| BIGNONIACEOUS | • bignoniaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae. • BIGNONIACEOUS adj. belonging to the bignonia family. |
| BIOCENOLOGIES | • BIOCENOLOGY n. the branch of ecology concerned with the relationships and interactions between the members of a natural community. |
| BIOECOLOGISTS | • bioecologists n. Plural of bioecologist. • BIOECOLOGIST n. a specialist in bioecology. |
| BIOENERGETICS | • bioenergetics n. (Biology, physics) The study of the energy transformations that take place in living organisms. • bioenergetics n. A form of physical therapy according to which physical movements are a means of releasing emotional stress. • BIOENERGETICS n. the biology of energy transformations and energy exchanges (as in photosynthesis) within and between living things and their environments. |
| CHILDBEARINGS | • childbearings n. Plural of childbearing. • CHILDBEARING n. the process of conceiving, being pregnant with, and giving birth to children. |
| CRYOBIOLOGIES | • CRYOBIOLOGY n. the study of life under cold conditions. |
| DECARBONISING | • decarbonising v. Present participle of decarbonise. • DECARBONISE v. to remove carbon or carbon dioxide from, also DECARBONIZE. |
| DECARBURISING | • decarburising v. Present participle of decarburise. • DECARBURISE v. to remove carbon or carbon dioxide from, also DECARBURIZE. |
| DECEREBRISING | • DECEREBRISE v. to deprive of the cerebrum, also DECEREBRIZE. |
| HIBERNICISING | • Hibernicising v. Present participle of Hibernicise. • HIBERNICISE v. to render Irish, also HIBERNICIZE, HIBERNISE, HIBERNIZE. |
| INCORRIGIBLES | • incorrigibles n. Plural of incorrigible. • INCORRIGIBLE n. one who is incorrigible. |
| INTERSCRIBING | • interscribing v. Present participle of interscribe. • INTERSCRIBE v. (obsolete) to write between. |
| MICROBREWINGS | • MICROBREWING n. production by a microbrew. |
| MISDESCRIBING | • misdescribing v. Present participle of misdescribe. • MISDESCRIBE v. to describe wrongly. |
| OBJECTIVISING | • objectivising v. Present participle of objectivise. • OBJECTIVISE v. to make objective, also OBJECTIVIZE. |
| STICKYBEAKING | • stickybeaking v. Present participle of stickybeak. • STICKYBEAK v. to pry. |
| SUBJECTIFYING | • subjectifying v. Present participle of subjectify. • SUBJECTIFY v. to make subjective. |
| SUPERSCRIBING | • superscribing v. Present participle of superscribe. • SUPERSCRIBE v. to write at the top or at the head. |
| TUBERCULISING | • tuberculising v. Present participle of tuberculise. • TUBERCULISE v. to infect with tuberculosis, also TUBERCULIZE. |