BIOPROSPECTING | • bioprospecting n. (Biology) The methodical search for novel pharmaceutical (and other) products from plants and microorganisms. • BIOPROSPECTING n. the exploitation of traditional medicines. |
CIRCUMSPECTION | • circumspection n. Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent. • circumspection n. Caution, watchfulness, or vigilance fueled by such awareness. • CIRCUMSPECTION n. the state of being circumspect. |
CIRCUMSPECTIVE | • circumspective adj. Looking in all directions; cautious or watchful of danger. • CIRCUMSPECTIVE adj. looking around; wary. |
INTROSPECTIONS | • introspections n. Plural of introspection. • INTROSPECTION n. a reflective looking inward. |
IRRESPECTIVELY | • irrespectively adv. Without regard to conditions; not taking circumstances into consideration. • IRRESPECTIVE adv. not having regard. |
PECTINESTERASE | • pectinesterase n. (Biochemistry) A ubiquitous cell-wall-associated enzyme that presents several isoforms that facilitate… • PECTINESTERASE n. an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of pectins into pectic acids and methanol. |
PERSPECTIVISMS | • perspectivisms n. Plural of perspectivism. • PERSPECTIVISM n. the theory that things can only be known from an individual point of view at a particular time. |
PERSPECTIVISTS | • perspectivists n. Plural of perspectivist. • PERSPECTIVIST n. a believer in perspectivism. |
RESPECTIVENESS | • respectiveness n. The state or quality of being respective. • RESPECTIVE n. particular, separate. |
RETROSPECTIONS | • retrospections n. Plural of retrospection. • RETROSPECTION n. the act or an instance of surveying the past. |
RETROSPECTIVES | • retrospectives n. Plural of retrospective. • RETROSPECTIVE n. a generally comprehensive exhibition, compilation, or performance of the work of an artist over a span of years. |
SPECTINOMYCINS | • spectinomycins n. Plural of spectinomycin. • SPECTINOMYCIN n. a white crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic produced by a bacterium that is used clinically esp. in the form of its hydrochloride to treat gonorrhea. |
UNSUSPECTINGLY | • unsuspectingly adv. In an unsuspecting manner. • UNSUSPECTING adv. not suspecting. |