Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
bacteriofluorescin
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
bifurcations
bifurcations
noun
plural of bifurcation
brutification
ceratofibrous
chondrofibromatous
cobaltiferous
cobaltiferous
adj
Containing or yielding cobalt.
eburnification
eburnification
noun
The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.
fibrocartilaginous
fibrocartilaginous
adj
Of or pertaining to fibrocartilage.
fibronucleated
fibroreticulate
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
fractonimbus
fusobacteria
fusobacteria
noun
plural of fusobacterium
fusobacterium
fusobacterium
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Fusobacterium
lubrifaction
lubrifaction
noun
lubrication
lubrification
lubrification
noun
(rare) lubrication
reconfigurability
reconfigurability
noun
The state or degree of being reconfigurable.
rubefaction
rubefaction
noun
The act or process of making red.
rubification
rubification
noun
The act of making red.
rubrification
rubrification
noun
rubrication
subconferential
subconformability
suberification
suberification
noun
The production of cork or suberin
subfactorial
subfactorial
noun
(mathematics, combinatorics) The result of deranging a number. In equations, it is usually symbolised by an exclamation mark (!) before the number being deranged (as opposed to factorials, where the exclamation mark occurs after the number).
subfactories
subfactories
noun
plural of subfactory
subfraction
subfraction
noun
The result of fractionating a fraction into smaller components
subfractional
subfractionally
subfractionary
subfractions
subfractions
noun
plural of subfraction
subprefectorial
subtrochleariform
tetrabromofluorescein
tetrabromofluorescein
noun
(organic chemistry) eosin
unconfirmability
unconformability
unconformability
noun
(geology) Lack of parallelism between one series of strata and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlier strata before the latter were deposited.
(geology) The quality or state of being unconformable.
