| BENTHOPELAGIC | • benthopelagic adj. Both benthic and pelagic. • benthopelagic n. Any such organism. • BENTHOPELAGIC adj. living just above the seabed. |
| BERTILLONAGES | • BERTILLONAGE n. (French) a system of criminal identification by detailed measurements. |
| 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. |
| BLASTOGENESIS | • blastogenesis n. (Biology) Reproduction via budding. • blastogenesis n. (Biology) The transformation of small lymphocytes into larger, undifferentiated cells that undergo mitosis. • BLASTOGENESIS n. reproduction by budding. |
| BLASTOGENETIC | • blastogenetic adj. Relating to blastogenesis. • BLASTOGENETIC adj. related to blastogenesis, reproduction by budding, also BLASTOGENIC. |
| BOTTLENECKING | • bottlenecking v. Present participle of bottleneck. • BOTTLENECK v. to slow down or impede by creating an obstruction. |
| COBELLIGERENT | • cobelligerent n. Country that wages war against a common enemy, without the countries on the same side having a formal… • cobelligerent adj. Carrying on war in conjunction with another power. • co-belligerent n. Alternative spelling of cobelligerent. |
| DESOBLIGEANTE | • DESOBLIGEANTE n. a carriage for one passenger. |
| DISOBLIGEMENT | • disobligement n. (Obsolete) Release from obligation. • DISOBLIGEMENT n. the act of disobliging. |
| EMBRYOGENETIC | • embryogenetic adj. Relating to embryogenesis. • EMBRYOGENETIC adj. relating to embryogenesis. |
| LETTERBOXINGS | • LETTERBOXING n. showing a film on television in its original wide screen format. |
| METHEMOGLOBIN | • methemoglobin n. (Biochemistry) An oxidized form of hemoglobin, containing ferric rather than ferrous iron, that cannot… • METHEMOGLOBIN n. a soluble brown crystalline basic blood pigment that differs from hemoglobin in containing ferric iron and in being unable to combine reversibly with molecular oxygen. |
| NEIGHBORLIEST | • neighborliest adj. Superlative form of neighborly: most neighborly. • NEIGHBORLY adj. like a neighbor, also NEIGHBOURLY. |
| NONNEGOTIABLE | • nonnegotiable adj. Not negotiable; not subject to negotiation. • nonnegotiable n. Something that is not negotiable. • non-negotiable adj. Not negotiable; not subject to negotiation. |
| OBTEMPERATING | • obtemperating v. Present participle of obtemperate. • OBTEMPERATE v. to obey (a judgment or decree), also OBTEMPER. |
| OVERBREATHING | • overbreathing v. Present participle of overbreathe. • overbreathing n. Hyperventilation. • overbreathing n. Excessive breathing. |
| SPEEDBOATINGS | • SPEEDBOATING n. the sport of driving a speedboat. |
| STOCKBREEDING | • stockbreeding n. The breeding and rearing of livestock. • STOCKBREEDING n. the breeding of stock. |
| SUBGENERATION | • subgeneration n. A generation that belongs to another generation. • SUBGENERATION n. a subdivision of a generation. |
| VERBIGERATION | • verbigeration n. An obsessive repetition of meaningless words and phrases, especially as a symptom of mental illness. • VERBIGERATION n. the obsessive repetition of stereotyped phrases. |