a cowboy. |
| MONOBASIC | • monobasic adj. (Chemistry, of an acid) Containing one replaceable hydrogen atom. • monobasic adj. (Chemistry, of a salt) Having one atom of a univalent metal. • monobasic adj. (Zoology) Having only one subordinate taxon; monotypic. |
| MYCOBIONT | • mycobiont n. (Lichenology) The fungus that is a component of a lichen. • MYCOBIONT n. the fungal constituent of a lichen. |
| NEOPHOBIC | • neophobic n. (Psychology) A person or animal that fears or dislikes new or novel experiences or food. • neophobic adj. Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new. • NEOPHOBIC adj. hating novelty. |
| OBCONICAL | • obconical adj. (Botany) of a fruit: conical in shape and attached to the stalk by the pointed end. • obconical adj. Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical. • OBCONICAL adj. conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical, also OBCONIC. |
| OBJECTION | • objection n. The act of objecting. • objection n. A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed… • objection n. (Law) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules… |