| ABIOTROPHIES | • abiotrophies n. Plural of abiotrophy. • ABIOTROPHY n. bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| BIBLIOPOLIST | • bibliopolist n. Bibliopole. • BIBLIOPOLIST n. a bookseller. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| IMPROBATIONS | • improbations n. Plural of improbation. • IMPROBATION n. in Scots law, an action for the purpose of declaring some instrument false or forged. |
| 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. |
| OBSTIPATIONS | • obstipations n. Plural of obstipation. • OBSTIPATION n. a severe and obstinate constipation. |
| OPPOSABILITY | • opposability n. The condition or quality of being opposable (capable of being placed opposite to something else). • opposability n. The condition or quality of being opposable (capable of being resisted). • OPPOSABILITY n. the state of being opposable. |
| PROHIBITIONS | • prohibitions n. Plural of prohibition. • PROHIBITION n. the act of prohibiting. |
| SITIOPHOBIAS | • SITIOPHOBIA n. a morbid aversion to food, also SITOPHOBIA. |
| 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. |
| TROPHOBIOSIS | • trophobiosis n. (Zoology) A symbiotic association in which one organism obtains or provides food for another. • TROPHOBIOSIS n. exchange of nutriment in symbiotic relationship. |
| TROPHOBIOTIC | • trophobiotic adj. Of or pertaining to trophobiosis. • TROPHOBIOTIC adj. relating to trophobiosis, mutual exchange of nutriment in symbiosis. |