(mycology, biology) The creation of spores by cutting off portions of the sporophore by the growth of septa; abstriction.
accubation
accubation
noun
The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
batocrinus
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becousined
bescouring
bicornuate
bicornuate
adj
(medicine) Resembling a pair of horns, as a malformed uterus may.
bicornuous
biloculina
biloculine
biloculine
adj
(biology) Characteristic of species of foraminifers in the genus Biloculina, now principally in Pyrgo.
Having two chambers or compartments.
binoculars
binoculars
noun
A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.
binoculate
binoculate
adj
Having two eyes.
biunivocal
biunivocal
adj
Relating to two, related univocal terms, sources etc.
bounciness
bounciness
noun
The characteristic of being bouncy.
bouncingly
bouncingly
adv
With a bouncing motion.
buccinator
buccinator
noun
(anatomy) A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.
bucconidae
bucconinae
bucorvinae
buononcini
buoyancies
buoyancies
noun
plural of buoyancy
carbonuria
cherubicon
cherubikon
chosunilbo
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
colubrinae
columbeion
columbiana
columbines
columbines
noun
plural of columbine
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
combustion
combustion
noun
(chemistry) The act or process of burning.
(figuratively) Violent agitation, tumult.
A process whereby two chemicals are combined to produce heat.
A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.
conalbumin
conalbumin
noun
(biology) One of the two major types of albumin found in egg white (the other being ovalbumin), which isolates and sequesters metallic contaminants in the egg white.
concubinal
concubinal
adj
Of or pertaining to concubinage.
concubines
concubines
noun
plural of concubine
concubitus
conducible
conducible
adj
conducive; tending; contributing
conducibly
conducibly
adv
In a conducible manner; so as to promote.
connubiate
connubiate
verb
(rare, slang) To live together as man and wife; to marry; (loosely), to have relations.
consubsist
consubsist
verb
(intransitive) To subsist together.
contribute
contribute
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
corbovinum
corbovinum
noun
Alternative form of cor bovinum
corybulbin
counterbid
counterbid
noun
(business) A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party
verb
To make a counterbid
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
decubation
decubation
noun
(obsolete, rare, formal) The act of lying down.
hobhouchin
hobhouchin
noun
(Britain, obsolete) An owl
incubation
incubation
noun
(chemistry) A period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction.
(pathology) The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.
(psychology) One of the four proposed stages of creativity (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification): the unconscious recombination of thought elements that were stimulated through conscious work at one point in time, resulting in novel ideas at a later point.
Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing.
incubators
incubators
noun
plural of incubator
incubatory
incubatory
adj
Serving for incubation.
inoculable
inoculable
adj
Capable of being inoculated.
Capable of transmitting disease, or of being transmitted, by inoculation.
oblocution
obnouncing
recubation
recubation
noun
(obsolete) recumbence
subcaption
subcaption
noun
A caption that is subordinate to another caption.
verb
(transitive) To provide with a subordinate caption.
subcasinos
subcasinos
noun
plural of subcasino
subception
subchronic
subchronic
adj
That repeats over a relatively short period.
subconical
subconical
adj
(geometry, mycology) Shaped somewhat like a cone.
subcooling
subcooling
noun
(physics) cooling a liquid to a temperature that is less that its saturation temperature at a particular pressure
subcouncil
subcouncil
noun
A secondary or subsidiary council.
subduction
subduction
noun
(geology) The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
(mathematics, mathematical analysis) A surjection between diffeological spaces such that the target is identified as the pushforward of the source.
Arithmetical subtraction.
The act of subducting or taking away.
The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
subjection
subjection
noun
The act of bringing something under the control of something else.
The state of being subjected.
suboceanic
suboceanic
adj
Beneath the surface of the ocean.
suborganic
suboscines
suboscines
noun
plural of suboscine
subsection
subsection
noun
(law) A subpart of a legal document such as law.
(taxonomy, botany) A taxonomic rank below the section, but above the species.
(taxonomy, zoology) An informal taxonomic category below section and above family.
A defined part of a section.
verb
To insert subsections (into some text, etc.).
subsynodic
subulicorn
subulicorn
adj
(zoology) Having subulate antennae.
tibouchina
tibouchina
noun
Any of various species of myrtalean trees of the genus Tibouchina, native to tropical America, many of which are used as garden ornamentals.
unbecoming
unbecoming
adj
Not flattering, attractive or appropriate.
Not in keeping with the expected standards of one's position.