BAROMETRICAL | • barometrical adj. (Archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric. • BAROMETRICAL adj. as measured by a barometer, also BAROMETRIC. |
BATHOCHROMIC | • bathochromic adj. (Physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a lower frequency. • BATHOCHROMIC adj. denoting or relating to a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound. |
BIOMETRICIAN | • biometrician n. One who practices biometrics. • BIOMETRICIAN n. a practitioner of biometrics. |
BLASTODERMIC | • blastodermic adj. Of or pertaining to the blastoderm. • BLASTODERMIC adj. of or like a blastoderm. |
CORYBANTISMS | • CORYBANTISM n. the rites associated with corybants. |
EMBARCATIONS | • embarcations n. Plural of embarcation. • EMBARCATION n. the act of embarking. |
EMBROCATIONS | • embrocations n. Plural of embrocation. • EMBROCATION n. a liquid medication rubbed on the skin. |
IMBRICATIONS | • imbrications n. Plural of imbrication. • IMBRICATION n. an overlapping of edges (as of tiles). |
MACROBIOTICS | • macrobiotics n. The art of prolonging life. • MACROBIOTICS n. the art or science of prolonging life; a cult partly concerned with diet, foods regarded as pure being vegetable substances grown and prepared without chemicals or processing. |
METABOTROPIC | • metabotropic adj. Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g… • METABOTROPIC adj. describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation). |
MICROHABITAT | • microhabitat n. A specific habitat, typically extremely small, such as a cave corner or a cardboard box. • MICROHABITAT n. the microenvironment in which an organism lives. |
MICROTUBULAR | • microtubular adj. Of or pertaining to microtubules. • MICROTUBULAR adj. of or like a microtubule. |
MOBOCRATICAL | • mobocratical adj. Of or pertaining to mobocracy. • MOBOCRATICAL adj. relating to mobocracy, government by mobs or crowds, also MOBOCRATIC. |
MYCOBACTERIA | • mycobacteria n. Plural of mycobacterium. • MYCOBACTERIUM n. any of a genus of bacteria that includes the pathogens causing tuberculosis and leprosy. |
OBSCURANTISM | • obscurantism n. A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment. • obscurantism n. Deliberate obscurity or vagueness. • OBSCURANTISM n. opposition to the spread of knowledge; deliberate vagueness or abstruseness. |
PROBLEMATICS | • problematics n. Plural of problematic. • PROBLEMATIC n. something that is problematic, also PROBLEMATICAL. |
RAMBUNCTIOUS | • rambunctious adj. (Chiefly US, informal) Boisterous, energetic, noisy, and difficult to control. • RAMBUNCTIOUS adj. marked by uncontrollable exuberance, unruly, also RUMBUNCTIOUS. |
RECOMBINANTS | • recombinants n. Plural of recombinant. • RECOMBINANT n. a gene that recombines. |
TIMBROMANIAC | • timbromaniac n. A keen philatelist. • TIMBROMANIAC n. an avid stamp collector. |