Nouns

bimillennium

noun

a span of 2000 years

binet

noun

French psychologist remembered for his studies of the intell...

biogeny

noun

the production of living organisms from other living organis...

biologism

noun

use of biological principles in explaining human especially...

biome

noun

a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms...

biometry

noun

a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and ob...

bioassay

noun

appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testi...

biocatalyst

noun

a biochemical catalyst such as an enzyme

bioclimatology

noun

the study of effects of climate on living organisms

biogenesis

noun

the production of living organisms from other living organis...

biogeography

noun

dealing with the geographical distribution of animals and pl...

bioluminescence

noun

luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the...

biomedicine

noun

the branch of medical science that applies biological and ph...

bionomics

noun

the branch of biology concerned with the relations between o...

biophysicist

noun

a physicist who applies the methods of physics to biology

bioscope

noun

a kind of early movie projector

biota

noun

all the plant and animal life of a particular region

biosynthesis

noun

production of a chemical compound by a living organism

biotin

noun

a B vitamin that aids in body growth

biotype

noun

organisms sharing a specified genotype or the genotype (or p...

biquadrate

noun

an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree

biquadratic

noun

a polynomial of the fourth degree

biretta

noun

a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Cath...

biriani

noun

an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fi...

birefringence

noun

splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicul...

bisection

noun

dividing into two equal parts

bisayan

noun

a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Phili...

bisayas

noun

group of islands in the central Philippines

bitartrate

noun

an acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate

bithynia

noun

an ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now...

bizarreness

noun

strikingly out of the ordinary

blackbeetle

noun

dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmo...

blacksburg

noun

a university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke)...

blackbuck

noun

common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns

blackcap

noun

chickadee having a dark crown

blackcock

noun

male black grouse

blackdamp

noun

the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in car...

blackfish

noun

large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North...

blackfly

noun

small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae...

blackleg

noun

someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

blackpoll

noun

North American warbler having a black-and-white head

blackshirt

noun

a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II

blacksnake

noun

blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to si...

blacktail

noun

mule deer of western Rocky Mountains

bladderwrack

noun

a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure

bladdernose

noun

medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on...

bladderwort

noun

any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utri...

bladderpod

noun

North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and in...

blaeberry

noun

erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-bl...

blamelessness

noun

a state of innocence