| BIOACOUSTICS | • bioacoustics n. A cross-disciplinary science that combines biology and acoustics, investigating for instance the mechanisms… • BIOACOUSTICS n. a branch of science concerned with the production of sound by and its effects on living organisms. |
| BIOECOLOGIES | • bioecologies n. Plural of bioecology. • BIOECOLOGY n. the study of interaction of life in the environment. |
| BIOECOLOGIST | • bioecologist n. One who studies bioecology. • BIOECOLOGIST n. a specialist in bioecology. |
| BISOCIATIONS | • bisociations n. Plural of bisociation. • BISOCIATION n. the association of an object with two or more ideas. |
| BOOTLICKINGS | • bootlickings n. Plural of bootlicking. • BOOTLICKING n. the act of toadying. |
| BOOTYLICIOUS | • bootylicious adj. (Slang) Callipygous or otherwise appealingly voluptuous. • bootylicious adj. (Slang, nonce word) Bad; weak. • bootylicious adj. (Slang) Having a large booty (buttocks). |
| BOROSILICATE | • borosilicate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any of various minerals whose structure is formally that of a dual salt of boric… • BOROSILICATE n. a salt of boric and silicic acids, used in making heat- and chemical-resistant glass. |
| COENOBITISMS | • COENOBITISM n. the state of being a coenobite. |
| COMBINATIONS | • combinations n. Plural of combination. • combinations n. A type of cotton underwear, being a combination of a vest and trousers. • COMBINATION n. the act of combining. |
| CRYPTOBIOSIS | • cryptobiosis n. (Biology) A state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted. • CRYPTOBIOSIS n. a temporary state in an organism in which metabolic activity is absent or undetectable. |
| DOXORUBICINS | • doxorubicins n. Plural of doxorubicin. • DOXORUBICIN n. a bacterial antibiotic used to treat various forms of cancer. |
| GNOTOBIOTICS | • gnotobiotics n. The science involved with maintaining a microbiologically controlled environment. • GNOTOBIOTICS n. the study of organisms living in germfree conditions or when inoculated with known microorganisms. |
| HIEROPHOBICS | • HIEROPHOBIC n. someone having a fear of sacred things. |
| INCORROSIBLE | • INCORROSIBLE adj. not corrosible, also INCORRODIBLE. |
| MACROBIOTICS | • macrobiotics n. The art of prolonging life. • MACROBIOTICS n. the art or science of prolonging life; a cult partly concerned with diet, foods regarded as pure being vegetable substances grown and prepared without chemicals or processing. |
| OBSTRICTIONS | • obstrictions n. Plural of obstriction. • OBSTRICTION n. (obsolete) obligation. |
| PROBOSCIDIAN | • proboscidian adj. Alternative spelling of proboscidean. • proboscidian n. Alternative spelling of proboscidean. • PROBOSCIDIAN n. any of an order of large mammals comprising the elephants and extinct related forms, also PROBOSCIDEAN. |
| SOCIOBIOLOGY | • sociobiology n. The science that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour in… • SOCIOBIOLOGY n. the study of the biological basis of human behaviour. |
| TOXIPHOBIACS | • TOXIPHOBIAC n. one who suffers from toxiphobia, fear of poison or being poisoned. |