| ABIOTROPHIES | • abiotrophies n. Plural of abiotrophy. • ABIOTROPHY n. bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| ANAEROBIOSIS | • anaerobiosis n. (Biology) Any form of life that is sustained in the absence of air (or oxygen). • ANAEROBIOSIS n. life in the absence of air or free oxygen. |
| ANAEROBIOTIC | • anaerobiotic adj. (Anatomy) Resembling or relating to anaerobes. • ANAEROBIOTIC adj. living in the absence of free oxygen, also ANAEROBIC. |
| BASIDIOSPORE | • basidiospore n. (Biology) A sexually reproductive spore produced by fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota. • BASIDIOSPORE n. a spore produced by a basidium. |
| BIOAERATIONS | • BIOAERATION n. the oxidative treatment of raw sewage by aeration. |
| BIOTERRORISM | • bioterrorism n. Terrorism that involves biological weapons or agents. |
| BIOTERRORIST | • bioterrorist n. A terrorist employing biological weapons. • bioterrorist adj. Of or relating to a bioterrorist or bioterrorism. |
| 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. |
| BOURGEOISIES | • bourgeoisies n. Plural of bourgeoisie. • BOURGEOISIE n. (French) the middle classes. |
| BOURGEOISIFY | • bourgeoisify v. (Transitive) To make bourgeois. • BOURGEOISIFY v. to make bourgeois. |
| HIEROPHOBIAS | • HIEROPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of sacred things. |
| HIEROPHOBICS | • HIEROPHOBIC n. someone having a fear of sacred things. |
| INCORRODIBLE | • incorrodible adj. Incapable of being corroded or eaten away. • INCORRODIBLE adj. not corrodible, also INCORROSIBLE. |
| INCORROSIBLE | • INCORROSIBLE adj. not corrosible, also INCORRODIBLE. |
| OBLITERATION | • obliteration n. The total destruction of something. • obliteration n. The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something. • obliteration n. (Medicine) The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the… |
| OBREPTITIOUS | • obreptitious adj. Done or obtained by surprise, with secrecy, or by concealment of the truth. • OBREPTITIOUS adj. done or obtained by trickery, or by concealing the truth. |
| TIMBROLOGIES | • TIMBROLOGY n. the study of postage stamps. |
| UROBILINOGEN | • urobilinogen n. (Biochemistry) A colourless product of bilirubin reduction, formed in the intestines by bacterial action. • UROBILINOGEN n. any of a group of colourless tetrapyrrole compounds produced by the reduction of bilirubin. |