| ABOLITIONISM | • abolitionism n. Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists. • abolitionism n. (Historical, US) Support for the abolition of slavery. • ABOLITIONISM n. principles or measures fostering abolition esp. of slavery. |
| BIBLIOMANIAC | • bibliomaniac n. A person who is obsessed with owning books, especially valuable ones. • BIBLIOMANIAC n. one suffering from bibliomania. |
| BIBLIOMANIAS | • bibliomanias n. Plural of bibliomania. • BIBLIOMANIA n. a craze for books or reading. |
| BIOMEDICINES | • biomedicines n. Plural of biomedicine. • BIOMEDICINE n. medicine based on the application of the principles of the natural sciences and esp. biology and biochemistry. |
| BIOMETRICIAN | • biometrician n. One who practices biometrics. • BIOMETRICIAN n. a practitioner of biometrics. |
| DEMOBILISING | • demobilising v. Present participle of demobilise. • DEMOBILISE v. to disband e.g. soldiers, also DEMOBILIZE. |
| DEMOBILIZING | • demobilizing v. Present participle of demobilize. • DEMOBILIZE v. to disband e.g. soldiers, also DEMOBILISE. |
| FIMBRIATIONS | • fimbriations n. Plural of fimbriation. • FIMBRIATION n. the state of being fimbriate. |
| IMBIBITIONAL | • imbibitional adj. Relating to imbibition. • IMBIBITIONAL adj. relating to imbibition, the absorption of a liquid by a solid or a gel; the uptake of water by germinating seeds. |
| IMBRICATIONS | • imbrications n. Plural of imbrication. • IMBRICATION n. an overlapping of edges (as of tiles). |
| IMMOBILISING | • immobilising v. Present participle of immobilise. • IMMOBILISE v. to render immobile, also IMMOBILIZE. |
| IMMOBILIZING | • immobilizing v. Present participle of immobilize. • IMMOBILIZE v. to make immovable, also IMMOBILISE. |
| MOBILISATION | • mobilisation n. The act of mobilising. • MOBILISATION n. the act of mobilising, also MOBILIZATION. |
| MOBILIZATION | • mobilization n. The act of mobilizing. • mobilization n. The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them… • mobilization n. (Geology) The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place. |
| MULTIBILLION | • multibillion adj. Having a value of several billion (in general, at least two billion). • multi-billion adj. Having more than 1,000,000,000; in the billion range. • multi-billion adj. (In the old numbering system, chiefly Britain), more than 1,000,000,000,000; in the old billion range. |
| REMOBILISING | • remobilising v. Present participle of remobilise. • REMOBILISE v. to mobilise again, also REMOBILIZE. |
| REMOBILIZING | • remobilizing v. Present participle of remobilize. • REMOBILIZE v. to mobilise again, also REMOBILISE. |
| UMBILICATION | • umbilication n. A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the centre of a rounded body. • UMBILICATION n. the state of being umbilicate. |