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  • bacteriologist — a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology.
  • bacteriophages — Plural form of bacteriophage.
  • bacteriostasis — inhibition of the growth and reproduction of bacteria, esp by the action of a chemical agent
  • bacteriostatic — the prevention of the further growth of bacteria.
  • balto-slavonic — a hypothetical subfamily of Indo-European languages consisting of Baltic and Slavonic. It is now generally believed that similarities between them result from geographical proximity rather than any special relationship
  • base community — (especially in South America) a group of people taking part in religious devotions and Bible study, who seek to apply this in their socioeconomic and political situation.
  • basidiomycetes — Mycology. any of a group of fungi constituting the phylum Basidiomycota of the kingdom Fungi (or, in older classification schemes, the class Basidiomycetes of the kingdom Plantae), characterized by bearing the spores on a basidium, including the smuts, rust, mushrooms, and puffballs.
  • basso continuo — continuo.
  • belvoir castle — a castle in Leicestershire, near Grantham (in Lincolnshire): seat of the Dukes of Rutland; rebuilt by James Wyatt in 1816
  • bilious attack — a group of symptoms consisting of headache, abdominal pain, and constipation
  • bioaeronautics — the use of aircraft in the discovery, development, and protection of natural and biological resources
  • bioinformatics — the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information
  • biomathematics — the study of the application of mathematics to biology
  • biostatistical — relating to biostatistics
  • biosystematics — the study of the variation and evolution of a population of organisms in relation to their taxonomic classification
  • block capitals — Block capitals are simple capital letters that are not decorated in any way.
  • body snatching — the act or practice of robbing a grave to obtain a cadaver for dissection.
  • branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
  • bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected
  • bronchospastic — of or relating to bronchospasms
  • cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
  • capitalisation — The act or process of capitalising.
  • caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
  • carcinomatosis — a condition characterized by widespread dissemination of carcinomas or by a carcinoma that affects a large area
  • cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
  • cartoonishness — The state or condition of being cartoonish.
  • castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
  • catastrophical — of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.
  • catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
  • catch sight of — to make out by means of the eyes; discern; see
  • categorisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of categorization.
  • caustic potash — potassium hydroxide
  • cavalier poets — a group of mid-17th-century English lyric poets, mostly courtiers of Charles I. Chief among them were Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace
  • celestial body — an object visible in the sky, such as a planet
  • celestial pole — either of the two points at which the earth's axis, extended to infinity, would intersect the celestial sphere
  • centralisation — Alternative spelling of centralization.
  • cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
  • certifications — Plural form of certification.
  • charity school — an elementary school, usually funded by charitable persons or organizations, for those unable to pay: a forerunner of the public-school system.
  • chase pointers — (programming)   To determine a chain of memory locations where each location holds a pointer to the next, starting from some initial pointer, e.g. traversing a linked list or other graph structure. This may be performed by a computer executing a program or by a programmer going through a core dump or using a debugger.
  • chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
  • chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.
  • chemotherapist — One who administers chemotherapy.
  • chief of staff — The Chiefs of Staff are the most senior officers in each service of the armed forces.
  • chief of state — the titular head of a nation, as a president or king.
  • chisholm trail — cattle trail from San Antonio, Tex., to Abilene, Kans.: important from 1865 until the 1880s
  • cholelithiases — the presence of gallstones.
  • cholelithiasis — the occurrence or development of gallstones in the gall bladder
  • cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
  • cholinesterase — an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline and acetic acid
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