Animal magnetism.

a specific type of complex ecological community characterized by specific environmental conditions and a distinctive group of plants and animals, maintained in a relatively stable equilibrium, such as a rain forest biome or prairie biome.

The application of engineeering principles to solve problems in medicine, such as the design of artificial limbs or organs; -- called also bioengineering.

The application of the principles and techniques of the natural sciences, especially biology, to investigate and solve problems in clinical medicine.

Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration of human life.

The physiological individual, characterized by definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological individual or morphon.

Physiology.

One of the smaller vital units of a cell, the bearer of vitality and heredity. See Pangen, in Supplement.

An instrument combining a cinematograph and a phonograph so that the moving figures on the screen are accompanied by the appropriate sounds; -- an archaic term replaced by movie projector.

A name suggested by Dr. Beale for the germinal matter supposed to be essential to the functions of all living beings; the material through which every form of life manifests itself; unaltered protoplasm.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, bioplasm.

A tiny mass of bioplasm, in itself a living unit and having formative power, as a living white blood corpuscle; bioblast.

Bioplasmic.

Pertaining to psychical phenomena in their relation to the living organism or to the general phenomena of life.

an apparatus in which a suspension of microorganisms in a liquid are used to perform chemical reactions, as in synthesis of pharmaceutical agents or the conversion of harmful waste to less harmful substances. The reactor consists of a vessel to contain the suspension of microorganisms, plus a variety of attached devices used to control the reaction.

the branch of biotechnology that uses biological processes to overcome environmental problems.

A physiological organ; a living organ; an organ endowed with function; -- distinguished from idorgan.

A view of life; that which gives such a view.

The physical phenomena of organized bodies, in opposition to their organic or vital phenomena.

Vital statistics.

production of a chemical compound by a living organism.

of or pertaining to biosynthesis.

of or pertaining to biosystematics.

use of data (e. g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations esp within an evolutionary framework.

use of data (e. g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework.

all the plant and animal life of a particular region.

The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.

same as bioengineering.

Relating to life; as, the biotic principle.

a B vitamin (C10H16N2O3S) that aids in body growth; -- called also vitamin H and coenzyme R. It functions as a coenzyme in many carboxylation reactions.

Mica containing iron and magnesia, generally of a black or dark green color; -- a common constituent of crystalline rocks. See Mica.

a region uniform in its environmental conditions and in the types of plants and animals living in it.

a group of organisms sharing the same genotype.

of or pertaining to a biotype.

derived from two separate ferilized ova; -- of twins; as, fraternal twins are biovular. Antonym of identical.

Palmately branched, with the branches again palmated.

Of or pertaining to the diameter of the cranium, from one parietal fossa to the other.

Bringing forth two at a birth.

Capable of being divided into two parts.

Dividing into two parts. A number that divides another into two equal parts without a remainder.

Divisible into two parts.

Being in two parts; having two correspondent parts, as a legal contract or writing, one for each party; shared by two; as, a bipartite treaty.

The act of dividing into two parts, or of making two correspondent parts, or the state of being so divided.

Having two margins toothed like a comb.

Having two feet; two-footed.

Having two feet; biped.

Having a shell or covering like a double shield.

Having two wings.

An ax with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.

Having two petals.

The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage.

Twice pinnate.

Doubly pinnatifid.

Having, or consisting of, two superposed planes, a/rocurves, or the like; of or pertaining to a biplane; as, a biplane rudder.

Twice folded together.

The state of being twice folded; reduplication.

Doubly polar; having two poles; as, a bipolar cell or corpuscle.

Bipolar quality.

Relating to books printed at Deuxponts, or Bipontium (Zweibr/cken), in Bavaria.

A prism whose refracting angle is very nearly 180 degrees.

Having two points.

Having an eyelike spot on the wing, with two dots within it of a different color, as in some butterflies.

Consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having a pyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as in quartz crystals.

The fourth power, or the square of the square. Thus 4x4=16, the square of 4, and 16x16=256, the biquadrate of 4.

A biquadrate. A biquadratic equation.

An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle -- that is, twice 72 degrees.

consisting of, combining two races.

showing both bilateral and radial symmetry.

Having two rays; as, a biradiate fin.

Having, or consisting of, two branches.

To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.

a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree.

Of or relating to birch.

To catch or shoot birds.

Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes.

a common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America (Polygala paucifolia), having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals.

Flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; not having the faculty of attention.

A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.

A plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (Primula farinosa), and species of Veronica, Geranium, etc.

A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point.

An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States.

The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.

Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.

The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).

an ornamental basin (usually in a garden) for birds to bathe in.

A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them. Anything which smites without penetrating.

a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought.

A cage for confining birds.

A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate.

One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler.

The art, act, or occupation or catching birds or wild fowls.

A birdcatcher.

A pretty or dear little bird; -- a pet name.

A young bird.

Birdcatching or fowling.

A little bird; a nestling.

Resembling a bird.

To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.

A little bird; a nestling.

An aviator; airman.

Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.

to watch birds, especially in their natural habitats, for enjoyment or as a hobby; to bird{3}.

one who enjoys watching birds, especially to find and identify a variety of birds in their natural habitats; a birder{2}.

An airwoman; an aviatress.

Containing or having two right angles; as, a birectangular spherical triangle.

An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.

Same as Berretta.

See Bergander.

A small European minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus).

Birchen; as, birken groves.

A lively or mettlesome fellow.

To pour (beer or wine); to ply with drink; to drink; to carouse.

A law made by husbandmen respecting rural affairs; a rustic or local law or by-law.

a city in Alabama.

a pen with small metal ball as point of transfer of ink to paper; same as ballpoint pen.

Having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks.

A whirring sound, as of a spinning wheel.

A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head.

A bristle or bristles.

A fish of the turbot kind; the brill.