BICHROMATES | • bichromates n. Plural of bichromate. • BICHROMATE n. a salt of dichromic acid. |
BIOCENTRISM | • biocentrism n. An ethical viewpoint that extends inherent value to all non-human life, regardless of its sentience. • biocentrism n. A cosmological theory viewing life and biology as central to being, reality, and the cosmos such that… |
BIOCHEMISTS | • biochemists n. Plural of biochemist. • BIOCHEMIST n. a chemist specialising in the chemistry of living things. |
BIOMIMETICS | • biomimetics n. The study of the structure and function of living things as models for the creation of materials or… • BIOMIMETICS n. the science of deriving useful structures and processes from the study of natural parallels e.g. Velcro from plant burrs. |
BLASTOMERIC | • blastomeric adj. Relating to blastomeres. • BLASTOMERIC adj. like a blastomere. |
COENOBITISM | • coenobitism n. Alternative form of cenobitism. • cœnobitism n. Obsolete spelling of cenobitism. • COENOBITISM n. the state of being a coenobite. |
COMBUSTIBLE | • combustible adj. Capable of burning. • combustible adj. (Figurative, dated) Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible. • combustible n. A material that is capable of burning. |
COMBUSTIVES | • COMBUSTIVE n. something capable of catching fire. |
COMESTIBLES | • comestibles n. Plural of comestible. • COMESTIBLE n. something edible. |
COMPATIBLES | • compatibles n. Plural of compatible. • COMPATIBLE n. something compatible. |
COQUIMBITES | • COQUIMBITE n. a yellowish hydrous sulphate of iron found in certain volcanic rocks. |
LOBECTOMIES | • lobectomies n. Plural of lobectomy. • LOBECTOMY n. the surgical excision of a lobe. |
MACROBIOTES | • macrobiotes n. Plural of macrobiote. • MACROBIOTE n. a long-lived organism. |
MEROBLASTIC | • meroblastic adj. (Of a fertilized egg) that undergoes only partial cleavage. • MEROBLASTIC adj. undergoing or involving cleavage in part of the egg surface only, due to a large amount of yolk elsewhere. |
MESOBLASTIC | • mesoblastic adj. (Biology) of, relating to, or resembling the mesoblast. • MESOBLASTIC adj. like a mesoblast. |
OBJECTIVISM | • objectivism n. The state of being objective; objectivity. • objectivism n. Moral objectivism. • objectivism n. (Philosophy) Any of several doctrines that holds that all of reality is objective and exists outside of the mind. |
TUBECTOMIES | • tubectomies n. Plural of tubectomy. • TUBECTOMY n. the surgical cutting or removal of the Fallopian tubes. |