| BIOCOMPUTING | • biocomputing n. (Computing) The design and construction of computers containing biological components. • biocomputing n. (Computing) The application of computing to the biological sciences; bioinformatics. • BIOCOMPUTING n. the application of computers to problems in biology and biochemistry. |
| BIOPESTICIDE | • biopesticide n. Any naturally-occurring (rather than synthetic) pesticide. • BIOPESTICIDE n. a biological pesticide. |
| BIOPHYSICIST | • biophysicist n. A biologist or physicist whose speciality is biophysics. • BIOPHYSICIST n. a practitioner of biophysics. |
| 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. |
| DIPLOBIONTIC | • diplobiontic adj. (Botany) Describing a plant or fungus where both the haploid and diploid phases are represented by a… • DIPLOBIONTIC adj. of or like a diplobiont, an organism that has both haploid and diploid individuals in its life cycle. |
| DIPLOBLASTIC | • diploblastic adj. (Biology) Having two embryonic germ layers (the ectoderm and the endoderm). • DIPLOBLASTIC adj. having ectoderm and endoderm but no mesoderm, as in coelenterates. |
| HAPLOBIONTIC | • haplobiontic adj. (Biology) Describing a plant or fungus that has either a haploid or a diploid phase (but not both) in… • HAPLOBIONTIC adj. of or like a haplobiont, an organism living in a salt environment. |
| INCOMPATIBLE | • incompatible adj. Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together… • incompatible adj. (Chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines. • incompatible n. (Medicine, chemistry, chiefly in the plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that… |
| INCOMPATIBLY | • incompatibly adv. In an incompatible manner. • INCOMPATIBLE adv. incapable of association or harmonious coexistence. |
| POSTBIBLICAL | • postbiblical adj. After the publication of the Bible. • POSTBIBLICAL adj. belonging to the period after the Bible. |
| PUBLICATIONS | • publications n. Plural of publication. • PUBLICATION n. the act of publishing. |
| SUBOCCIPITAL | • suboccipital adj. (Anatomy) Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput. • suboccipital n. (Anatomy, colloquial) Any of the group of suboccipital muscles. • SUBOCCIPITAL adj. below the occiput. |
| SUBSCRIPTION | • subscription n. Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment. • subscription n. The formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature. • subscription n. The signing of one’s name. |
| TOXICOPHOBIA | • toxicophobia n. A morbid fear of poisons or being poisoned. • TOXICOPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of poisoning, also TOXIPHOBIA. |
| TOXIPHOBIACS | • TOXIPHOBIAC n. one who suffers from toxiphobia, fear of poison or being poisoned. |
| TROPHOBIOTIC | • trophobiotic adj. Of or pertaining to trophobiosis. • TROPHOBIOTIC adj. relating to trophobiosis, mutual exchange of nutriment in symbiosis. |