English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Binous (a.)

Same as Binate.

Binoxalate (n.)

A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.

Binoxide (n.)

Same as Dioxide.

Binturong (n.)

A small Asiatic civet of the genus Arctilis.

Binuclear (a.)

Alt. of Binucleate

Binucleate (a.)

Having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells.

Binucleolate (a.)

Having two nucleoli.

Bioblast (n.)

Same as Bioplast.

Biocellate (a.)

Having two ocelli (eyelike spots); -- said of a wing, etc.

Biochemistry (n.)

The chemistry of living organisms; the chemistry of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.

Biodynamics (n.)

The doctrine of vital forces or energy.

Biogen (n.)

Bioplasm.

Biogenesis (n.)

Alt. of Biogeny

Biogenetic (a.)

Pertaining to biogenesis.

Biogenist (n.)

A believer in the theory of biogenesis.

Biogeny (n.)

A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; -- opposed to abiogenesis.

Biogeny (n.)

Life development generally.

Biognosis (n.)

The investigation of life.

Biographer (n.)

One who writes an account or history of the life of a particular person; a writer of lives, as Plutarch.

Biographic (a.)

Alt. of Biographical