| ABORTICIDE | • aborticide n. The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide. • aborticide n. An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient. • ABORTICIDE n. the killing of a fetus; abortion. |
| AEROBICIST | • AEROBICIST n. one who practises aerobics. |
| AEROBIOTIC | • aerobiotic adj. Of or pertaining to aerobiosis. • AEROBIOTIC adj. related to, or of the nature of, aerobes; as, aerobiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen. |
| BACTERIOID | • bacterioid adj. (Rare) Resembling a bacterium. • BACTERIOID n. a swollen bacterium living symbiotically in the root-nodules of beans and other plants, also BACTEROID. |
| BIOCENTRIC | • biocentric adj. Supporting or pertaining to biocentrism. |
| BIOMETRICS | • biometrics n. The automated measurement of biological data. • biometrics n. The automated recognition of individuals based on their behavioural and biological characteristics. • BIOMETRICS n. the study of biological measurement. |
| BRONCHITIC | • bronchitic adj. Of or pertaining to bronchitis. • bronchitic n. A person who has bronchitis. • BRONCHITIC adj. of or pertaining to bronchitis. |
| BRONCHITIS | • bronchitis n. (Uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial… • bronchitis n. (Countable) An occurrence of, a case (patient) of, or a type of bronchitis. • BRONCHITIS n. inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any part of them. |
| CRIBRATION | • cribration n. The separation of the finer parts of drugs from the coarser parts by sifting. • CRIBRATION n. sifting. |
| FIBREOPTIC | • fibreoptic adj. Alternative spelling of fibre optic. • fibre-optic adj. Alternative spelling of fibre optic. • fibre␣optic adj. Of, or relating to fibre optics, or to optical fibre. |
| GABBROITIC | • GABBROITIC adj. of or like gabbro, also GABBROIC, GABBROID. |
| MICROBIOTA | • microbiota n. The microbial community that inhabits a multi-cellular organism, whether the entire organism or a specific… • Microbiota prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – an evergreen shrub from eastern Russia. • MICROBIOTA n. the smallest soil organisms collectively. |
| PARABIOTIC | • parabiotic adj. Relating to parabiosis. • PARABIOTIC adj. relating to parabiosis. |
| PREBIOTICS | • prebiotics n. Plural of prebiotic. • PREBIOTIC n. a natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut. |
| PROBIOTICS | • probiotics n. Plural of probiotic. • PROBIOTIC n. a harmless bacterium that helps to protect the body from harmful bacteria. |
| ROBOTICIST | • roboticist n. One who conceptualizes, designs, builds, programs, and experiments with robots. |
| TRILOBITIC | • trilobitic adj. Of, pertaining to or containing, trilobites. • TRILOBITIC adj. of, pertaining to or containing, trilobites; as, trilobitic rocks. |
| TROPICBIRD | • tropicbird n. Any of the various seabirds of the family Phaethontidae, typically found in the open ocean in the tropics. • TROPICBIRD n. any aquatic bird of the tropical family Phaethontidae, having long slender tail feathers and a white plumage with black markings. |