| BLOODTHIRSTIER | • bloodthirstier adj. Comparative form of bloodthirsty: more bloodthirsty. • BLOODTHIRSTY adj. eager for bloodshed. |
| BLOODTHIRSTILY | • bloodthirstily adv. In a bloodthirsty manner. • BLOODTHIRSTY adv. eager for bloodshed. |
| 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. |
| ETHNOBIOLOGIES | • ETHNOBIOLOGY n. the branch of biology involving the study of the traditional uses of plants and animals in various human societies. |
| ETHNOBIOLOGIST | • ethnobiologist n. A biologist whose speciality is ethnobiology. |
| HEMIMETABOLOUS | • hemimetabolous adj. Exhibiting hemimetabolism. • HEMIMETABOLOUS adj. characterized by incomplete metamorphosis. |
| HOLOMETABOLISM | • holometabolism n. (Entomology) The complete metamorphosis of an insect. • HOLOMETABOLISM n. of an insect, complete metabolism. |
| HONORABILITIES | • honorabilities n. Plural of honorability. • HONORABILITY n. being honorable, also HONOURABILITY. |
| HYDROBIOLOGIST | • hydrobiologist n. A biologist whose speciality is hydrobiology. • HYDROBIOLOGIST n. a student of hydrobiology. |
| METHEMOGLOBINS | • methemoglobins n. Plural of methemoglobin. • 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. |
| PATHOBIOLOGIES | • pathobiologies n. Plural of pathobiology. • PATHOBIOLOGY n. the biology of disease. |
| PHLEBOTOMISING | • phlebotomising v. Present participle of phlebotomise. • PHLEBOTOMISE v. to perform phlebotomy on, also PHLEBOTOMIZE. |
| PHOTOBIOLOGIES | • PHOTOBIOLOGY n. the study of the effects of light on organisms. |
| PHOTOBIOLOGIST | • photobiologist n. A biologist whose speciality is photobiology. • PHOTOBIOLOGIST n. one who studies photobiology. |
| THROMBOPHILIAS | • thrombophilias n. Plural of thrombophilia. • THROMBOPHILIA n. combined inflammation and thrombosis of a vein. |
| THROMBOPLASTIC | • thromboplastic adj. Causing or accelerating the formation of blood clots. • THROMBOPLASTIC adj. initiating or accelerating the clotting of blood. |
| THROMBOPLASTIN | • thromboplastin n. (Biochemistry) A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood. • THROMBOPLASTIN n. a complex enzyme found esp. in platelets that functions in the conversion of prothrombin into thrombin in the clotting of blood. |
| THYROGLOBULINS | • thyroglobulins n. Plural of thyroglobulin. • THYROGLOBULIN n. an iodine-containing protein of the thyroid gland that is the precursor of thyroxine and triiodothyronine. |