(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and zinc.
bimodality
bimodality
noun
(statistics) A bimodal condition
blandation
blandation
noun
(obsolete) flattery
blastodisc
blastodisc
noun
Alternative form of blastodisk
blastodisk
blastodisk
noun
(biology) A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk
blastoidea
blattoidea
bloodstain
bloodstain
noun
A spot or area that has been discolored by having absorbed blood.
bollandist
bollandist
Noun
Any member of an association of scholars, originally all Jesuits, who since the early seventeenth century have studied hagiography and the cult of the saints in Christianity.
botryoidal
botryoidal
adj
(chiefly mineralogy) Having the form of a bunch of grapes.
brotulidae
butanolide
butanolide
noun
(organic chemistry) The cyclic lactone derived from 4-hydroxybutanoic acid; any of its derivatives
cnidoblast
cnidoblast
noun
(biology) A cell in the epidermis of cnidarians in which the nematocyst develops
dambonitol
dambonitol
noun
(organic chemistry) A di-O-methylinositol obtained from Dyera species.
dealbation
dealbation
noun
(chemistry, archaic) The process or act of becoming or being made white, most commonly by bleaching; whitening.
diabolatry
lightboard
lightboard
noun
An electronic console used to control the lights in a theatre.
montbliard
myliobatid
myliobatid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Myliobatidae of eagle rays.
pelobatoid
pelobatoid
noun
Any frog of the superfamily Pelobatoidea
rhabdolith
rhabdolith
noun
A minute calcareous rodlike structure found at both the surface and the bottom of the ocean, supposed by some to be a calcareous alga.
tabardillo
tabardillo
noun
A form of murine typhus that occurs in Mexico.
tailorbird
tailorbird
noun
A small warbler of the genus Orthotomus, usually brightly coloured, with green or grey upperparts and yellow white or grey underparts.
tarbadillo
tarbadillo
noun
(obsolete) typhoid fever in Mexico
titleboard
trailboard
trailboard
noun
(nautical) A decorative board at the bow of a ship, sometimes bearing the ship's name
