AIRMOBILE | • airmobile adj. Capable of being moved by air. • air-mobile adj. Alternative spelling of airmobile. • AIRMOBILE adj. relating to a military unit whose members are transported by air. |
BIOMETRIC | • biometric adj. Of, pertaining to or using biometrics. • biometric adj. Of or pertaining to biometry. • BIOMETRIC adj. relating to biometry, the statistical analysis of biological observations and phenomena, also BIOMETRICAL. |
BROMINISM | • brominism n. Bromism. • BROMINISM n. poisoning by an overdose of bromine, also BROMISM. |
BROMISING | • BROMISE v. to treat with bromine, also BROMIZE. |
BROMIZING | • bromizing v. Present participle of bromize. • BROMIZE v. to treat with bromine, also BROMISE. |
CHORIAMBI | • choriambi n. Plural of choriambus. • CHORIAMBUS n. a metrical foot comprising a trochee and an iambus, also CHORIAMB, CHORIAMBIC. |
CIBORIUMS | • ciboriums n. Plural of ciborium. • CIBORIUM n. (Latin) a vessel for holding eucharistic bread. |
DIBROMIDE | • dibromide n. (Chemistry) any bromide containing two bromine atoms in each molecule. • DIBROMIDE n. a compound containing two bromine atoms per molecule. |
FIBRIFORM | • fibriform adj. Shaped like a fiber. • FIBRIFORM adj. shaped like a fibre. |
IMBROGLIO | • imbroglio n. A complicated situation; an entanglement. • IMBROGLIO n. (Italian) a confusing or disturbing situation, also EMBROGLIO. |
IMPROBITY | • improbity n. A lack of probity, honesty or integrity. • IMPROBITY n. dishonesty. |
ISOBARISM | • ISOBARISM n. the use of isobars. |
LIBRIFORM | • libriform adj. (Botany) Resembling or having the form of liber, or bast. • LIBRIFORM adj. shaped like a book. |
MICROBIAL | • microbial adj. Of, relating to, or caused by microbes or microorganisms. • microbial n. A microbe or bacterium. • MICROBIAL adj. of or like a microbe, also MICROBIAN, MICROBIC. |
MICROBIAN | • microbian adj. (Biology) Of, relating to, or caused by, microbes; microbial. • MICROBIAN adj. of or like a microbe, also MICROBIAL, MICROBIC. |
MOBILISER | • mobiliser n. Alternative form of mobilizer. • MOBILISER n. something that serves to mobilise, also MOBILIZER. |
MOBILIZER | • mobilizer n. A person who mobilizes something. • MOBILIZER n. something that serves to mobilise, also MOBILISER. |
MORBIDITY | • morbidity n. The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause. • morbidity n. The quality of being morbid; an attitude or state of mind marked by gloom. • morbidity n. (Medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected. |
MYOFIBRIL | • myofibril n. (Anatomy) Any of the cylindrical organelles, found within muscle cells, that are the contractile unit of muscles. • MYOFIBRIL n. a contractile element of a muscle cell. |
RHIZOBIUM | • rhizobium n. (Biology) Any of various bacteria, of the genus Rhizobium, that form nodules on the roots of legumes and fix nitrogen. • rhizobium n. (Biology, by extension) Any diazotrophic bacterium that can fix nitrogen and form root nodules in legumes. • Rhizobium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhizobiaceae – soil bacteria that fix nitrogen in association with… |