ANTHROPOBIOLOGY | • anthropobiology n. Bioanthropology. • ANTHROPOBIOLOGY n. the study of human biology. |
AUTOBIOGRAPHY | • autobiography n. (Countable) A self-written biography; the story of one’s own life. • autobiography n. (Uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre. • AUTOBIOGRAPHY n. the biography of a person narrated by himself or herself. |
BACTERIOPHAGY | • bacteriophagy n. The feeding on bacteria. • BACTERIOPHAGY n. the eating of bacteria. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | • bibliography n. A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work. • bibliography n. A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author. • bibliography n. The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication. |
BIOGEOGRAPHY | • biogeography n. (Biology, geography, uncountable) The study of the geographical distribution of living things. • biogeography n. (Biology, geography, countable) The geographical distribution of a particular living thing. • BIOGEOGRAPHY n. the study of the geographical distribution of plants and animals. |
BIOGRAPHICALLY | • biographically adv. In the form of a biography. • BIOGRAPHICAL adv. relating to biography, also BIOGRAPHIC. |
BIOGRAPHY | • biography n. A person’s life story, especially one published. • biography n. The art of writing this kind of story. • biography v. (Transitive) To write a biography of. |
BIOSTRATIGRAPHY | • biostratigraphy n. (Biology, geology) The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils. • BIOSTRATIGRAPHY n. the determination of age, etc., of sedimentary strata from fossils which they contain. |
COPYRIGHTABLE | • copyrightable adj. (Copyright law) Able to be protected by copyright law. • copyrightable n. Anything for which one can obtain copyright. • COPYRIGHTABLE adj. that can be copyrighted. |
HYPERBOLISING | • hyperbolising v. Present participle of hyperbolise. • HYPERBOLISE v. to indulge in hyperbole, also HYPERBOLIZE. |
HYPERBOLIZING | • hyperbolizing v. Present participle of hyperbolize. • HYPERBOLIZE v. to indulge in hyperbole, also HYPERBOLISE. |
HYPNOBIRTHING | • hypnobirthing n. The use of hypnotherapy to ease the process of childbirth. • HYPNOBIRTHING n. the use of hypnotic technique during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery. |
HYPNOBIRTHINGS | • HYPNOBIRTHING n. the use of hypnotic technique during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery. |
PSYCHOBIOGRAPHY | • psychobiography n. A biography that emphasises the psychological aspects of its subject. • PSYCHOBIOGRAPHY n. a biography written from a psychodynamic or psychoanalytic point of view. |
SYLLABOGRAPHIES | • SYLLABOGRAPHY n. use of a writing system consisting of characters for syllables rather than for individual sounds or whole words. |
SYMBOLOGRAPHIES | • SYMBOLOGRAPHY n. symbolic writing or representation. |
UNCOPYRIGHTABLE | • uncopyrightable adj. (Copyright law) Ineligible for copyright. • uncopyrightable n. That for which no one can obtain copyright. • UNCOPYRIGHTABLE adj. not copyrightable. |
WEBLIOGRAPHY | • webliography n. A list of electronic documents or websites that relate to a particular subject, especially one used… • WEBLIOGRAPHY n. a list of items published on the internet, esp. one indicating sources used in the preparation of a book or academic paper. |