| BIBLIOMANCY | • bibliomancy n. Divination by interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book, especially from the Bible. • BIBLIOMANCY n. divination by interpreting a passage picked at random from a book, esp. from a religious book such as the Bible. |
| BIOCENTRISM | • biocentrism n. An ethical viewpoint that extends inherent value to all non-human life, regardless of its sentience. • biocentrism n. A cosmological theory viewing life and biology as central to being, reality, and the cosmos such that… |
| BIODYNAMICS | • biodynamics n. (Agriculture) Biodynamic agricultural practices similar to organic farming. • biodynamics n. (Biology, dated) The doctrine of vital forces or energy. • BIODYNAMICS n. the study of the activities of living organisms. |
| BIOMEDICINE | • biomedicine n. The application of biology and physiology to clinical medicine. • biomedicine n. The branch of medicine that studies the effects of environmental stress on organisms (most often in space travel). • biomedicine n. (Countable) A medicine created with the use of living organisms. |
| COENOBITISM | • coenobitism n. Alternative form of cenobitism. • cœnobitism n. Obsolete spelling of cenobitism. • COENOBITISM n. the state of being a coenobite. |
| COMBINATION | • combination n. The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining. • combination n. An object formed by combining. • combination n. A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock. |
| COMBINATIVE | • combinative adj. Of, pertaining to, or resulting from combination. • combinative adj. Serving, tending, or able to combine. • COMBINATIVE adj. tending or able to combine. |
| CUMULONIMBI | • cumulonimbi n. Plural of cumulonimbus. • cumulo-nimbi n. Plural of cumulo-nimbus. • CUMULONIMBUS n. a type of cloud. |
| IMBRICATION | • imbrication n. A set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish. • imbrication n. (Medicine) Overlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or correctional surgery. • imbrication n. (Geology) A sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap. |
| MISBECOMING | • misbecoming v. Present participle of misbecome. • misbecoming adj. Unbecoming; unbefitting. • MISBECOME v. (archaic) to be unbecoming to. |
| MOCKINGBIRD | • mockingbird n. A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds. • mockingbird n. (Archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic… • mocking␣bird n. Alternative form of mockingbird. |
| OUTCLIMBING | • outclimbing v. Present participle of outclimb. • OUTCLIMB v. to surpass in climbing. |
| RECOMBINING | • recombining v. Present participle of recombine. • recombining n. (Genetics) The exchanging of genetic material. • recombining adj. (Genetics) That undergoes recombination. |
| UNCOMBINING | • uncombining v. Present participle of uncombine. • UNCOMBINE v. (Dickens) to separate. |