| BIOPROSPECTING | • bioprospecting n. (Biology) The methodical search for novel pharmaceutical (and other) products from plants and microorganisms. • BIOPROSPECTING n. the exploitation of traditional medicines. |
| BIOPROSPECTORS | • bioprospectors n. Plural of bioprospector. |
| BROMOCRIPTINES | • bromocriptines n. Plural of bromocriptine. • BROMOCRIPTINE n. a polypeptide ergot derivative that mimics the activity of dopamine in inhibiting prolactin secretion. |
| BRONCHOSCOPIST | • bronchoscopist n. One who carries out bronchoscopy. • BRONCHOSCOPIST n. one who uses a bronchoscope, an instrument for examining the windpipe. |
| BRONCHOSPASTIC | • bronchospastic adj. Relating to, or causing, bronchospasm. • BRONCHOSPASTIC adj. relating to bronchospasm. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBES | • claustrophobes n. Plural of claustrophobe. • CLAUSTROPHOBE n. one with a fear of confined spaces. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBIA | • claustrophobia n. The fear of closed, tight places. • CLAUSTROPHOBIA n. fear of closed spaces. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBIC | • claustrophobic adj. (Psychology) Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space. • claustrophobic adj. Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia. • claustrophobic n. Someone with claustrophobia. |
| COMPOSSIBILITY | • compossibility n. The quality of being compossible. • COMPOSSIBILITY n. the state of being compossible, possible along with something else. |
| COMPUTERPHOBES | • computerphobes n. Plural of computerphobe. • COMPUTERPHOBE n. one with a fear of computers. |
| OPISTHOBRANCHS | • opisthobranchs n. Plural of opisthobranch. • OPISTHOBRANCH n. a type of mollusc having gills, little or no shell, two pairs of tentacles. |
| POLYCARBONATES | • polycarbonates n. Plural of polycarbonate. • POLYCARBONATE n. any of a range of strong thermoplastics. |
| PRECOMBUSTIONS | • PRECOMBUSTION n. a preliminary combustion. |
| SPONGIOBLASTIC | • SPONGIOBLASTIC adj. of or like a spongioblast, any of numerous columnar epithelial cells in the brain and spinal cord that develop into neuroglia. |
| STROBOSCOPICAL | • stroboscopical adj. Synonym of stroboscopic. • STROBOSCOPICAL adj. of or like a stroboscope, an instrument for studying motion using flashes of light, also STROBOSCOPIC. |
| THROMBOPLASTIC | • thromboplastic adj. Causing or accelerating the formation of blood clots. • THROMBOPLASTIC adj. initiating or accelerating the clotting of blood. |