(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
bicornuate
bicornuate
adj
(medicine) Resembling a pair of horns, as a malformed uterus may.
biloculina
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.
buccinator
buccinator
noun
(anatomy) A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.
bucconidae
bucconinae
bucorvinae
buoyancies
buoyancies
noun
plural of buoyancy
carbonuria
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
colubrinae
columbiana
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.
connubiate
connubiate
verb
(rare, slang) To live together as man and wife; to marry; (loosely), to have relations.
decubation
decubation
noun
(obsolete, rare, formal) The act of lying down.
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.
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
subconical
subconical
adj
(geometry, mycology) Shaped somewhat like a cone.
suboceanic
suboceanic
adj
Beneath the surface of the ocean.
suborganic
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.